Core 30/CORE 10 / 30
Mother and Fish
어머니와 생선
- A family joined by the horizon
- livelihood
- waiting
Before the painting
A mother and child sit beside fish laid out for sale; the child looks toward a small boat, while family labour is divided between shore and horizon.
Art-Historical Structure
The fish are material traces of labour brought from sea to shore. The horizon divides the family, yet also directs their lives toward one another.
Family here is sustained not by occupying one space, but through separate labour, shared anxiety and an unbroken direction of waiting.
Key Sentence
The horizon separates the family, yet remains the unbroken line directing them toward one another.CORE 10 · Mother and Fish · 1979
Image and base identification: byunshiji.org / works / 043
Philosophical statements are critical interpretations grounded in the work, not presented as direct quotations from the artist.