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Pale pink, blue and yellow dissolve across sea and sky, turning the horizon into a breath in which several moments coexist.
Byun Shi-Ji, Sunset, 1975 · FŪDO 071

Core 30/CORE 04 / 30

CORE 04 · ARCHIVE 071 · 1975 · Early Jeju

Sunset

일몰

  • Transformation of colour
  • layered time
  • restrained abundance

Before the painting

Pale pink, blue and yellow dissolve across sea and sky, turning the horizon into a breath in which several moments coexist.

Art-Historical Structure

Before arriving at dried-grass colour, Byun learned how several colours could lower their voices within one field. Pink, blue and yellow remain, but none dominates.

The painting records a transition from chromatic abundance toward atmospheric compression: several times of day held within a single restrained light.

Key Sentence

The colours have not disappeared; they have lowered their voices to remain within one light.CORE 04 · Sunset · 1975

Image and base identification: byunshiji.org / works / 071
Philosophical statements are critical interpretations grounded in the work, not presented as direct quotations from the artist.

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