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CHaNG saNG-eUI
Born in Korea
lives and works in seoul, Korea
The korean word for wind is param, which was used as the name of god in archaic Korean. Pararm,
together with sin, which means the spirit, forms the word for “excitement”. Param is also an etymological root
for many words related with love and romance. Love is the extremity of irrationality. However, it is the divine
act, and it is ultimately transrational. Chang tries to depict an indigenous spirituality in the world of Wind. There-
fore her paintings are motivated by shamanic movements. The colors she adopts for the movements are primi-
tive and indigenous to Korean sentiments. such primitivity does not accompany discord. If there is discord, it is
only for the Harmony of the whole. I like her painting because it is simple, and it defies the bifurcation of Form
and non-Form. Her mask exists only for maskless primitivity.
(KIM YOUng-OAK, Ph.D harVarD UniVersity)
Nº 1, 1999 oil on cAnvAs 160 x 120 cM. / 63 x 47¼ in.
Nº 4, 1997 oil on cAnvAs 97 x 97 cM. / 38¼ x 38¼ in.
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