'Baeksu (白壽)' Artists Kim Young-tae & Kim Hyung-soo... 'Baekhwananman' Special Exhibition

Hampyeong Gukhyangdaejeon Festival Commemorative Exhibition
Carefully Selected 68 Representative Works by Two Artists

The special exhibition "Baekhwananman" by artists Kim Young-tae and Kim Hyung-soo opened on the 15th at Hampyeong County Art Museum.
[Photo by Hampyeong County]

A special exhibition titled "Baekhwananman (百花爛漫)" featuring masters of Yeohyang Jeonnam, artists Kim Young-tae and Kim Hyung-soo, will be held. Baekhwananman means the beautiful and splendid sight of various flowers blooming in full glory, which is said to resemble the journeys of the two artists who have lived lives of Baeksu (白壽, 99 years).

Organized by Hampyeong County Museum of Art to commemorate the Korea Chrysanthemum Festival, this exhibition carefully selected a total of 68 works from the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwangju Museum of Art, Chosun University Museum of Art, and several private collections. It opened on the 15th and will be on display until December 15.

Kim Young-tae (born 1927), born in Hampyeong, is symbolically significant as the first graduate of Chosun University, Jeonnam’s first art college. Kim Young-tae is a world-renowned artist recognized not only in Korea but also internationally. While adhering to figurative painting, he has earned respect and trust from younger generations through his flexible perspectives and techniques. Devoted to the development of Jeonnam art, he has continued his artistic activities throughout his life and also unveiled recent works in this exhibition.

Kim Hyung-soo (born 1929), born in Haenam, is a master of Korean painting who inherited traditional painting techniques and established a unique artistic world through true-view and sketch-style landscape paintings. Moving between true-view and sketch landscapes, he demonstrated profound composition and high completion in ink and light color washes, continuously exploring new painting styles based on the tradition of Korean painting. His representative works can also be appreciated in this exhibition.

This exhibition aims to examine the lives and artistic trajectories of the two artists who have walked the path of art through nearly a century of history and art history, and to express respect and gratitude. Baekhwananman means the beautiful and splendid sight of various flowers blooming in full glory, resembling the journeys of the two artists who have lived lives of Baeksu (白壽).

At the opening ceremony, Lee Sang-ik, Hampyeong County Governor, said, “This exhibition will be a valuable opportunity to illuminate the artistic worlds of the two artists and share the philosophy and life stories contained within.”

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