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| ▲ Lee Kun Yong's portrait ⓒ Dior |
Korean contemporary artists, Lee kun yong and Ha Chong Hyun collaborated with Christian Dior's project, 'Lady Art #8'.
'Lady Art' project is the fashion brand, Christian Dior's project which invites various artists in the world to transform their products into true works of art each season.
Dior invites two Korean artists for the project, and the artists provide four Lady Dior bags.
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| ▲ Lee Kun Yong's portrait ⓒ Dior |
the first Korean artist, Lee Kun Yong is one of the pioneers of Korean performing arts. He creates a new work reflecting his art world, which combines painting and performances.
Lee was born in Sariwon, Hwanghae-do in 1942 and graduated from Hongik University's College of Art, and worked for the Korean Avant-Garde Association, 'A.G.'
Since the early 1970s, he has held numerous solo exhibitions at domestic and international art institutions, presenting original performances and painting works, focusing on three-dimensional and installation work.
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| ▲ Lee's Lady Dior Bag for the project, 'Lady Art #8' ⓒ Dior |
Lee, who showed that the body can be used as a tool to create variations of art beyond simple meaning, has various repercussions and is still considered to have had a major influence on the Korean art world.
He presented four works that combined experimental methods with elegant and brilliant ideas. Especially he made the Lady Dior Bag which praised Dior's heritage, and produced a delicate heart silhouette with gray leather, crystals, and embroidered beads.
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| ▲ Ha Chong Hyun's portrait ⓒ Dior |
One of the other Korean artists is Ha Chong Hyun, who shows works using subtle effects of contrast and contrast and is also one of pioneers of the Korean experimental art.
Ha was born in Sancheong, South Gyeongsang Province in 1935, graduated from Hongik University College of Art, and made a splendid debut by winning the grand prize at the 1962 art exhibition. Since 1969, Ha has been at the forefront of experimental art as the president of the "A.G." where Lee worked.
He held more than 30 solo exhibitions at major galleries around the world, including Seoul, Tokyo, Luxembourg, and Munich, and served as the director of the Seoul Museum of Art from 2001 to 2006.
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| ▲ Ha Chong Hyun's portrait ⓒ Dior |
The word that represents and defines his work is 'junction'. He represents the world of his work with his new series 'Junction', which began in 1975. He is credited with breaking away from conventional stereotypes and opening a new chapter in abstract painting by pushing paint off the back of a canvas to express it on the front.
In the project, Ha put four of his iconic paintings in a Lady Dior bag. Among them, one of "Conjunction 74-26," which is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, was inspired by a colt shoe designed by Roger Vivier for Dior. His paintings, which use blue, gray, and red colors, express a lively texture on a master's level.
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| ▲ Ha Chong Hyun's Lady Dior bags for the project, 'Lady Art #8' ⓒ Dior |
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