Diffuses Light, Mingles with the Dust (Hwa Kwang Dong Jin)
2003
In his work to date, contemporary Korean artist Son Man-jin has employed copper wire, old candles, misshapen clay and plastics to startling effect. Here the artist returns to more traditional materials, but the result remains wholly original. He engraves a phrase on the convex surface of a 200-year-old tile salvaged from his hometown in Southeast Korea, then creates a single rubbing highlighted by his own dynamic calligraphy. The four-character phrase is taken from Lao-zi and reads: "Dim your brilliant light and become one with the dust."
Hanging scroll: ink on paper
17 1/4 x 19 11/16in. (43.8 x 50cm)
Asian Art Acquisition Fund
2003.115
