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I'm Shina Fly welcome to our channel
the place to get inspired and track the
trends of the creative world
and here's what you're going to see
in this episode
our Creative Talk guest is an
amazingly unique Korean artist who mixes
paintings and performance art in his
exhibitions
Top Three pick of this week is going to
introduce you to the best books to
become a self-taught artist
so you need to stay till the end of this
episode if you want to get those golden
nuggets
so let's jump into the first section
today I'm happy to announce that our
first guest for our Creative Talk show
is a young artist that I know from when
I was studying in Seoul National University
we were both
part of the fine arts department he's a
young artist who does lots of live
paintings about like portraits and stuff
which is really cool. I'm sure you're
gonna like it
soon i'm going to ask him about his
upcoming exhibition so stay tuned
hi Gyu how are you welcome to creative
talk
it's been long time
yeah it's been a
long time
when did you graduate the school?
I think it was like five years ago I don't want
people to know my age but it was I guess
five years ago
okay tell me what you're drinking
now, I'm drinking the ice coffee
ice coffee okay I'm having some
very traditional tea here
I made tea for you as well
but you can't have it
tell me how is your life in this
quarantine
is it hard or do you have more things to do?
I was in the studio for 18 days in isolation
At the end I realized living as an artist I was continuously in a quarantine mood
That's the answer I was expecting, because
I always think that like in any sort of
situation
artists are the ones who can survive
because
like art artist life is not dependent on
anything
it's just you and your work so you can
do it
whenever in whatever situation right?
yeah you're right
right so if you want to see Gyu's journey
in those 18 days that he was
just by himself in his studio, you can go
to his Instagram page
I'll put the link down below and you can
check out the days
I'm gonna check it out. I was like
why is it like days?
like what does it mean?
so now I know
so how did you decide that you want to be an artist
I liked drawing since I was very young
Though I wasn't good at studies
c'mon if you weren't good at studies you couldn't go to SNU?
I said to my mother I want to go to art
college
That's how I got into Art school
what was her reaction
that's really important
because most of the parents don't like it
My mother really hated the idea of me choosing fine art
TBH, when you choose to be an artist you are not aiming to have a money-making job
So she also thought I will have a difficult life as an artist
so Gyu had like many solo exhibitions
and he had two last years
During my solo exhibitions, I met my sponsor
you found a sponsor
with your solo exhibitions?
that's amazing!
so it changed now you have someone to
support you as an artist
you've been really hard-working so you
do deserve it
Even now having the sponsor I still keep up the hardworking attitude
Because I look at it from his point of view that he is investing in me as an artist
And I feel responsible to respond that
The next question is actually about your
live performance
first of all do you think about the concept of what you're
going to draw before going there
or do you go there and like then decide
on the spot
I decide right on the spot
that's like i was like there is no way
he's deciding it on the spot but
really you're doing that? that's so cool
you have no plan? yeah
so you go there and like....
because, you should watch one of his performances
he's just going there. there's a big screen or like boom or whatever  it is
and then the audience starts gathering around him
And he starts to paint
So you don't care that people are watching you?
I would be stressed!
I never mind
I am just being me
wow do you think it like you had some
stress but then after practicing
being on a stage it just faded away?
I would get nervous before
But then by acting in Theatres, performing in the Rock band, playing guitar on the stage,
it all helped
Also, I used to teach art in academies for a long time
We had a system to draw and demo in front of students
so that also helped me to get use to it
Now when I do live performances I don't get too excited or stressed more than what is normal
Also, when you think beforehand of the concept and then go on lives
the outcome won't turn out good
So you did give it a try?
yeah the first one
and it didn't come out good?
I did image training
i got image training before the live
painting
live painting in general is not easy
it's not easy
and then you're like if it
doesn't go the way you planned for it
then you get stressed. really
How people react to your performances?
what's the reaction of the audience to
your live performance
They look amazed
it looks really cool
in summer if I have a scheduled performance
As you know summer in Korea is also very humid and hot
So while I am painting I start sweating a lot
so I just take off my shirt while drawing
so while you're on the live performance you suddenly take off your clothes?
oh...
so if you're in Seoul you can go and
visit Gyu's gallery and live performance
he just promised he might take off his
clothes so another motivation for you to go
Before that, I should do some exercise then
Yeah you should sculpt it
what kind of artist do you think you are?
what kind of mood? like dark, happy, or philosophical?
My main focus is the dark side of human
dark side of humans
I try to focus on the darkest side of humans
coz we are social animals, we try to only show our brightest and most positive sides
the best side of themselves
Seems like people think that by showing their dark sides or negative parts
They are giving out their weaknesses to others
that's why at least when it comes to what I create as an artwork
I demonstrate the dark side with no censoring
and confront the audience by asking
and you?
when I look at your portraits I should
see some dark side of myself?
or should I start thinking about what is
the dark side of me
that I don't want to put it on the wall
for people to see
The last question of today is;
is there anything that you want to mention from this platform?
anything you just want to say to the audience
That I didn't ask
Personally, I wish this (Covid19) situation ends soon
It doesn't look like it
that's what I think too. yeah
Also, now that you and I are having this online interview after five years
this moment will become an important record in the history of art many years from now
and I believe making that history is another responsibility of mine
that's really cool yeah I think
we are making history here!
we would really look forward to your
future exhibition and see how
you put all these things crazy things
that we experienced
throughout this year we want to see how
you reflected in your works
so I'll put the links down below to
Gyu's page.
please go and visit him and plan for his next exhibition
I hope we
see you in Sydney one day one of your
exhibitions I know you want to go to New York
but I would like to see you here
Let's meet up soon
Yeah, wherever in the world...
There was that silk painting class we had
the painting on silk yes. Do you still have it?
Yeah I have mine
I have mine too but
it's a bit wrinkly now but I need to
reframe it and put it somewhere
I'm really proud of it because it's
something like Korean and
looks so exotic to people here
at that time you painted it well, so well
yeah yeah I'm actually really good at
painting. not really!
thank you so much for coming to our cafe
classic Gyu. I wish that we can see
your exhibitions in sydney one day
it was great to have this creative talk
with you have a colorful day
yeah will come to see you
Top Three pick of this week is about
books that can help you become a
self-taught artist, we all have a bit
of more time as the social times are
reduced and it is a great opportunity
to grow some skills that you always
wanted to grow so here are the best
three books of all times that will be
sufficient for you to start learning
art skills
or developing the ones that you already
have
want to create figures then you need the
book of "Anatomy For The Artist"
this book which I'm still using up to
this day was introduced to us
as a sculpture student in the uni and is
for anyone who is interested in making
human figure's art
now, why you need this book because you
need to know the visual details of
the human body and know how to recreate it
in your art
and this book explains how great
painters started developing techniques
to observe
better and build up the layers of human
body in their works
this is a great book to refer to and if
you also don't have a model in front of
you
it has tons of photos that you can refer
to from different angles
and use it in your art
wanna write about art then you need the
book of "How to Write About Contemporary Art"
by Gilda Williams
whether you want
to start a blog or want to be able to
write
better descriptions for your own
artworks this book can help. It gives you
examples from the critic's writings and
articles
and teaches you how to see the chosen
topic better
as that is what you will end up putting
into words so if you master that then
finding the right words
won't be hard
want to learn how to
sketch your concepts quickly
then you need "Drawing And
Designing With Confidence"
by Mike.W. Lin
this book was recommended by my teacher
when I was studying architecture in the
college and is
absolutely the simplest way to sketching
and learning how to communicate your
ideas with simple sketches it also helps
you with perspective
coloring rendering and so many things so
you get one book and that becomes your
bible to design process
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have a colorful time
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