JUNG Kangja
JUNG Kangj(1942-2017) is one of the representative female artists who addressed a turbulent historical era in Korea. She emerged in Korean art circles through the Korean Young Artists Association Exhibition in 1967. In the 1960s and the 70s, when the Korean military government and ideologies were in conflict, JUNG tried to make voices in society through various formative experiments as a member of 'New Exhibition Coterie' and 'The Fourth Group'. Introducing the real politics into the context of art by using an artist's body and performance was a challenge to the traditional ideas and a resistance on the social system. However, in 1970, the government started to impose more severe sanctions against all activities using the human body. After her solo exhibition in 1970, JUNG moved to Singapore with her family and spent time away from the Korean art scene for over 10 years. The artist's socially critical mind and subjective spirit in the 1960s were connected to formative experiments in the paintings she was devoted to after her return to Korea in 1981. JUNG's strong willpower became an impetus to allow her to overcome alienation, and a driving force to make her stand in front of the canvas despite the harsh struggle with cancer. JUNG's work over the last 15 years does a poignant job of displaying her interest in something concrete and realistic, something that had expanded into interest in human beings through abstract, transcendental forms. In short, she wanted to liberate herself through "imaginations that I stretch in my own way in an unlimited, free space that is bound to nothing."
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인생 II | Life II, 2016
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마지막 여행은 달에 가고싶다 | I Want My Last Trip to the Moon, 2015
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빠른 템포로 춤추는 여자 | Woman Dancing in Rapid Tempo, 2015
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울지마 | Don't Cry, 2015
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은하수와 암수술 | The Milky Way and Cancer Surgery , 2015
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소멸 | Dying Out, 2014
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숲 속을 부유하는 여인 | Floating in the Forest, 2014
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유한한 인생 | Limited Life, 2014
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별자리가 된 아리랑 | Arirang Becoming Constellation, 2013
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장구춤 | Janggu Dance, 2013
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승무 | Buddhist Dance, 2012
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춤 12-4 | Dance 12-4, 2012
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피나 바우쉬를 오마주하다 | Homage to Pina Bausch, 2012
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드로잉 | Drawing for Buddhist Dance, 2011
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사하라 | The Sahara, 2011
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엄마와 노는 아이 | Child Playing with Mother, 2011
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부채춤 | Fan Dance, 2010
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장구춤 | Janggu Dance, 2009
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돌기 춤 | Spin Dance, 2007
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유한한 인생 | Limited Life, 2006
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춤 | Dance, 2006
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모자, 숲 속을 보유하다 | Mother and Son Floating in a Mystic Forest, 2005
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승무 | The Buddhist Dance, 2005
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The Tears | 눈물, 2004
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숲에서 태어나다 | Born in a Forest, 2004
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엄마와 아이들 | Mother and Children, 2004
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외로운 항해 | A Lonely Voyage, 2004
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외로운 항해 | A Lonely Voyage, 2004
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모자상 | Mother and Son, 2003
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한복 | Hanbok, 2001
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유한한 길 | Limited Road, 2000
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유한한 길 | Limited Road, 2000
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유한한 길 | Limited Road, 1998
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한복과 달의 풍경 | Scenery of Hanbok and the Moon, 1998
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한복의 모뉴먼트 | Monument of Hanbok, 1998
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한복의 모뉴먼트 | Monument of Hanbok, 1998
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한복과 야누스 | Hanbok and Janus, 1997
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자화상 | Self-Portrait, 1996
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내일 지구가 멸망한다 해도... | Even If the Earth Falls Tomorrow…, 1995
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남태평양 | The South Pacific Ocean, 1994
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untitled, 1993
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자화상 | Self-Portrait, 1992
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"타오봐라"를 걸친 "통아"의 여인 | Woman of "Tonga" with "Tapa Clothes" , 1991
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꽃을 따다 | Picking Flowers, 1991
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춤추는 폴리네시안 (사모아) | The Dancing Polynesian (Samoa), 1991
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꽃과 두 여인 | Flower and Two Women, 1990
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아프리카 여행 | Travel to AFRICA, 1990
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사막을 이동하는 뚜아레족들 (니제르) | The Tuareg Tribe Crossing a Desert (Niger), 1989
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사하라 | The Sahara, 1989
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세네갈의 바오밥 | Baobab Tree on Senegal, 1989
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수단의 결혼파티 | Wedding Party at Sudan, 1989
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시장의 여인들 (감비아) | The Women in a Clothes Market (Gambia), 1989
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코트디브아르 | Côte d'Ivoire, 1989
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길선생의 웨딩파티 | Ms. Gil's Wedding Party, 1988
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멀고 먼 여로 | A Journey Far Away, 1988
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킬리만자로와 마사이 | The Maasai and Kilimanjaro, 1988
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아이티 환상의 축제 | Haiti, Festival of Fantasy, 1987
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조명을 받은 누드 | Nude in Spotlight, 1987
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장미의 축제 | Rose Festival, 1986
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환생 | Rebirth, 1985
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자화상 | Self-Portrait, 1983
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고양이와 소녀 | The Girl and a Cat, 1981
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중국 여인 | A Chinese Woman, 1981
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연속적인 얼굴 | Consecutive Faces, 1980
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콜라병 | Cola Bottles, 1979
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Myeong-Dong | 명동, 1973
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유신반대 시위 | The October Yusin Rebellion, 1973
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[Publication] JUNG Kangja: Gallery of Women Artists
1 February 2021'Gallery of Women Artists' has been published in order to redefine the biased narrative of art history through the introduction of 15 Korean and international...Read more -
[Event] Arario Gallery Cheonan: International Women's Day
8 March 2018