Core 30/CORE 05 / 30
The Pony
조랑말
- Two postures of return
- raising
- lowering
Before the painting
Two Jeju ponies stand close in blue and apricot light: one raises its head toward the distance, while the other lowers its head toward the ground.
Art-Historical Structure
One pony looks outward; the other attends to the ground. Vision and survival are not opposites, because the two bodies remain close.
Byun’s return to Jeju required the same double posture: imagining a new pictorial world while relearning the actual ground of home.
Key Sentence
To return is to look toward an unknown future while relearning the ground of home.CORE 05 · The Pony · 1975
Image and base identification: byunshiji.org / works / 053
Philosophical statements are critical interpretations grounded in the work, not presented as direct quotations from the artist.