The exhibition or art event "AREUM Exhibition 2002-Arts of Korean residets in Japan as the origin" which AREUM Art Network sponsors was held from March 12 to 17 of 2002 using Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and 3 other halls.In
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art as the main hall, pictures, sculptures, solid arts, crafts, and installations were exhibited and two art projects were held.
90 people of Korean residents in Japan, 15 people of Korean-Chinese, 10 people of native Korean, 3 people of Korean-American, 11 Japanese artists from Okinawa, 2 people of Japanese and one Kurd in Japan. 200 works were exhibited which baced on 130 artists.

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Pictures, Print, etc. 1

Chae Jun 'Glass ball'

He is a 1st Korean residents in Japan and a rare artist who is maintaining the wholesome critical spirit to the reality which a man of today is losing. "Glass ball" 2001 oil painting. This work is a work which showed his real ability. The woman in a picture is the symbol of people who lives this time. A marble is children's toy made with glass. In Japan, people often say to someone who does not distinguish the truth, "Do you have marbles in your eyes?". We can interpret this work as a strong irony to the people of today who have lost the critical spirit. He held the solo exhibition in December, 2002. We are introducing his exhibition also in our site.

Park,Il-Nam 'GAP'

Although he is a 2nd Korean residents in Japan, he is an artist who has a racial molding sensibility richily. Although his works are more and more abstract, the peculiar nature has breathed under the paints without appearing. We can understand the difficulity which live as Korean in Japanese society in his way and means to paint to his canvas the racial traits and the peculiar nature.
He held the solo exhibition at another hall in 2002 AREUM. Moreover he also held solo exhibition in December, 2002. We are introducing his exhibition also in this site.

Li,Yong-Hun 'black and white-weathering'

He is an artist of 2nd Korean residents in Japan and his painting technique is peculiar to the East Asia which is the drawing by India ink to a paper. The second World War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the cold war structure that resulted in relation of detestation and that concentration urged a Japanese and peoples of Korean society to a quick change of a sense of values. Memory of people had to be weathered by new memory as sufficient digestion was not carried out. He expressed in a picture such memories by an India ink on a paper.

Kim,Yong-Suk 'a crossing'

Statement
I have always asked myself about Where I'm from? Who I am? or Which country is my country?, and Which group I'm belonging to....?'
and I thought that to find the answer of these questions will help to establish my identity.
But among so various classifications or groups such as national, racial and color,religion...in the world, I noticed the conmpletely non-classified existence is in the world.
Some one, who belongs to the big classification, own the power , which the big one has, jointly with others , and also he/she can be protected by the power of the big classification.
But another one, who belongs to nothing, he/she need to get the power by himself/herself.
To get the power by myself, I keep drowing pictueres and impressing my idea.

Ko,Sang-Hyok "Constrast with summer"

He is a 2nd Korean residents in Japan and mainly drawing the landscape. He is coming to stay the view which is rich in variation on his canvas by different way with artists of the impressionist.

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