About 60 soil works including large-scale paintings now on display ▲ An installation view of "Boundary, From the Earth". Photo by Rachel Bae.

A solo exhibiton entitled “Boundary, From the Earth,” of the artist of the soil, Chae Sung-Pil, currently showing at Gana Art Center.

Chae has worked on transcending the boundary of different regions and cultures by adopting nature, especially the soil, the universal subject of humanity, as the central theme and medium of his work, because he believes the soil is the fundamental matter of the universe.

The soil is not only the medium of his work, but it also represents his adolescence and childhood. Also, soil is a longing for his homeland and mother. 

▲ Left - Chae Sung-Pil, rêve de terre 120911, 2012

  Right - Chae Sung-Pil, terre annoyme 201701, 2017 

  Photo by Rachel Bae.

His working routine starts with covering finely ground pearl powder on the canvas. He sprinkles or pours natural pigments made by refining clay and ink on it, leaving all the materials to flow and mix to make spontaneous traces. To make natural pidment he collected soils from various trips around the world. Furthermore, Chae variates this abstract painting through the blue pigment symbolizing water.

▲ Chae Sung-Pil stands in front of his painting. Photo by Rachel Bae.

“The key word of my painting is ‘flow’,” said Chae Sung-Pil. “To depict the nature in the canvas, minimized my intervention and leave it to water’s flow,” he added.

 

▲ Chae Sung-Pil, portrait d'eau 202260~202263, 2022, natural pigments on canvas, 130x162cm (1ea). Photo by Rachel Bae.With this unique painting combining traditional techniques of oriental painting and the formative language of Western art has garnered particular attention from the European art scene and now Korean art market.

Chae Sung-Pil said he never spread out works in his studio because painting of yesterday gets in the way of today’s work. His strong desire and efforts to paintings are showing us the history of Earth.▲ Chae Sung-Pil, terre et lune series, 2022. Photo by Rachel Bae.About 60 soil works including large-scale paintings will be exhibited until October 23.

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