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BYUN SHI-JI · FŪDO 018

Tufani

Typhoon

1990 · Jeju, middle period

Byun Shi-Ji (변시지), Typhoon, 1990, painting from the middle Jeju period, shaped by wind and dried-grass colour.

Artwork text

Juu, mstari mmoja mzito unatenganisha anga na bahari.
Juu yake mashua ndogo inaelea.
Chini, nyumba ya nyasi fupi na farasi aliyeinamisha kichwa.
Upepo tayari umepita.
Lakini katika mikunjo iliyopeperushwa, paa lililoshinikizwa, mgongo
uliopinda — kumbukumbu yake imebaki.
Kutokuonekana hakumaanishi kupona.
Upepo hutoweka, lakini mahali palipostahimili panakumbuka kwa muda
mrefu.

Key context

Byun Shi-Ji alikuwa mchoraji wa kisasa wa Korea aliyeiona Fūdo ya Jeju si kama mandhari ya nyuma, bali kama sharti la uwepo. Upweke, kusubiri, upepo na rangi ya nyasi kavu huunda usasa wa Kikorea wa kijumuiya-kienyeji, uliokita mizizi mahali na kufunguka kwa dunia.