▲ 남미의 추억 2017, 캔버스에 유화, 130.3×97㎝(Memories of South America 2017, Oil on canvas, 130.3×97㎝)

An egg on the huge crate, a pipe and a long stick that seems to look odd; they are captured on the canvas. Each of them meets their rendezvous and the balance because of delicacy, the lighting effect and etc.

A glass, pottery, a teakettle made in bronze and an iron pot ― they talk to each other and express themselves as they seems to act on the stage, then I catch the very moment that leads to a dramatic mood.

▲ 양머리 있는 정물 2017, 캔버스에 유화, 162×112㎝(The Still life with Sheep Atomy 2017, Oil on canvas, 162×112㎝)

I also would like to take pleasure in the contemporary sense comparing with the orientalism view by overlapping lots of them at the centre and creating the beauty of original formative interpretation.

It is from the notion of space, bearing its contemplation, such as the blank that can be commonly found in oriental paintings and Chosun white porcelains. There is certainly the reason why I draw still lifes rather than the other realism styles like figures or landscapes.

▲ 백색 배경의 정물 2017, 캔버스에 유화, 162×130.3㎝(Still Life of White Background 2017, Oil on canvas, 162×130.3㎝)

It is better to express my idea that would like to tell. I sometimes wander around the places such as an antique store to find the items, which become my motifs. I (ARTIST KOO CHA SOONG,具滋勝,서양화가 구자승,구자승 작가,구자승 화백,KOO CHA SOONG)used to enjoy spectacular atmosphere combined considerably with the texture the colour and the sense of the form used to miss unintentionally.

△Koo Cha-Soong | Artist Essay