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흙을 매체이자 화면으로 삼아, 반복적인 붓질과 소성 과정을 통해 시간과 감정의 층위를 축적하는 작업을

이어온 나유석 작가. 소성 이후 갈라지고 부스러진 표면을 다시 흙물로 메우는 행위는 상처와 회복의 과정을

은유하며 수행적 태도 속에서 완성된다. ‘동의어’, ‘반의어’, ‘다의어’ 시리즈를 통해 그는 자연에서 발견한 균형과 간격의 미학을 바탕으로 인간 관계와 공간의 긴장과 조화를 조형적으로 탐구한다.

Artist Nahyouseok has continued a practice that treats clay as both medium and surface, layering time and emotion through repetitive brushwork and the firing process.

The act of refilling surfaces that have cracked and fragmented after firing with liquid clay

serves as a metaphor for wounds and recovery, brought to completion through a

performative attitude. Through the series Synonym, Antonym, and Polysemy, he sculpturally explores the tension and harmony within human relationships and spatial dynamics,

grounded in an aesthetic of balance and interval discovered in nature.

INTRODUCING
NAH YOU SEOK

Ceramics, for me, is a tool for expression. Just as a painter uses paint to create an image, I use clay to articulate my ideas. The subject of my work is the relationship between myself and others. My existence becomes meaningful through the presence of others; I become defined through our differences and clarified through our similarities. Through my work, I seek to show how we can exist both as “I” and as “we,” categorizing my pieces through the linguistic concepts of opposition, agreement, and multiplicity.

With the help of ceramics—an art shaped by clay and fire—I strive to materialize these ideas. For this reason, my work cannot exist without ceramics; it must be ceramic. For a long time, I have searched for the point where my thoughts meet this material, and this inquiry will continue alongside my practice.

To me, pottery is a tool for expression. As if an artist is painting with paint, I am also expressing it with ceramics. The content of that expression is my relationship with others. My existence is possible because someone else is next to me. I become clear as someone else, and I become clear as something else, and I want to show you through my work that it can be me and it can be us. So I separate the works by classification of the languages 'disagreement', 'consent', and 'multi-intention'.

And I try to embody them with the help of pottery, the art of soil and fire. So my work has to be ceramics. It has to be ceramics. I've been thinking about finding a point of contact between ceramics and my thoughts for quite some time. And that will continue with my work.

NAH YOU SEOK

ARTIST WORKING IN STUDIO

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