Literature

The Landscape of That Person

Kim Chunja
Pages
208
Dimensions
152*196
ISBN
978-89-6545-407 6 03810
Price
14,800₩
Date
March 2017
Contents
Essay
*2017 Sejong Books Literature Sharing Selection

The first book of prose by artist Kim Chunja, who creates artwork on life and nature. From the 1980s to the present day, Kim has firmly established her characteristic art world in the Busan art circle and is well known for portraying nature with liberal strokes. She has released works combining plants, animals and people, making the audience contemplate the meaning of life.

The Landscape of That Person contains forty-seven essays on the daily life and thoughts of the artist behind these works. The writer accepts the sublimity of life with her whole body, captures the meaning of life budding in seemingly mundane moments, and beautifully expresses her thoughts on what it is to live. She explains that the image of a person encompassing young sprouts, the wind, a bird and flowers with her whole body is true beauty, and she expresses her infinite admiration and love for nature. At the same time, she reflects on how far she has come from the naked face of life immersed in civilization. 

The artist Kim Chunja honestly speaks of her life as an artist, her thoughts on her work, and the path that she must continue to walk in this collection of prose. The book leaves a lasting impression as the writer opens up and shares the struggles behind her work, including the severe sense of loss that suddenly visited her after a solo exhibition and the conflict between success and art. 

The Landscape of That Person is a collection of prose portraying the life of the artist Kim Chunja—the beauty of love, memories of everyday life, and the way of art. Readers will encounter special stories of ordinary times.