THE GUYS OF THE PARK

The Guys of the Park is in painting exhibition by American artist Aaron Cossrow. It is centered around the oil paintings detailing the community of gentlemen who play janggi each afternoon in Tapgoal Park. Subjects like the Janggi players are chosen for their authentic and honest quality, a true documentation and celebration of the unique Korean culture and style. The choice of older subjects describes culture from an older Korea in a quickly developing and modernizing landscape. His work can be described as traditional oil portraiture and documentation, skillfully crafted, focusing on the details of the subjects, clothes, objects and backgrounds. These details combine to create a visual narrative that help the viewer escape to times when they shared this Korean experience.

Along side the Tapgoal paintings, featured work will contain citizens and locations from all around Seoul. A three meter canvas describing the displaced working community of Euljiro 3ga will be exhibited as well, along with twenty other original portraits of real Korean life.

Aaron’s work has been displayed at several solo exhibitions and group shows in Seoul, along with appearing on MBC’s First Time in Korea.

μ’…λ‘œκ΅¬μ— μœ„μΉ˜ν•œ νƒ‘κ³¨λ―Έμˆ κ΄€(κ΄€μž₯ 희유)은 미ꡭ인 ν™”κ°€ μ•„λ‘  μ½”μŠ€λ‘œμš°μ˜ μ΄ˆμƒν™” μ „μ‹œ <νƒ‘κ³¨κ³΅μ›μ˜ μ†Œλ…„λ“€ (The Guys in the Park)>전을 κ°œμ΅œν•œλ‹€. 이번 μ „μ‹œμ—μ„œ '탑골 κ³΅μ›μ—μ„œ μž₯κΈ°λ₯Ό λ‘λŠ” μ–΄λ₯΄μ‹ λ“€μ˜ λͺ¨μŠ΅μ„ 담은 λŒ€ν˜• μœ ν™” μž‘ν’ˆ 2점을 ν¬ν•¨ν•˜μ—¬ 20μ—¬μ μ˜ μ΄ˆμƒν™” μž‘ν’ˆμ„ 선보인닀. 탑골곡원에 λͺ¨μ—¬ 맀일 μž₯κΈ°λ₯Ό λ‘λŠ” μ–΄λ₯΄μ‹ λ“€μ˜ λͺ¨μŠ΅ μ†μ—μ„œ, μ†Œλ…„μ˜ λ§ˆμŒμ„ λ‹΄μ•„λ‚΄κ³  μ‹Άμ—ˆλ‹€λŠ” μž‘κ°€λŠ” μž‘ν’ˆμ΄ κ·Έλ €μ§„ κ³³μ—μ„œ 거리 μ „μ‹œλ₯Ό κ°œμ΅œν•˜μ—¬ λ…ΈμΈλΆ„λ“€μ—κ²Œ λ§Žμ€ 관심과 μ‚¬λž‘μ„ 받기도 ν–ˆλ‹€.

μž‘κ°€ μ•„λ‘  μ½”μŠ€λ‘œμš°λŠ” μ΄ˆμƒν™”λ₯Ό ν†΅ν•΄μ„œ 사싀적이고, μ§„μ‹€ν•œ λͺ¨μŠ΅μ˜ ν•œκ΅­μ˜ λ¬Έν™”λ₯Ό λ‹΄μ•„ κΈ°λ‘ν•œλ‹€. λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ λ³€ν™”ν•˜λŠ” μ„œμšΈμ΄λΌλŠ” λ„μ‹œ μ•ˆμ—μ„œ, 였랜 μ‹œκ°„μ„ 견뎌온 μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ˜ μ–Όκ΅΄κ³Ό κ·Έλ“€μ˜ μƒν™œμ„Έκ³„λ₯Ό 화폭에 λ‹΄μ•˜λ‹€. κ·ΈλŠ” 포μž₯λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€ λ‚  κ²ƒμ˜ ν•œκ΅­ λ¬Έν™”λ₯Ό 포착해 λ‚΄κ³ , μž‘ν’ˆμ„ 톡해 κ·Έλ“€μ˜ 이야기λ₯Ό μ•Œλ¦°λ‹€. λ―Έκ΅­ ν•„λΌλΈν”Όμ•„μ—μ„œ μ‚°μ—…λ””μžμΈμ„ μ „κ³΅ν•˜κ³  ν•œκ΅­μ— 온 μž‘κ°€λŠ” ν•œκ΅­μ΄ κ±°λŒ€ν•œ 미술 ν•™κ΅μ˜€λ‹€κ³  λ§ν•œλ‹€. 이후 λ§Œν™”μ™€ 아크릴화λ₯Ό 거쳐 μœ ν™” μ΄ˆμƒν™”μ™€ λ²½ν™” μž‘μ—…μ„ ν•΄μ™”λ‹€. MBC 예λŠ₯ β€˜μ–΄μ„œμ™€ ν•œκ΅­μ€ μ²˜μŒμ΄μ§€β€™λ₯Ό ν†΅ν•΄μ„œ 세간에 그의 μž‘μ—… 과정이 μ•Œλ €μ§€λ©΄μ„œ ν™”μ œλ₯Ό λͺ¨μ€ μž‘κ°€λŠ” 이번 νƒ‘κ³¨λ―Έμˆ κ΄€μ—μ„œμ˜ μ΄ˆλŒ€μ „μ‹œλ₯Ό ν†΅ν•΄μ„œ 그의 μž‘ν’ˆμ„ 더 λ§Žμ€ ν•œκ΅­μΈ κ΄€λžŒκ°λ“€μ—κ²Œ 선보일 계기λ₯Ό λ§ˆλ ¨ν–ˆλ‹€.

이번 μ „μ‹œμ—μ„œ κ·ΈλŠ” λŒ€ν‘œμž‘μœΌλ‘œ <μ‹ λ‹Ήλ™μ˜ λŒ€μž₯μž₯이>, <μ„μ§€λ‘œ 점심 배달뢀>λ₯Ό 포함해 23λͺ…μ˜ μž₯인의 얼꡴을 담은 λŒ€ν˜• μœ ν™”μΈ <μ„μ§€λ‘œ3κ°€ μž₯인듀>κ³Ό μž₯μΈλ“€μ˜ 인터뷰λ₯Ό 담은 λ‹€νλ©˜ν„°λ¦¬ μ˜μƒμ— 이어 2023 μ‹ μž‘μΈ <μ΄νƒœμ›μ˜ 건섀곡사 λ…Έλ™μžλ“€>등이 졜초둜 κ΄€λžŒκ°μ„ λ§Œλ‚œλ‹€.

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