Woo Jong Taek
02.09.2025 - 31.10.2025
Memory of Origin
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Memory of Origin - this is what the South Korean artist Woo Jong Taek calls his works. The painting process is always based on a meditative attitude; the artist approaches nature not only physically, but also spiritually. Woo's brushstrokes erupt expressively from this moment of Zen, an approach to a question that is all too familiar to man, yet remains unanswered: the origin of all being. Woo Jong Taek's work is a profound exploration of South Korean art and culture. South Korea, especially the capital Seoul, is characterized by the ambivalence between rapid innovations in the field of technology or pop culture and at the same time the adherence to old traditions. Woo's artistic position manages to combine this ambivalence: he embeds traditional ink painting in a modern context. The artist creates a three-dimensional image through the impasto colors, mixed from kaolin and burnt wood, which even in monochrome seems to draw the viewer into the depths of artistic meditation.
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