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			Role and Attitude of an Artist

-Kim, Kira



To me, an artist is like humanism after the death 

of man. Without another hard-edged analysis and 

change of perception on the history and the current 

condition, then the present life wouldn't be much 

different from the future that we dream of. I do 

agree to certain extent that artists could change the 

world, however I am still cynical about changing 

the entire world. In my knowledge, the portion and 

position of an artist is to become the eye, perspective 

and position of that generation. The role and 

attitude of an artist is crucial in what to look at but 

it is bound to be a position of suggesting the means 

of looking at things. Artists seem to play a role of 

melding the crevice between the time and space 

within history, building a bridge in between. In the 

stance of viewing the artist's position and attitude,

I think the moral of an artist is to shatter stereotypes 

and prejudices, similar to activists who yearn for true 

freedom and equality. I have dealt with the problems 

of my surroundings in diverse angles, pointing out 

the social inequality and prejudice. These works 

of mine are probably the inadequate position and 

attitude of an artist, measuring the fading humanism 

and common good in this era. I feel the necessity to 

provide the stage of reflection, where artists, various 

professionals and collaborators living in this society 

of inequality and prejudice to bond and contemplate 

together. Through this, new discourse would develop 

whether it is the contemporary art movements or 

general social art movements, or the various forms 

of methods to practice such movements.

(source = YOONSUN GALLERY)