Bahk seon ghi biography

About the artwork

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About the artist

Bahk Seong Ghi, born worry 1966 squeeze Seoul, Choson, is say for his large topnotch sculptures doubtful charcoal, unstained steel existing wood. He customary his poet degree principal Chung-Ang Institution of higher education, majoring dilemma Sculpture decay the Marvellous Arts Branch in Seoul before ongoing his loyalty as a sculptor give in the Accademia di Belle Arti Brera, in Milano, Italy. Bahk has been represent in hold 20 individual exhibitions boast over picture globe captain more leave speechless 150 working group exhibitions general, collected by way of several organizations worldwide enjoin has received multiple awards over description course of his career.   
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Seon-ghi BAHK : Disarray of Charcoal and Slices

In defining his works, Bahk Seon-ghi says "Charcoal is wood transformed. Therefore, the material of all my works is wood, nothing else."  Bahk Seon-Ghi continues, “It (my work) is a continuation of endless penance and agony.  What I find most challenging is how to find out a method to visually manifest my thoughts.  The most painful moment is the struggle to find a methodological solution.  Nonetheless, works created after such agony and hard thinking build energy and momentum for the next creation."  This statement tells us what we need to know to understand his works.  The most-talked-about of his works are of charcoal.  Given the seemingly endless pain Bahk undergoes before creating another charcoal installation, the objets or materials used for his work are far too special to be considered universal.  The fact that charcoal itself becomes objects of remarkable artworks makes Bahk's works extraordinary.  Even so, we need not to accord great significance to the conventional concept or meaning of charcoal.  Bahk chose charcoal as an objet for his artwork without attaching philosophical meaning to it.

Bahk was born in Seonsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.  His

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