CENTRAL READING
The Departing Boat
Painting may not be holding something fast, but quietly allowing what will disappear to depart.
PERIOD & MOTIFS
Early Jeju, 1975–1979
Return at fifty, blue Jeju, horses and boats, labour and absence.
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LIFE & TIME
Chronological coordinates
- 1979The Departing Boat was created and registered in the official archive.
- REVIEWEarly Jeju, 1975–1979 · Return at fifty, blue Jeju, horses and boats, labour and absence.
THE PAINTER’S VOICE
Related oral history
- Session 5Formation of the Jeju Style
- Session 6Life and Primal Landscape in Jeju
- Session 7Independent Artistic World · Technique · Dried-Grass Colour
RESEARCH
Research paths
- RESEARCHPainter and FūdoOpen source →
- RESEARCHA Century of WindOpen source →
- RESEARCHOral-History CommentaryOpen source →
EVIDENCE
Evidence and interpretation
| Grade | Claim | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1979 · The Departing Boat | Title, year and image in the official 100 Works archive. |
| B | Visible form and recurring motifs | Direct comparison of image, artwork text and related works. |
| B | Early Jeju, 1975–1979 | Formal comparison within the reviewed chronological group. |
| C | Links to life, testimony and research | Curatorial relations proposed for research navigation. |
Related Works
Works to view together
FŪDO 077 · 1978
The Returning Boat
To return is not to restore the time before departure, but to understand at last the meaning of the place left behind.
FŪDO 078 · 1979
The Jetty
An empty boat has reached the jetty, but the person has not returned. Arrival and absence occupy the same scene.
FŪDO 001 · 1978
Ieodo
Fūdo is not a view observed from afar, but a condition entered bodily, where one receives the same wind and cools within it.
FŪDO 004 · 1977
Brother Islands
Fūdo is not a background. It is a condition.
FŪDO 045 · 1978
Sea Village
A sea village is where sea and land divide the work of sustaining life.
FŪDO 063 · 1980
Ieodo
The empty boat remembers those who could not return; Ieodo remembers the names that could never be called.