CHUN KWANG YOUNG

(B.1944)

Aggregation 05-D059

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale: Seoul Auction, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sale - Modern and Contemporary Art Auction,7 October 2008, Lot 00016
Acquired from the above by the present owner

全光榮
聚合 05-D059
綜合媒材 韓國桑紙裱於木板
2005年作

簽名：全光榮, Chun Kwang-Young, 《AGGREGATION 05-D059》, 05 K.young (背面）

來源
拍賣：香港，首爾拍賣，「香港專場-現當代藝術拍賣」，2008年10月7日，拍品編號00016
現藏家得自上述來源

Chun Kwang Young is recognized as a pioneering figure in Korean hanji (traditional mulberry paper) art world. Through his groundbreaking artistic practice, he transforms hanji — a centuries-old Korean material — into a sculptural language infused with contemporary sensibility. During his studies in the United States in 1971, Chun encountered the currents of Western modern art. Yet amid the sense of cultural displacement and estrangement, he ultimately chose to return to the roots of his own heritage.

The work Aggregation 05-D059, presented here, belongs to Chun's iconic Aggregation series, begun in 1995. It not only exemplifies his radical redefinition of the spatial dimension of hanji but also enacts a cultural ritual that continues the life of tradition within a contemporary framework.

The conception of the Aggregation series originates from Chun's childhood memory of herbal medicine bundles hanging from the ceiling of a pharmacy in his hometown. These triangular packages, wrapped in mulberry paper, became archetypal symbols in his artistic vocabulary. Through the painstaking process of hand-wrapping and binding countless triangular units—each containing fragments of hanji — Chun constructs vast, pulsating surfaces that evoke the topography of mountains and the rhythms of the earth. The repetitive act of wrapping becomes, for the artist, a meditative and contemplative ritual.

In Aggregation 05-D059, the canvas surface transforms into a textured terrain through the accumulation of innumerable micro-triangular forms. Light cascades along the angled units, creating a living interplay of shadow and illumination, as if the surface itself breathes. As viewers immerse themselves in the work's rhythm and depth, their perception becomes absorbed into a meditative state that transcends the physical dimension.

Light yet resilient, hanji here functions not merely as a material but as a vessel of history and emotion. Layer by layer, Chun enfolds personal memories within the work, allowing it to carry both collective cultural consciousness and individual life experience. In Chun Kwang Young's work, the realms of two and three dimensions, painting and sculpture, tradition and modernity converge in a dialogue of tension and harmony. His art quietly yet resolutely reveals how the profound roots of culture can be bound into eternity through the union of Eastern materials and contemporary form.

1944年出生於韓國洪川郡的全光榮，是國際公認的韓國韓紙雕塑開拓者。他以其革命性的藝術實踐，將韓國傳統桑皮紙轉化為充滿當代意蘊的雕塑語言。1971年全光榮留美期間深入接觸了西方藝術潮流，在異國文化的衝擊與疏離感中，他選擇最終回歸自身文化的根源。本次呈現的《聚合05-D059》，正源自藝術家於1995年開啟的標誌性「聚合」系列，不僅體現了他對韓紙維度的徹底革新，更完成了一場以當代語境延續傳統的文化儀式。

「聚合」系列的藝術靈感源於全光榮的童年記憶：家鄉藥房天花板上懸掛的韓草藥包。這些用桑皮紙包裹的三角形物件成為他創作的原始符號。全光榮以無數手工包裹、纏綁的三角單元，構建出一片如大地脈動、如山丘起伏的深邃畫面。每一單元皆以韓紙碎片為芯，經藝術家反覆摺疊捆紮，在重複的勞動中，包裹行為本身已昇華為一種冥想與修持。在《聚合05-D059》中，平面畫布因無數微觀三角的聚集而產生了地貌般的立體溝壑，光線隨著單元的角度流轉，陰影深淺之間，畫面彷彿隨呼吸起伏。觀者凝視愈深，愈易迷失於其節奏之中，意識與感知漸漸被吸入，進入一個超越物質維度的冥想空間。

輕薄而堅韌的韓紙，在此不僅是物質材料，更是歷史與情感的媒介。藝術家將個人記憶層層包覆其中，使作品同時承載了文化集體記憶與個體生命經驗。全光榮的創作，在二維與三維、繪畫與雕塑、傳統與當代之間，構建出充滿張力的對話，更見證了如何以最東方的材質與最當代的形式，將文化的根脈，靜默而堅定地，聚合為永恆。