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FOLLOW A PATH · BODY

Following the body

A posture that speaks before the face

A bowed head, two hands, a bent back, a stick. Whatever the time and place, the body remembers first the world it has long faced.

The Iconography of the Bent Body →

  1. Self-Portrait
    01 / STORY 05

    I Have Been a Long Way

    Self-Portrait · 1944

    PART I · What Comes into View as the End Draws Near
  2. Portrait of Nemo
    02 / STORY 08

    Can't I Stay Like This?

    Portrait of Nemo · 1951

    PART I · What Comes into View as the End Draws Near
  3. FEMME
    03 / STORY 11

    The Body Knew First

    FEMME · 1947

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  4. Portrait of Mr. K
    04 / STORY 12

    I'd Like to Rest, Too

    Portrait of Mr. K · 1952

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  5. Nude with Bowed Head
    05 / STORY 13

    The Knee That Rises First

    Nude with Bowed Head · 1953

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  6. Porter
    06 / STORY 14

    The Back Remembers

    Porter · 1958

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  7. The Pony
    07 / STORY 17

    Not Looking the Same Way

    The Pony · 1975

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  8. Plowing
    08 / STORY 21

    Just Stay Today

    Plowing · 1979

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  9. The Sea Is the Haenyeo's Tears
    09 / STORY 23

    Forehead to Forehead

    The Sea Is the Haenyeo's Tears · 1989

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  10. A Drunken Life
    10 / STORY 24

    Who Leans on Whom

    A Drunken Life · 1994

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  11. Going On as It Is
    11 / STORY 25

    The Steps Still to Walk

    Going On as It Is · 2006

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  12. Typhoon
    12 / STORY 40

    Closer to the Ground

    Typhoon · 1983

    PART IV · What Is Left After Taking Away, One by One
  13. Self-Portrait Bust
    13 / STORY 42

    A Face on a Single Point

    Self-Portrait Bust · 1986

    PART IV · What Is Left After Taking Away, One by One
  14. Wind
    14 / STORY 43

    Only the Wind I Could Not Paint

    Wind · 1991

    PART IV · What Is Left After Taking Away, One by One
  15. A Wavering Horizon
    15 / STORY 44

    There Was More Sea

    A Wavering Horizon · 2005

    PART IV · What Is Left After Taking Away, One by One
  16. Noon
    16 / STORY 45

    Straighten Up and I'd Fall

    Noon · 2007

    PART IV · What Is Left After Taking Away, One by One