Artist Lee Inam Donates Giant Artwork 'Jisik-ui Pokpo' to Chonnam National University

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Chonnam National University announced on the 23rd that artist Lee Inam, known as a world-renowned media artist, donated a massive artwork titled "Waterfall of Knowledge" worth approximately 280 million KRW to the university.

"Waterfall of Knowledge" is a work that visually reinterprets various texts from ancient to modern times digitally, based on the waterfall motif, which is a representative subject of traditional Korean painting.

The background waterfall, Bakyeon Falls, is a work by the master of true-view landscape painting, Gyeomjae Jeong Seon, and is considered the most Korean. In this artwork, the waterfall's grandeur is maximized by digitally extending it vertically.

This piece is a massive work over 10 meters tall and is scheduled to be installed on the first-floor wall of the Information Maru in August.

The artist said, "I am honored to be able to donate my work to a cutting-edge library where academia and IT converge," and added, "I hope students can easily appreciate media art in their daily lives."

President Jeong Seongtaek said, "The 'Information Maru' will shine even more thanks to the donated artwork," and promised, "We will install it in the optimal location so that many people can reflect on the meaning of the piece."

Lee Inam, who hails from Damyang, Jeonnam, has received acclaim for presenting moving media art by adding digital technology to classical paintings from both the East and West. He has held over ten solo exhibitions domestically and internationally and has received numerous awards, including the 2020 Artist of the Year in the video category from Art Korea Broadcasting.

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