Chromatic Passage
Colour Map
The changing colour language of Byun Shi-Ji.
- 1940sDark Japanese brownsDensity of figure and representation
- 1960sSeoul blue and goldEnclosed gardens and chromatic abundance
- 1975–79Early Jeju blueThe moisture of a still-unfamiliar home
- 1980sDried-grass colourTime endured beneath sun and wind
- 1985–90sThe black sunPersistence and absence without light
- 1997–2013Late reductionMinimum line, enduring relation
※ This is a conceptual exhibition palette, not a scientific digital colour measurement of the paintings.
Four phases of colour
Four PhasesJapanese modelling
The disciplined modelling and restrained palette of the school and Tokyo years.
Blue Jeju
The transitional blue and green of a homeland seen again as unfamiliar.
Dried-grass colour
Sun, wind, labour and time condensed into a singular ochre-like but non-ochre pictorial language.
Black sun and reduction
Black suns, sparse lines, large intervals and the late movement toward the minimum.
Colour Stages · Relation Map
21 Colour Stages
The colour stage recorded for each work in the 100-work relation map, read as groups. Stage titles are the Korean working titles of the relation map.
Japan years
1941–1957Japan years · 1 works · 1944
타향의 어두운 색과 인물의 구조
Seoul years
1957–1975Seoul years · 2 works · 1965–1970
서울의 다채로운 색과 정밀한 선
Early Jeju
1975–1979Early Jeju, 1975–1979 · 2 works · 1975
따뜻한 색에서 제주색으로의 전환
Early Jeju, 1975–1979 · 3 works · 1976–1977
푸른빛과 마른 풀잎색 사이의 모색
Early Jeju, 1975–1979 · 6 works · 1978
마른 풀잎색과 해안 도상의 정착
Early Jeju, 1975–1979 · 11 works · 1979
바랜 색·먹빛 선·노동과 부재의 확장
FŪDO 029 · 1979
The Beggar
걸인
FŪDO 035 · 1979
Moonlit Night
달밤
FŪDO 039 · 1979
The Sea Is the Haenyeo’s Tears
바다는 해녀의 눈물
FŪDO 040 · 1979
Haenyeo
해녀
FŪDO 042 · 1979
Plowing
밭갈이
FŪDO 043 · 1979
Mother and Fish
어머니와 생선
FŪDO 060 · 1979
The Crow and I
까마귀와 나
FŪDO 066 · 1979
The Old Tree
괴목
FŪDO 075 · 1979
The Departing Boat
떠나가는 배
FŪDO 078 · 1979
The Jetty
선착장
FŪDO 080 · 1979
A Lively Half-Day by the Sea
어느 흥겨운 바닷가의 한나절
Middle Jeju I, 1980–1987 · 6 works · 1980–1987
기억의 해역과 먹빛 증언
Middle Jeju
1980–1995Middle Jeju I, 1980–1987 · 6 works · 1982–1987
마른 풀잎색의 완성과 가라앉은 색
Middle Jeju I, 1980–1987 · 5 works · 1983–1987
떠남·빈집·기다림의 여백
Middle Jeju I, 1980–1987 · 6 works · 1983–1986
바람이 형식이 된 선과 수평선
Middle Jeju I, 1980–1987 · 7 works · 1984–1986
검은 태양과 관계의 마지막 빛
Middle Jeju II, 1988–1995 · 5 works · 1988–1995
그리움과 이별의 넓은 여백
Middle Jeju II, 1988–1995 · 3 works · 1988–1990
생활과 풍토가 만든 마른 몸과 색
Middle Jeju II, 1988–1995 · 6 works · 1988–1993
폭풍 이후의 마른 색과 기억의 기울기
Middle Jeju II, 1988–1995 · 4 works · 1990–1992
귀로를 밝히는 가라앉은 빛
Late Jeju
1996–2013Middle Jeju II, 1988–1995 · 3 works · 1994–1995
형상을 덜어낸 자리의 작은 빛
Late Jeju, 1996–2013 · 6 works · 1996–1998
거친 바다와 빈집 속 가늘어진 생존의 선
Late Jeju, 1996–2013 · 4 works · 2001–2003
바랜 바다와 생활의 기억
Late Jeju, 1996–2013 · 3 works · 2004
하루와 생애를 압축한 마른 색
Late Jeju, 1996–2013 · 6 works · 2005–2006
형상과 서사를 덜어낸 최소한의 선
Late Jeju, 1996–2013 · 5 works · 2007–2013
