Description:
Description:
A Fresh Image of Hanbok in Paintings Full of Whimsy
The author and painter, Shin Sun-mi has created paintings brimming with humor wrapped around her favorite subjects, hanbok and women. The compilation of paintings in this book has been selected and organized by the artist to show changes in her themes and motifs through the prisms of childhood and memory. Women clad in traditional Korean clothing populate Shin’s paintings. Although they are dressed in traditional hanbok, they never pose to look noble or elegant but seem pleasantly natural.
Tiny human figures appear quite frequently in Shin’s paintings. They are the gaemi yojeong, or the “ant fairies,” imaginary beings that are said to exist in a realm between the artist’s imagination and visible reality. These elfin figures create funny scenes in her paintings, as they are depicted frolicking with a cat, a child, or sometimes an adult, bringing a smile to the viewer’s face.
This is a book that is visually beautiful to behold.
Text is bi-lingual- English and Korean.
Specs: 28cm x 22cm, hard cover, 148 pages
ISBN: 9781565914858
Price: S$55
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