6월 27, 2020

12 Zodiac Statues / 十二支守護像 십이지수호상

The twelve animal zodiacs of korea include the Rat, the Cow, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Sheep, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog, and the Boar.

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Introduction of 2020 works and artist's note (brief)

meaning of the work

The overall aspect of the work's content expresses the unconscious illusion through the artist's imagination by visually shaping objects or objects, and the artist creates tangible objects for the relationship between me and others or for those who are anxious or neglected in the individual and society. Having conceived, it is represented as the role of a guardian or protector. I want the object (work) to become a shamanistic or symbolic object or a shield to someone.

十二支守護想 (Twelve Zodiac Signs) Here, sang (thought) refers to the thoughts of the artist who produces the work as a noun.

In general, the zodiac refers to the 12 animals that form the unit under the sixty-year-old Zodiac.

At first, the 12 zodiac was used as a sign of 12 months according to the concept of time, but it was assigned to the twelve directions as it had a character of a direction according to the change of century and its character. Totemism, which has been popular since the Shilla Dynasty, was believed to ward off evil spirits. ‘Totem’ refers to animals, plants, or natural objects as a symbol or sign of a group. According to <Ethics and Ideology>, totemism refers to making a certain animal, plant, or object sacred and using it as a symbol or guardian of a tribe.

The artist reinterpreted the meaning of these 12 zodiac signs to construct objects (animals), and each shape mixed Eastern and Western images. For a simple example, the image of a cow basically broke away from the ordinary image of 'cow' that we know and brought it as the strongest (American bison) among the image and ability of an object, and the shape of a snake was also 50 times that of a cobra and 100 people. I borrowed the image of another person's plate, which has the power to kill at once. In other words, 十二支守護想 (the zodiac sign of the zodiac) “preserves and protects the individual or society.” Form was constructed in meaning. The back part is composed of head light (light coming from the top of the head), shin light (light emitted from the body), and flame (fire treatment-light expressed in the shape of a flame).

Around AD 400, the flames that appeared in the Ungak Grottoes and Yongmo Grottoes in Chinese flame-type mandors are said to express light in the form of flames, saying, “Fire (fire) illuminates the heavens and the earth.”

The pedestal was intended to give a sense of overall stability in the form of a double-faced lotus flower.

Today, the zodiac corresponds to each zodiac in the concept of defense and protection in Taoism and Buddhism, and while keeping in mind the symbolic meaning of the year, it is believed that it adjusts the attitude to welcome the new year and prevents bad luck from people.

In the midst of the confusion of Corona 119, I hope that the zodiac sign will prevent bad diseases in the sense of protecting individuals and society and establish itself as a friendly existence of mind and body.

2020 신작

자(子) = 쥐 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 8.5

축(丑) = 소 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 16

인(寅) = 호랑이 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 10

묘(卯) = 토끼 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 7.5

진(辰) = 용 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 9.5

사(巳) = 뱀 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 11

오(午) = 말 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 11

미(未) = 양 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 11

신(申) = 원숭이 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 6

유(酉) = 닭 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 13

술(戌) = 개 / 가로 17 세로 31 폭 9