Artist KIM NAM PYO's relentless dedication to portraying the intense desire for expression in his inner world is evident in his perfect realistic expression, screen composition, arrangement, and powerful brush strokes. The 'UNMASK' series, as THE ONE PIECE OF ART, is a testament to his unwavering commitment and will be presented to capture his new breath.

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Through the lion's eyes, which look intense but a little tired, the harsh breathing felt through the mouth covered with blood after hunting, and the feelings of anxiety, joy, wonder, and sadness that we did not recognize through the lion's face. Rather than showing and distorting it more intensely than it is, the artist Kim Nam-pyo is breathing with us and pulling out the things behind it that look different depending on the emotion and state of mind looking at the lion's face.

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Through this one-piece art, the artist creates a new way of communicating with viewers. Place a chair in front of the work, and the viewer sits on the chair, making eye contact with the lion.

The one-piece art video shows that the sick chair is lonely in a busy city. On the last screen of the video, the chair moves to the artist's studio, and the artist is sitting in the chair in the studio. In this way, the artist sees all the phenomena shown in our eyes as the reality that occurs in reality and portrays the truth behind it, which we do not want to lift again through painting.

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A one-piece art video shows the sick chair lying lonely in a busy city. On the last screen, the chair moves to the artist's studio, and the artist sits in it.

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With the connection between unfamiliarity and heterogeneity, the old chair surrounds us, and no one gives us interest or attention. Still, it exists and travels through time, searching for its meaning.

 

Therefore, "Traveler_Traveler" is another theme of artist Kim Nam-pyo's One Piece Art. The artist's exploration of various phenomena and objects that coincide and how to approach them through pictorial interpretation lead to the artist's multiple actions, and there are materials that the artist has chosen to enable the actions. It is called "Traveler_Traveler" as a symbolic meaning for the artist's thoughts and anguish that do not stop.

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In this way, the artist looks at all the phenomena shown in our eyes as the reality that occurs in reality and portrays the truth behind the scenes that we do not want to hear back in painting.

In the "UNMASK" SERIES, The old liger, drawn with the touch of a brush applied to the canvas, depicts an old and ill one who has become a hindrance. It asks how to talk about abstract emotions through objects or figures in the pictorial sense of drawing and stories of the reality that humans face.

New works and visitors meet as one-piece art circulates in the exhibition hall. Even when the job is completed, he encounters one-piece art that shows another perspective on art as he continues to change, breathing with space.

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Statement - KIM Nam Pyo

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- Once a majestic figure, the old lion has been cast out of the pride and faces the end of life.

Scrapping for scraps with vultures…  his once-mighty presence is no longer a reality.

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Painting is not about simply replicating reality.

But it abstracts and embodies elements of reality to convey new meanings.

Even though I may not have captured the reality before me in my paintings,

It will bridge the past, present, and my perspective.

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- Revealing one's true self goes beyond simply removing a mask; it reveals the hidden vulnerability within.

Hidden vulnerability is a reality in a competitive society, a fierce life akin to a jungle.

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By embracing imperfections and insecurities, pictorial reality begins.

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- Pictorial reality is not a mirror reflecting the physical world.

The artist's attitude toward reality is projected onto the object, shaping their interpretation of reality.

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True-to-life in art can sometimes lead to a sense of detachment from reality, like an unrealistic Aesop fable.

A realistic attitude stems from hidden vulnerability.

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....... Isolation

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In our reality, we meet many of Aesop's fables.

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About THE ONE PIECE OF ART 

<THE ONE PIECE OF ART> is an exhibition-type project that focuses on a single work under the exhibition planning name of ARTBN and illuminates the artist's work in more depth.

 

It creates a space for a deeper understanding of a single work by producing a single work and video of the selected artist.

It also introduces works that show the artist's more diverse art world, such as props and drawing works connected with one-piece art.

 

ARTBN will continue THE ONE PIECE OF ART  project with ten artists.

It plans to complete the project with the concept of "THE MASTER PIECE OF ART." A publication containing THE ONE PIECE OF ART by ten artists is being planned, and it will continue as a project for domestic and international promotion in the future.