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BYUN SHI-JI · FŪDO 079

Msonobari Mzee na Mzee

The Old Pine and the Old Man

1987 · Jeju, middle period

Byun Shi-Ji (변시지), The Old Pine and the Old Man, 1987, painting from the middle Jeju period, shaped by wind and dried-grass colour.

Artwork text

Mashua inakuwa nukta. Karibu haitaonekana. Msonobari mkongwe,
kando yake, anaitazama bahari pamoja naye. Hata hivyo mzee haingii
nyumbani. Kwa sababu anahisi: dakika atakapogeuka, mashua itatoweka.
Na maadamu anaitazama, bado ipo pale.

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.