DVAA Member since 2021
Taesook Jung
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About:
Taesook Jung is interested in the harmony between humans and nature. After majoring in oriental painting, she wants to express the flow that penetrates the vitality of humans and nature based on free and lively calligraphy stroke and traditional coloring. Because the experiences of people living in this era overlap with nature, they are very interested in the environment. She also projects the inspiration of nature, which she felt more deeply through travel, into her work. After she received her degrees from Hongik University and graduate school, she taught at the university and worked as a curator in a gallery, leading a number of environmental art projects. After she moved to the United States, she pursued a home, business, and study at the same time. She continued her work at New York University where she completed her art appraisal, and occasionally worked as an instructor on ASIAN ART at the Philadelphia Museum. She currently has large collections of her work at Temple university and Park Townes Place in Philadelphia. Taesook lives with her family and dog Ollie in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, looking for little gratification.
Artist Statement:
Q. Start of interest
Watching the change of Nature around me, I notice the passing of time. Over time, nature has a repetitive pattern of evolution, but my time does not repeat itself. Now over the age of fifty, I look back and see how I have progressed in life. I characterized the phases of nature and human life with the passing of time. To this day, I am still clumsy and there's nothing I can say clearly. I had a talent for painting from an early age, so I didn't have to worry too much about my career path. However, being a painter was not a very good job from a financial point of view. When my mother was sick, when my parents died early, I really couldn't do anything. When life became difficult regardless of my will, even when breathing was painful, I was so incompetent. All I could do was get through the day. Ten years, twenty years, and thirty years have passed since that day came together and I became who I am today. There are four seasons in nature, which are thought of as human life. To be born, grow up, mature, grow old, and die. This seems to overlap with spring, summer, autumn and winter. When spring comes, buds sprout from the withered and twisted branches that seem to be dead in the harsh cold of winter.
Q. Vigorous life
The subject of my work expresses the vitality that penetrates human life and the four seasons of nature, especially the energy that comes out of difficulties, therefore, titled Vigorous life. My work begins in darkness alluding to the difficult times I've been through. By layering thin layers of paint on top of it, it creates vitality. Just as the energy of life moves and greets spring in the darkness of death, energy is not visible at once. It permeates deeply and fills the screen with colors that gradually emerge. Moreover, with a small brush I feel myself guiding the flow of energy through the small strokes. This is an expression of repeating my life of one day or one moment.
Q. Move on
The generated energy naturally moves on the screen. I'm looking for a direction to guide the flow, but I don't know where it's going. Small brush strokes involve a lot of effort and tedious time. Even with planning, I may get lost and deviate from my predictions and struggle. Or, conversely, everything might work out. Nevertheless, it is a work that shows the process of moving forward. Through the combination of drawing and text, I want to confirm the commonalities between me and the audience.
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