| The tree has been a closest friend and companion of human beings. Long time ago, the tree was a symbol of rich nature. My work is composed of charcoal and burned trees. The charcoal suspended in midair by transparent nylon strings produces consistent, sometimes inconsistence, pattern, and you can see how well it expresses lightness in a space. The light coming through a narrow aperture between a charcoal and a charcoal softens and warms you up as the charcoal represents an axis shared between nature and man. The charcoal is a black material that purifies energy. An opaque color, black takes us on a passionate journey reaching the woods of unconsciousness. Nature dies, but it is born again. It is reborn in a form of small black charcoal, another form of existence as a tree, under which charcoal has accumulated abundant stories. |  |
Bahk Seon Ghi is an artist based in KyeongKi-do, South Korea.
Bahk Seon Ghi, Existence-Pantheon, 2001. Charcoal, nylon thread, installation, 21 x 12 feet. No Human, Arsenale Thetis, Venezia. Courtesy of Krampf Gallery.The tree has been a closest friend and companion of human beings. Long time ago, the tree was a symbol of rich nature. My work is composed of charcoal and burned trees. The charcoal suspended in midair by transparent nylon strings produces consistent, sometimes inconsistence, pattern, and you can see how well it expresses lightness in a space. The light coming through a narrow aperture between a charcoal and a charcoal softens and warms you up as the charcoal represents an axis shared between nature and man.
The charcoal is a black material that purifies energy. An opaque color, black takes us on a passionate journey reaching the woods of unconsciousness. Nature dies, but it is born again. It is reborn in a form of small black charcoal, another form of existence as a tree, under which charcoal has accumulated abundant stories.
A shape, made from charcoal, scattered like waterfall, suspended with long nylon strings, is repeated, so that it can be viewed as a monochromatic painting. Black incurs confusion and represents a symbol of evil, anxiety, a night sky, and nothingness as it introduces itself to a room where it is presented. Individual wood pieces are restructured in a fixed form and framework, creating another space in the room—a space, as it deepens, clears up the confusion.
My work gives complementary tension between solid and void. A space holds more than the meaning of a work that exists in it. The space acts as a spokesman for one’s mind and inner self. I try to present a form paradoxically with charcoal as an end of nature. I hope that this modest attempt helps viewers see the importance of rebirth and recycle.
