Byun Shi-Ji · 邊時志

Byun Shi-Ji

1926–2013 · Jeju, Korea

An Atlas of Climatic Modernism

Centenary 1926–2026 · Exhibitions & Publications →

All is blue. Sky and sea have cooled into a single light. On the shore the dry branches, tangled together, lie low to the ground. Far out, in the middle of the sea,

— Ieodo, 1978

100 · works

001Ieodo1978 002Dialogue1986 003In Memoriam1985 004Brother Islands1977 005A Wavering Horizon1986 006A Wavering Horizon1983 007A Wavering Horizon2005 008Tropical Sun1983 009Hallasan1987 010The Sea of Jeju2011 011The Sea Is the Haenyeo's Tears1989 012Noon2007 013The Tree That Reaches Toward the Sky2007 014Solitude1995 015In the Wind1984 016Wind1991 017Wind and Waves1988 018Typhoon1990 019Typhoon1983 020The Sea in Storm1993 021Storm1991 022Storm1984 023Rough Sea, Wet Sky1996 024Survival 22005 025The Wavering Skiff1987 026A Single Dot2006 027Rite to the Sea God1976 028The Cliff’s Edge1982 029The Beggar1979 030Living Alone2010 031Mount Sanbang1990 032Absorption1995 033The Departing Boat1984 034The Path Rejoined1998 035Moonlit Night1979 036Autumn at Aeryeonjeong1965 037Changdeokgung Palace1970 038Self-Portrait1944 039The Sea Is the Haenyeo’s Tears1979 040Haenyeo1979 041The Sea Is the Haenyeo’s Tears2003 042Plowing1979 043Mother and Fish1979 044Oreum1986 045Sea Village1978 046Sea Village1982 047Sea Village2002 048Thatched House by the Shore1982 049The Sea of Jeju1992 050Landscape with an Ox1988 051The Shore and the Pony1978 052The Shore and the Pony1978 053The Pony1975 054Going On as It Is2006 055The Ox and the Old Man1984 056The Cow and the Calf1978 057Crows on the Stone Wall1983 058Crows on the Stone Wall1980 059Dol Hareubang and Crows1981 060The Crow and I1979 061Empty House on the Left, Empty House on the Right1997 062The Empty House1987 063Ieodo1980 064Ieodo1987 065Ieodo1991 066The Old Tree1979 067The Gale1983 068Apparition2003 069Hope, Will, Peace, and Love1994 070The Black Sun1985 071Sunset1975 072Sinking into Time1986 073The Island of Parting1993 074The Solitude of Noon1996 075The Departing Boat1979 076The Departing Boat1983 077The Returning Boat1978 078The Jetty1979 079The Old Pine and the Old Man1987 080A Lively Half-Day by the Sea1979 081Where To?1990 082The High Note2004 083A Long, Long Longing1981 084A Long, Long Longing1992 085Longing1995 086Longing1985 087Longing1996 088Annyeong1982 089The Letter2006 090The Gaze2001 091Recollection1988 092Ieodo2005 093The Way Home1991 094The Way Home1990 095Wide Sea, Narrow Path2004 096Jeju1976 097Wild Dance1997 098A Day2004 099The Way Home1990 100The Last Work2013

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The Painter Who Swallowed the Wind