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On the Path ID 1992-030

Vitality

1992 · 117×91 cm · Paper, Acrylic on Canvas

A painting of a nameless wildflower caught for an instant in the headlights of an oncoming car, late at night, driving the country roads below Suwon in Hwaseong County. The work was made to remember that even at the edge of a dark country road, life is breathing — emphasizing the backlight of the headlights and the quiet beauty of the wildflower.

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Notes

  • · Artist's note (post 90088692450) — Exhibited in the 1993 〈Mt. Geumgang〉 solo at Gallery Icon. The artist himself recorded the work's source (a wildflower seen in oncoming headlights on a dark country road below Suwon, Hwaseong County) and his formal intent (backlight contrast, quiet beauty).
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Magazine Covers Featuring Shin Jang-sik's Works (1991-1993)

A compilation of five magazine covers from June 1991 through June 1993 that featured Shin Jang-sik's paintings — Wolgan Misool (Monthly Art), Cho Heung News (Cho Heung Bank), Hyundai Department Store, Kumho Culture Monthly, and Book & Life. The span of media types (art journal, bank newsletter, department-store magazine, corporate cultural review, general-readership monthly) illustrates the breadth of the artist's reception across Korean publishing in the early 1990s. The use of 〈Where Do Our Hearts Go?〉 (1992) and 〈Vitality〉 (1992) is identified on the covers.

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