Core 30/CORE 19 / 30
The Old Pine and the Old Man
노송과 노인
- Holding through the gaze
- farewell
- companionship
Before the painting
A small old man stands beneath a monumental pine, both facing a boat diminishing across the sea.
Art-Historical Structure
The old man cannot hold the departing boat, so he continues to look. The pine extends the direction of his gaze.
Companionship does not remove sorrow; it means another existence remains beside the direction of one’s longing.
Key Sentence
While the eye refuses to release what the hand cannot hold, farewell is not yet complete.CORE 19 · The Old Pine and the Old Man · 1987
Image and base identification: byunshiji.org / works / 079
Philosophical statements are critical interpretations grounded in the work, not presented as direct quotations from the artist.