SON BONGCHAE
Son seeks to make three-dimensional paintings combined with built-in LED lighting system, and a kinetic element of many layered polycarbonate bulletproof glass. Bongchae presents a ‘dreamlike landscape’ that arouses a feeling of spatio-temporal depth through the use of natural scenes that exude an atmosphere of lyrical emotion in oriental painting styles and LED lighting control effects. Due to the visual effect by skillfully matching up the traditional painting with the new material of cutting-edge technology, the audience tends to overlook the contents of Son’s paintings, which actually reveal the historical wounds of the country’s landscape.
Bongchae Son was born in 1967 in Chunnam, near Gwangju located in Southwestern Korea, where he grew up surrounded by a beautiful lively nature and lovely family. His works are intertwined with the culture of Gwangju and Chunnam, places famous for their history and culture. Gwangju has an abundance of material supplies, and have been productive of many great writers and artists coming from a history of revolution. Son’s love of humanity and deep interest in the relationship between society and mankind come from this land.
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