Part 1: Old process, new representation

April 11, 2011

I’m hardly a purveyor of art. I do not understand how people can spend so much time in front of a single piece, whereas I can stroll through a small gallery in a matter of minutes. I tell Kathy, “I like pretty pictures.” In other words, I am attracted to art that accurately depicts reality; conceptualism is beyond me.

While walking through Insadong in Seoul, I ventured into a small studio, attracted by the possibility of finding some souvenirs in the gift shop. There was an exhibition that caught my eye, depicting various cartoon cartoons in a peculiar manner. After looking at the pieces, I the style was strikingly similar to Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a Renaissance painter whose works are exhibited in the Louvre and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.