The works by Korean artist Bae Joonsung look like conventional portrait paintings from a distance. A closer look will reveal that the images are in fact produced by photographic background and painted plastic sheet. The plastic sheet can be lifted up to show the photographic image underneath. Thus, Bae's works are not only conventional paintings, for it is through the gesture of 'lifting up' which suggests voyeurism that Bae conveys his message: the collision between social restrictions and instinctive desire. The present monograph brings together artworks produced in 2005. Artist biography is included.
Access level
Onsite
artist
Location code
MON.BJS
Language
English,
Korean
Keyword
Publication/Creation date
2005
No of pages
59
No of copies
1
Content type
artist monograph
Chapter headings
What do you see? - YI Jooheon, 이주헌
Joonsung Bae
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