Artist Daesub Song, Seo Yoon-bok, Great Hero Story with a new moment: Magic of Modern Art
Jan 09, 2025
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Artist Daesub Song is an invited artist to famous exhibitions at home and abroad, including the 56th Venice Biennale Special Exhibition and the 2015 Georgia Biennale, and his works are owned by the British Museum, as well as famous art museums abroad such as the United States, Russia, Bangladesh, Yugoslavia, Ukraine, and Taiwan.
▲ Daesub Song's 'In Honor of Heroes' in a third series
Seo Yoon-bok won the world's best Boston Marathon in 1947 and is a legendary figure who announced 'Korea' to the world before the establishment of the Korean government after liberation. Artist Song has built his own unique formative language beyond the limits of the genre, which is a characteristic of contemporary art, and has built a global reputation with nearly 4,000 domestic and international exhibitions over 50 years.
This work is a three-series reinterpretation of the glorious appearance of "marathon hero" with his fierce writer's consciousness. Artist Song explains that in the background of the three series, our modern history is 'History of Conflict', and that in the history of the song, we have largely overcome two experiences and added a possibility to it.
The sweat and hard work of the marathoner who has to take tens of thousands of steps to win one championship and the artist's act of gradually superimposing lines and colors with countless brushes show that the sweat and effort of invisible moments are brought back to great glory.
One critic commented that the vitality and sustainability of the author's series of 『Mud Flat" filled with nature's remarkable resilience will bring the legendary hero's story of Seo Yoon-bok to life again and make it resonate in more people's hearts.
This three series will go beyond simply honoring the greats of the past, reflecting the emotions and spirit of the times of modern people and becoming a new dimension in the realm of art.
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-What made you come up with the third series?
"The first was Seo Yoon-bok's victory in 1947 and the entire Korean peninsula became one, shouting "Korea"." Second, in 2002 World Cup soccer, we all shouted 'Dream comes true' in one voice and it actually came true. And thirdly, I envisioned a three-match series with the hope of overcoming the conflict that has not yet ceased."
-Do you have a voice in each piece specifically?
Rather than having a separate meaning for each work, I envisioned a three-piece series with the meaning of engraving three experiences, and I wanted to capture all the moments of honor that I experienced earlier as the three works harmonized with each other. I hope that all generations living on the Korean Peninsula today will overcome the conflict and run vigorously to achieve their dreams."
-There will be exhibition plans to publicize the purpose of the production of the work.
"There is no specific exhibition plan. We have donated all three of them to the Seo Yoon-bok Memorial Society, and we are preparing a total of 500 pieces, 170 pieces each in a limited edition (19.2cm×26.1cm), so that many people can keep them. The limited edition aims to raise funds for a project to honor the marathon heroes born in Korea globally, but it also aims to bring more people closer to the victory of the human spirit and beautiful moments that must continue through the past and present to future generations.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
