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Dark branches and low vegetation tangle before a pale sea, while a distant rock island remains a small point beyond the rough foreground.
Byun Shi-Ji, Ieodo, 1978 · FŪDO 001

Core 30/CORE 09 / 30

CORE 09 · ARCHIVE 001 · 1978 · Early Jeju

Ieodo

이어도

  • Entering fūdo
  • unreachable island
  • viewer participation

Before the painting

Dark branches and low vegetation tangle before a pale sea, while a distant rock island remains a small point beyond the rough foreground.

Art-Historical Structure

The painting denies the safety of viewing landscape from outside. The eye must pass through tangled branches and exposed ground before reaching the distant island.

Ieodo remains beyond possession. Fūdo is not scenery seen from afar, but the condition of already standing within the same wind and light.

Key Sentence

Fūdo is not a landscape seen from a distance, but the state of already standing within it.CORE 09 · Ieodo · 1978

Image and base identification: byunshiji.org / works / 001
Philosophical statements are critical interpretations grounded in the work, not presented as direct quotations from the artist.

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