Theme
On the Path
The artist's later body of work, taking form in the 2012 〈Samādhi〉 exhibition. Travel and practice, self-portrait and meditation — the views of one who crosses mountains gather on the canvas. Grounded in the 2007 journey from Lhasa to Kathmandu and the subsequent 〈In Search of Mandala〉 and 〈In Search of Shaman〉 series, the work was framed by critic Choi Tae-man as a wayfarer on the path, or one searching for the way. At the 2017 〈Gil (Path)〉 exhibition at Gallery DOS, the artist said in conversation that on the path, he asks the way.
173 works · 1976 — 2026
Moon and Plum Blossoms, Lingering 2
2026162×97 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Moon and Plum Blossoms, Lingering 1
2026162×97 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Calling of the Soul – Kim So-wol
202091×35 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
From Independence to Unification
201735×24 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Candlelight 2017-1
201773×35 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2016100×44 cm · Digital Print
Vitality of Namwon Station
2016200×65 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
地角天涯 金剛山
2016291×112 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2016107×41 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Jigak Cheonae, Mt. Geumgang 1
2015366×182 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
To That Hill — Cosmic Inflation; Gravitational Wave
2014291×112 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
To That Hill — Cosmic Inflation; Gravitational Wave
2014100×30 cm · Digital Print
Samādhi
201460×42 cm · Digital Print
To That Hill
2014146×112 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Star-Life
201391×73 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
201394×63 cm · Digital Print + Drawing
Samādhi
2013117×73 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
To That Hill
2013162×97 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
201241×27 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2012146×89 cm · acrylic on canvas
Smile 12-1
201248×38 cm · Acrylic on Paper
Samādhi
201291×61 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2012117×91 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2012100×65 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
201291×46 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
201291×117 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2012227×146 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2012162×97 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2012162×97 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Samādhi
2012162×97 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Candles before Yuyeong Cave, Mt. Jeongjeonggak
201140×65 cm · Photograph
Balsam 2
201135×24 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Deep in Thought beneath the Bodhi Tree, Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya
201160×40 cm · Photograph
Vitality of Bohyeonbong
2010117×91 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Spring of Paris
2010100×50 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Flower Lantern
201091×45 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Candlelight
2010162×81 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Candlelight 2009-4
200976×56 cm · Digital Print
Candlelight 2009-3
200976×56 cm · Digital Print
Candlelight 2009-2
200976×56 cm · Digital Print
Candlelight 2009-1
200976×56 cm · Digital Print
La montagne Sainte-Victoire
2008100×70 cm · Mixed Media
L’Espace Van Gogh
200850×50 cm · Mixed Media
L’Espace Van Gogh
200850×50 cm · Mixed Media
Morning of Pyongyang
2008~2017291×112 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Paris Flowers
200835×24 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Paris Flowers
200835×24 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Paris Flowers
200835×24 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Paris Window
2008100×50 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Luxembourg Garden
2008100×50 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
La montagne Sainte-Victoire
2008100×50 cm · Mixed Media
Espace Van Gogh
2008100×50 cm · Mixed Media
Espace Van Gogh
2008130×89 cm · Mixed Media
Garden of Van Gogh
2008130×89 cm · Mixed Media
Window of Paris
2008~202450×50 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Water Lily of Giverny
2008~2024100×50 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Duck of Luxembourg Garden
2008~202450×50 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
L’Espace Van Gogh
2008100×70 cm · Mixed Media
La montagne Sainte-Victoire
2008120×60 cm · Mixed Media
L’Espace Van Gogh
2008100×50 cm · Mixed Media
Meditation
2007100×70×35 cm · Color on Korean Paper
Mountain Behind Sera Monastery
200738×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
On the Rooftop of Potala
200738×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Square in Front of Jokhang Temple
200738×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Kookmin University 60th Anniversary Commemorative Work
2006228×162 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Thangka and Candlelight
2006120×60 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Eternal Snow of Tibetan Plateau
2006117×81 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Morning of Nepal Dhulikhel
2006322×120 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Mountain and Cloud of Tibetan Plateau
2006117×81 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Head of Sea
2006322×120 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Gyantse Path to3
2006117×81 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Gyantse Path to2
2006117×81 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Gyantse Path to1
2006117×81 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Highest Point on the Friendship Highway from Tibet to Nepal
200576×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Himalayan Peaks from New Tingri
200576×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Garden of Debate, Monk Met at Sera Monastery
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Gyantse Kumbum
200576×56 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Mountains and Mist on the Valley from Tibetan Plateau to Nepal
200576×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
On the Streets near Kathmandu Old Royal Palace
200556×38 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Buddha's House: At Jokhang Temple Square
200556×38 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Thinking of Bangudae Petroglyphs — Love, Eternity, Happy Day, Vitality, Blessing, Prayer, Abundance
2005194×144.5 cm · korean paper, acrylic on canvas
Lost in Thought, Caught in the Rain — Pashupati Nath Temple
200566×50 cm · Photograph on Printing Paper
Crematorium — Body, Fire, and Pouring Rain
200566×50 cm · Photograph on Printing Paper
Crematorium at Pashupati Nath Temple
200566×50 cm · Photograph on Printing Paper
“......”
200566×50 cm · Photograph on Printing Paper
Bagmati River, Source of the Ganges — Pashupati Nath Temple
200566×50 cm · Photograph on Printing Paper
Monkey Cap of Kathmandu Monkey Monastery
200538×46 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Wood Carving at Kumari Temple, Kathmandu
200576×56 cm · Drawing on Printing Paper
At the Pillar of the Living Goddess Kumari Temple
2005100×65 cm · Photograph on Printing Paper
Kathmandu Swayambhunath Stupa
200556×38 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Kathmandu Swayambhunath(Monkey Monastery) Stupa
200556×76 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Kathmandu Swayambhunath(Monkey Monastery) Stupa
200538×56 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Monk Greeting a Dog at Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Pagoda of Kathmandu Old Palace Area
200538×56 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Meeting the Buddha — Encountering a Devotee Performing Full Prostration at Gyantse Kumbum Monastery
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Mural Detail of Shigatse Tashilhunpo Monastery
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Buddha Statue of Gyantse Kumbum
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Mist in the Valley Descending from the Plateau
200556×38 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Yamdrok Lake and Yak
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Landscape of Tibetan Plateau
200576×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Driving Across the Plateau — Friendship Highway
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
River and Canola Field of Plateau
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Mountain and River of Friendship Highway Surroundings
200576×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Lake of Plateau
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Gyantse Gyantse Kumbum Monastery
200576×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Tibetan Woman Spinning a Prayer Wheel
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Debating Buddhist Monks
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Jokhang Temple Roof
200556×38 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Potala Palace
200556×38 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Lungta Fluttering on the Tibetan Plateau
200576×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Tibetan Plateau with Himalayan Peaks
200576×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Shigatse Tashilhunpo Monastery
200576×56 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Buddhist Monk Met at the Garden of Debate, Sera Monastery
200538×28 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Potala Palace
200576×56 cm · Watercolor on Paper
Candlelight at Jokhang Temple + Practitioner at Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse + Candlelight at Monkey Temple, Kathmandu
2005120×80 cm · Photograph + Woodblock on Printing Paper
A Person Met at Samilpo
2005120×60 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Winter of Mt. Huangshan, China
2005120×60 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Memory of Terracotta Warriors
200391×46 cm · Earth, Acrylic on Canvas
Impression of Terracotta Warriors
200391×46 cm · Earth, Acrylic on Canvas
At Angkor Wat
2002117×80 cm · Photo, Acrylic
O — At Angkor Wat
2002117×80 cm · Photo, Acrylic, Sandpaper
Jayavarman — Avalokitesvara; Bayon
2002117×80 cm · Photo, Acrylic, Sandpaper
Apsaras (Dancing Heavenly Maiden)
2002100×70 cm · Photo, Acrylic
Angkor Thom Gate
2002100×70 cm · Photo Drawing on Paper
Meditation
200180×90×50 cm · Hanji
Severed Railroad
199836×26 cm · Pencil, Watercolor on Paper
Mt. Wolchul — Vitality
1998386×259 cm · Acrylic, Iron Powder on Korean Paper
Bohyeon Peak, Mt. Bukhan
1998182×73 cm · Acrylic on Korean Paper
Vitality
199691×45.5 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Panel
Vitality
1996122×61 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Panel
To That Hill
1996~2016122×122 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Panel
Vitality
1995454×182 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Mountain-2
199491×73 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
199361×73 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
1993130×162 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
199391×73 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
1993182×91 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
199373×61 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
199391×73 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
199391×117 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
1993130×162 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
199333×33 cm · Acrylic on Paper
Mountain-2
199291×73 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Winter Tree
1992132×194 cm · Korean Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Winter Tree
199273×53 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Lucky Pouch
1992117×91 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Where Do Our Hearts Go?
1992182×226 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
1992162×130 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitality
1992117×91 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas
Where Do Our Hearts Go?
1992130×162 cm · Acrylic on Canvas
Ki-3
198965×110 cm · Mixed Media
A Friend Came with the Moon
198965×90 cm · Mixed Media
Energy — Calling Blessing
1989100×70 cm · Mixed Media
Gi-Summoning Blessings 1
198850×76 cm · Oil on Paper
From Memory-4
198765×45 cm · Mixed Media
Self-Portrait
1985
Esquisse during Military Service
1984
Untitled-83. 4
198350×50 cm · Pencil on Paper + Photo
Sea-From Memory 1
1983110×110 cm · Oil on Canvas
At the Deep Blue Seashore
1983260×132 cm · Oil on Canvas
Untitled 1982
1982162×130 cm · Oil on Canvas
Situation 1982
198291×65 cm · Oil on Paper
Premonition-From an Alienated Space
198291×65 cm · Oil on Canvas
Premonition-From an Alienated Space
198297×130 cm · Oil on Canvas
Work 81-1
1981162×130 cm · Oil on Canvas
Situation 1981
1981340×78 cm · Oil on Paper
Work 81-3
1981260×97 cm · Oil on Canvas
Tension 1 - From Chance
198140×20 cm · Drawing
Work 80-1
198097×130 cm · Oil on Canvas
Self-Portrait
198091×116.8 cm · Oil on Canvas
Still Life
1976130×97 cm · Oil on Canvas
Still Life
197673×61 cm · Oil on Canvas
Self-Portrait
197628×41 cm · Oil on Canvas