[GLOBAL ECONOMIC TIMES] Sculptor Seonhee Kang, a writer at Ewha Womans University, has worked in various art fields, including oil painting, oriental painting, and croquis. While everyone pursued a special life of their own, Seonhee Kang, an ordinary teenage girl, also had such a longing. She prayed every day to find out who she was, what she wanted, and what talents and missions God had given her. Then, she found an unexpected answer through ordinary soap carving.
At that time, my art teacher gave me soap during class and asked me to make a work freely. So, artist Kang carved a human face.
She imagined a human face and head in the simple form of soap.
The three-dimensional sculpture, created by carving the nose and head, marked Kang's first step into the world of sculpture. But other students painted on the wide side of the soap or created flat art, and she was praised by her art teacher for "being good at sculpting."
After that, in high school, when she decided on her career path, she decided to enter an art college. Despite financial difficulties, she revealed her dream to her mother and conditionally began studying to enter university.
"Learning sculptures was not difficult and I had so much fun," said Seonhee Kang, who was preparing for the entrance exam. "When I was immersed, three or four hours passed by in an instant and I didn't know it was hard. I also drew croquis every day, but it was simply fun."
The current works representing artist Seonhee Kang are dynamic sculptures called 'Hee-no-Aerak'. In these works, the hands and feet of various people are intertwined, giving a dynamic and calm feeling, and it contains a form that requires continuous communication with others while immersed in deep thinking. It is produced in a form that can be appreciated from different perspectives, and is striving to open up the possibility of various interpretations to the audience.
In particular, writer Seonhee Kang began to embody the emotions of that day in clay when she was staying in China. Various emotions such as joy, loneliness, and anger were embodied in the form of hands and feet, and they developed into the current series of "Hee-Ro-Ae-Lak." Despite the difficulties caused by COVID-19, she set up a studio in Junggok-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul and continued her work.
“Sculptures preserve history because of their weight and weight. Older, stronger materials can be stored transparently, and Korean paper or poly can be stored. “With the theme of ‘joy, sorrow, and sorrow,’ we are working to ensure that living creatures, featuring various aspects, are expressed in a sympathetic way.”
Writer Seonhee Kang is expressing a lot through the theme of joy, sorrow, and pleasure, and is gradually simplifying it. She said, "It is changing from conception to non-conception, and I will focus on relief works in the future."
Lee Dong-kyu, a professor at Kyung Hee University's Graduate School of Business, evaluated Seonhee Kang's work as "a sculpture that explores the depth of calm water and shows the harmony of original existence and desire."
Regarding the importance of art, Seonhee Kang emphasized, "Art is an important means of communication in human history and has conveyed people's thoughts and emotions," and said, "I want to create works that can communicate with people and expand each other's imagination by introducing various human experiences and values."
Finally, she said, she hopes that all humans will be happy and that her work will be a force to overcome the sadness.
"I hope people can be happy and happy to see my work. Living a life where you are grateful for this moment, even when you are lacking and angry, will make your life more enjoyable."
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