Yesterday I visited this exhibition by Korean artist Kwan Young Chun at the Dovecot Studio
in Edinburgh. These were wonderful pieces, painstakingly constructed by tiny parcels made of inscribed mulberry paper.
The artist, who now lives and works in Korea, studied art in the USA and for many years worked in the "style" of Abstract Expressionism, but began to find it had lost its meaning for him. By chance, he saw some of the little traditional Korean mulberry parcels hanging in a shop and it reminded him of his childhood. Mulberry paper has great significance in Korea, and the parcels reminded him of the remedies he took.
The pieces could be interpreted in many ways - as moon maps, relief maps of dwelling or cities, individual lives, maps of the subconscious or the interaction of nature and culture. They had an absolute sense of truth.
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