Design Madness

8.10.09 at 10:00 PM | Created by Az!U

For those of you who do not know, Hangul is the Korean alphabet. I was very interested in going to "Typographic Exploration in Hangul" An exhibition by the work of Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo. I consider them to be two incredible Korean artists. Growing up with a mom as an artist, I never came across going to a Korean exhibition. If you were near me when I picked up the well designed flier, you could see how intrigued I was to see the artwork. Before going to the exhibition I took the liberty to google in their names to see their art work. It was hard to find their art, since this is more of a collaboration of 2 well known artists. All I saw on the net was both of the artist's profile and their upcoming exhibitions, which of course, was this one. The subject of the exhibition is about Hangul typography. I know that I had posted an entry earlier about typography, so I considered one more post would not hurt. Especially, when going to an exhibition is so important for any aspiring artist. Typography is incorporated in their art by a great deal. There are three major factors that I could tell immediately, the proportion of the text, color, and pattern. It also made me think of the way people write in Korea. The way that these artists put together the artwork is based upon the way of living in Korea. Once you see the artwork of a foreigner, or a piece that is directed towards a country, in a sense the artist becomes that race for the time being of creating the art. He/She transforms to someone else from that country. This helps them make sense of what they are about to show to their upcoming audience. Also, the art pieces are very asymmetric. The text of the art pieces are almost like an explosion of letters. Viewers who understand typography or enjoy abstract art work, would really enjoy this exhibition. I could not really rate this exhibition simply because I am new to this type of work.

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