Kyobo Bookstore Kim Sowol 100th Anniversary Commemorative Poetry and Painting Exhibition

Shin Jang-sik, "Chohon" 91×35 cm, acrylic on Korean paper on canvas, 2020

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] Kyobo Book Centre and Daesan Foundation are presenting the '100 Years of Sowol Poetry, 100 Years of Korean Poetry - Kim Sowol 100th Anniversary Poetry and Painting Exhibition' to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Kim Sowol's literary debut.

The exhibition is scheduled to be held at Kyobo Art Space, the exhibition area inside Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun branch, until September 30.

Six mid-career and established painters?Kim Seon-du, Park Young-geun, Bae Dallae, Shin Jang-sik, Jang Hyun-joo, and Jeong Yong-guk?express 35 representative works of Kim Sowol, such as "Mom, Sister," "Azaleas," "Forgotten Heart," and "The Road Taken," through paintings. Each painter read 5 to 6 of Kim Sowol's representative poems and translated the images and impressions left on them into paintings.

Seondu Kim 'Mom and Sister' 65×93 cm, ink and powdered pigment on Korean paper, 2020

Kyobo Book Centre selected six of Kim Sowol's representative poems?"Spring Night," "Mom, Sister," "I Didn't Know Before," "Clothes, Food, and Freedom," "Azaleas," and "Invocation"?and produced audio recitation files. Visitors can enjoy Kim Sowol's poems in audio format by scanning the QR codes attached next to the paintings at the exhibition.

Coinciding with the exhibition, the poetry and painting collection "I Didn't Know Before (written by Kim Sowol / compiled by Hong Yong-hee / Kyobo Book Centre)" commemorating the 100th anniversary of Kim Sowol's debut will also be published. This book allows readers to view the paintings and poems introduced in the exhibition together.

After the exhibition at Kyobo Art Space, the '100 Years of Sowol Poetry, 100 Years of Korean Poetry - Kim Sowol 100th Anniversary Poetry and Painting Exhibition' will move to the Art Wall at Kyobo Book Centre Hapjeong branch and continue from October 5 to December 6.

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