The Byun Shi-Ji Atlas WORKS · FŪDO · LANGUAGES
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A Digital Map of Works, Life, Fūdo, and Languages

Byun Shi-Ji
Atlas

Beginning from one hundred works, the atlas joins the painter’s life and voice, research and literature, thirty-four languages and the records of the foundation into one web of relations.

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Seven Territories

Seven Territories

01 · WORKS

Works

The hundred works, the Core 30, the online exhibition, and the maps of motif, colour and time.

Map of works →
02 · LIFE

Life

A life through Seogwipo, Japan, Seoul and Jeju, with seven sessions of oral history.

Map of a life →
03 · RESEARCH

Research

A Hundred Years of Wind, the painter and fūdo, fifty masters re-read, and the research essays.

Map of research →
04 · LITERATURE

Literature

The poems and essays of the hundred works, and the monologues of wind, painter and painting, read in a low voice.

Map of literature →
05 · WORLD

World

Thirty-four language editions, each with its chosen works and core aesthetic context.

Map of languages →
06 · FOUNDATION

Foundation

The places he lived, authentication, copyright and image use, films and catalogues.

Map of the foundation →
08 · RELATIONS

Map of Relations

The whole web joining the hundred works to life, chronology, oral history, research, literature and motif.

Open the web →
09 · SEARCH

Search

Works, years, places, oral history, research, literature and foundation records from one door.

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The paintings stand at the centre, but works alone do not complete a painter’s world.WORKS → LIFE → VOICE → RESEARCH → LITERATURE → WORLD
Atlas Maps

Maps to walk now

Along time, motif, colour and Pathways — into the works and the life, the research and the literature.

WORK YEARS

Map of Work Years

Following the years of the works, 1944 to 2013.

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MOTIFS

Map of Motifs

Horse, crow, boat, tree, house, sea, figure, sun and wind — a web of motifs.

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COLOUR

Map of Colour

From the dark tones of Japan to the early blues of Jeju, the colour of dry grass, and the late emptying.

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PATHWAYS

Pathways

Six ways in — for the first-time viewer, colour, the empty boat, wind, homecoming, and readers of the world.

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CORE 30

Core 30

The structure of the art, read through thirty representative works.

Official page →
ONLINE EXHIBITION

Until Wind Becomes Form

Six chapters, from the self-portrait in a foreign land to the last line.

Online exhibition →