Kyungmin Park, Manito, 2012, Ceramics + mixed media, 36 x 11 x 10 inches
photo courtesy of artist
Only a
child would have the ability to create a new and exciting world out if a single
object. The combination of an incorrupt
point of view, a strong imagination, an overflowing curiosity and the desire to
push boundaries make for a very special environment exclusive to the child and
their playmates. This is the way we all
perceived life once. In the grownup
world, the infinite imagination is restrained by arrangements and
circumstances. People often have to live
among other who have a different viewpoint and a different type of
expression. As we grow up in one big
society, the majority puts limits on the way an individual might perceive
things. Being an artist, I am luck to
take the position of a “creator”, but I still feel the pressures of the adult
life, building boundary after boundary.
I am seeking a sort of regression to a childlike state of mind so that I
can create in a place beyond these boundaries.
More recently, I am using this theme while addressing the instinctive,
darker emotions that plague people of all ages.
-Kyungmin Park
-Kyungmin Park
Kyungmin Park, Preciousness, 2012, Ceramic, 23 x 12 x 11 inches
photo courtesy of artist
