The exhibition presents the 60-year painting career and major works of Kang Myung-hee (1947- ). Kang Myung-hee established his own painting realm by capturing the relationship between existence and nature on canvas through long-term and in-depth exploration of the essence of the natural scenery he encountered. The paintings of the artist, who has been active at home and abroad since leaving Korea in 1972, are full of influences from different cultures, as well as colors and emotions that transcend the East and the West. "Visiting" is the exhibition title borrowed from the artist's works, telling the nomadic attitude of the artist who does not settle in one place but constantly moves around to create, and the artistic inspiration he gets from brief encounters. Although this work looks like an abstract painting full of light and color, it originates from very specific elements in nature and is the condensed result of long-term training, meditation and repeated "emptying" behavior. 
Kang Myung-hee's footprints are all over the world, including the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, Patagonia in South America, Antarctica, India, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, etc., persistently exploring the essence of nature and looking for primitive scenery. Brushstrokes and fragments vibrate, collide and accumulate on the plane, similar to the movement of nature. The painting seems calm and peaceful, but in fact, it is a long and repeated painting, an intense dialogue with the world or nature. In an era when the existence of nature itself is threatened, his paintings contain the history and memory of the land, destruction and death, creation and extinction, and after repeated practice and purification, they bring us into the finished picture. In front of Kang Myung-hee's huge paintings, the audience will encounter nature reinterpreted by the artist, and feel as if walking in boundless nature. In 2007, the artist returned to his homeland and lived in Jeju Island, continuing to create abstract paintings depicting diverse natural scenery. Kang Myung-hee's works, which have entered the mature stage of creation, bring deep thinking about nature and human beings. His works stand on the opposite side of modern civilization and cutting-edge technology, exuding a powerful energy of life and rebirth, and comforting and soothing the pain of the times with the power of art. "Kang Myung-hee - Interview" is not arranged in chronological order, but is roughly divided into three parts according to the author's time and space experience and stream of consciousness. The titles of all sections of this exhibition are derived from the titles of the works, and recent works centered on Jeju Island are presented under the theme of ‘1. Living in Seogwang-dong’ and ‘2. Works centered on works created while working in France and traveling around the world. Visits’ and ‘3. Introducing early works that serve as the starting point for the current works and provide clues for their interpretation. It consists of the ‘Secret Garden’ section. 

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