He sometimes drew traditional vessels like Chosun white porcelains or earthenwares; mostly he illustrates industrial modern products such as glasses, cups, wine bottles and flower vases. The motifs in the painting are closely related to the feeling of affinity that the viewer can have. As they are accustomed visually in the daily life, they would become quite familar psychologically without feeling disharmony.

Furthermore, they are made along the modern formative sense by themselves; thus would be adaptable to modern viewers' understanding. The motifs in his paintings indeed play an essential role to form a modern atmosphere. It is shown a refined design reflecting the sense of the modern aesthetic by applying beautiful curves and straight lines.

It means that they would surely be a fundamental factor, ready to be a painting containing contemporary beauty. In addition, the way of gathering the motifs in his paintings was also different from the formative concept in the past realism. Normally still life paintings were valued visual brilliance and richness, Therefore, they maintained lots of objects and it caused complicated construction.

They were usually arranged by scattering here and there, then drew in the center with a certain composition. The visual glamour was naturally emphasised in the end. Koo’s(ARTIST KOO CHA SOONG,具滋勝,서양화가 구자승,구자승 작가,구자승 화백,KOO CHA SOONG)construction and composition is, however, much more simplified. In some ways, they appears to be controlled, much like being abstinent.

△Shin Hang-Sub/Art Critic