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NOVEMBER1,2003
OPINION
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
InterviewwithmonochromeartistKimGuiline(F-56)
Editorial
Seethingsfromtheunseen
Findinglostfuture
J
ust a color and some spots fill up the
money by repairing old works of artists in
whole space. There is no shape in the
themunicipalmuseumontheside.Heused
M
ost people may still remember the Tiananmen Square in 1989. There was an
picture.Alittleboysawtheworkofanartist
to clean the works of Rembrandt, Picasso,
unforgettable scene that a young student lay in front of a tank to protest
andremarked,¡°Itisallblack.Icannotfind
Chagallwithchemicals.Kimsaid,¡°Korean
dictatorship. The reckless behavior was a starting point to reform China. It affected
anythinginthispicture.¡±Thecreatorofthe
artistshaveatendencytothinkthatartisthe
directlyandindirectlytodemocratizeChina.Koreahadexperiencedasimilarsituation
work is Kim Guiline (F-56), who is one of
secondthingaftermakingaliving,although
earlier than China: It was the 5.18 uprising, as expected. The epoch-making event of
themembersoftheHUFS¡¯thirdgraduates.
beauty is what comes from one¡¯s living a
history was evoked by young power. And it paved the way to expel dictatorial
The artist has painted monochrome works
life.¡±
governmentandlaidacornerstoneofdemocracy.
for about 40 years in Paris. A few of his
He also said that he thinks his works do
The two events have something in common. Young people including university
works have been exhibited since 2000 on
notbelongtohim.¡°Therealmeaningofart
students played a leading role to reform society. It is a typical example to reveal the
Wangsancampus.
workistheworkitselfandwhatIamdoing
natureofyoungpeople,suchaspassionandchallenge.Ahumanbeingwhochallenges
Hiscareerasanartistdidnotstartinthe
on,notowningthem.¡±
theimpossibleisbeautifulnomatterwhotheyare.
early years of his life. It was after his
At his workroom where Mendelssohn¡¯s
Then,whataboutuniversitystudentstoday?Notallofthem,buttheyhaveatendency
graduation from HUFS, that he studied in
musicwascadenced,thereporteraskedhim
tobepassive,seekaneasywayandfindareliefbyadjustingtoreality.Thereareseveral
France.Influencedbyhiselderbrother,who
if there were any regrets about choosing to
reasonsorbackgrounds,supportingthethought.First,theyaremoreindividualisticthan
had studied in France, he entered the
become an artist. Then, he said that he has
before.Raisingsonsanddaughtersnoblybringsabouttheresult.Besidesrecentstate-of-
Department of French. Kim was a student
no regret about it and he had enjoyed full
the-art technologies including the Internet, cellular phone, computer games even so-
who loved literature, especially poetry. He
freedom with painting pictures. ¡°It is
called ¡°messenger¡± decreased face-to-face meetings with other people, which could
was one of the students who published the
impossible not to have difficulties but I am
deepenthetrend.Individualismspreadstocampus.So,theyareindifferenttoon-campus
first school magazine of HUFS and he
gratified with my life as an artist,¡± he said.
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
issues,becausetheythink,¡°Itisnotdirectlybeneficialforme.¡±Theyaretoobusydoing
translatedFrenchpoemsintoKoreaninthe
Hisdailyroutineconsistsofdrinkingacup
theirprivatethings,though.
magazine. Also his own poems were
Museum and the articles about him were
¡°Theenergyofnatureisaformlessthing.I
of tea in the morning and painting in his
Anotherreasonisthepopularculture.Theconsumptivecultureinfiltrateddeeplyinto
publishedintheHUFSschoolnewspaperin
carried in local newspapers. He found his
perused philosopher Merleau Ponty¡¯s
workroom.¡°Mybodyissittingonachairbut
universitysince1990¡¯s.Anditissofamiliarthatstudentscannotrecognizetheculture.
1958.
latent talent on painting and moreover, he
books.¡± There are many works of various
inmyhead,Iamflyingfreelylikeabird,¡±he
Forinstance,generalstudentcouncilsofuniversitiesarebusyinvitingpopularsingersto
Duringhischildhood,heusedtobelostin
won the recognition of the public. This
sizes in his workroom. ¡°Every other work
said.Kimalsoconfessedthatifhewerenot
gatherstudentsduringfestivalseasoninspring.Importantthingisthatstudentaccepts
contemplation,andlikedtodrawthepictures
encouraged him to make his mind up to be
seemsalikebut,thereisnosamework,¡±he
an artist, he would want to be an astronaut.
naturally. By experiencing the new campus culture, they do not begin to develop the
of Van Gogh. However, he was not in a
anartist.Astudentwhofirststartedtostudy
explained. His painting is done by drawing
The message to HUFSans also has
culturetobemoreproductive.
situation to study art at that time. After
Frenchliteraturefoundhimselfbecomingan
lines and placing dots and rubbing them
somethingtodowithhisstatementabouthis
Finally,thereisaseriousyouthunemploymentproblem,whichbecameasocialissue.
graduatingfromHUFS,hewenttoFranceto
artist.
togetherandthenrepeatingitagain.Hesaid
life. He asked HUFSans to be a young
Theunclearfuturemakestheyoungdepressed.Fortherookieswhoareabouttojump
studyFrenchliteraturewhichwasaveryrare
He continued to live in Paris after he left
thathecouldmaketensionsofcolorthrough
generationwhocanenjoyfreedomtothefull
intothesocietyandstretchtheirwings,itcanbeaunconquerableburden.Therefore,on
eventinthosedays.Kimstudiedthepoems
forFrancein1961andhecamebacktolive
thisprocess.¡°Althoughthisisonecolor,itis
intheirlives.
entering, freshmen are getting involved to study their major in these days. In other
of French poets, like Apollinaire and Paul
in Korea in the year 2000. In Korea, he is
notmonotonous.Youcanfindrhythminit.¡±
Next year, he has a plan to hold his
words, youth unemployment shrinks them not to think of other things. On the other
Valery. And he was fascinated by the
called, the ¡°forerunner of monochrome.¡±
Amonghisworks,especially,hehasmany
exhibition in Busan. And he hopes that he
hand, the youth unemployment issue always exists. Korean economic condition is
ImagistSchoolandhealsobecamecharmed
Kim brought monochrome paintings into
workswithblackcolor.Hesaidthatblackis
wouldhaveagoodbookofhispaintingsin
gettingbetter.Thus,theydon¡¯tneedtobetoonegative.
bypaintings.Then,hestartedtopaintworks
Korea by holding his first exhibition in
a color that opens people¡¯s eyes to one¡¯s
thefuture.Thefigureoftheartistinhissmall
Somemightdisagreetothethoughtontrend,whichisconsideredasanunavoidable
of art in 1962, the next year he went to
Korea in 1976. At that time, it was
essence. But, his favorite color is yellow.
workroom seems extremely passionate and
change. Of course, reality can¡¯t be ignored. The conservative usually says that it is
France. Kim expressed his emotions in the
considered a very fresh idea in the Korean
¡°Yellowisafantasticcolor.Itisacolorthat
energetic.
impossible.Butwhattheydonotrealizeistheimportanceoftheyounggeneration.After
paintingsforthreeyearsanddecidedtostudy
Art world. In the 1970¡¯s, monochrome,
makes people go about dreaming. I often
theliberation,theyounggenerationtriggeredmanyimportanteventsthatturnedoutto
ArtHistoryatDijonuniversity.
which is from American painting, was a
listen to Mendelssohn¡¯s music while I am
beturningpointsinhistory.Forexample,thepassionfordemocraticnationtransformed
HewenttotheNationalSchoolofArtin
world trend at art circles. Kim got an
painting.Ithinkhismusiccanbeexpressed
into civil activities, and young woman power which destructed the firm paternalistic
Parisandheheldhisfirstexhibitionin1965.
inspirationfromthoseworksandhethought
bythecoloryellow.¡±Andheaddedthatheis
society. Thanks to young workers¡¯ struggle in 1970¡¯s and 1980¡¯s, workers could get
His Art History teacher appreciated his
itwastheverypaintingstylethatsuitedhim.
an fervent supporter of the pictures of
presentstatusanyhow.
worksandadvised,¡°Itwouldbehardforyou
Monochromeisanuni-coloredpainting.It
Malevich,aRussianartist.
ByBaekMi-sun
Forthisreason,itisnecessaryforthemtobepositive,progressive,andadventurous,
tofindthesekindofopportunityduringyour
doesnotdescribetheshapesweseebuttries
He lived a simple and modest life for 40
AssociateEditorofCampusSection
becausetheyareinchargeofdevelopingthesociety.Asstatedearlier,younggeneration
life.¡± His works were bought by the Dijon
tocapturetheessenceusingonlyonecolor.
years as an artist in France. He earned
hasledreformation,andeverysocietyneedsthem.Noonecansubstitutefortheirparts.
Ashumanbeingsaregettingold,theybecomeconservative.Althoughitisthenature
of human being, it is hard to expect advancement from anyone who do not pursue
FromtheFacultyLounge
change or continuously challenge. Can a single human being make a difference? It
soundsverydifficult,butofcourseitispossible.Especially,passionateyoungpersons
have unlimited potentialities enough to achieve something significant. Although it is
E
hardtogoagainstthecurrenttrendofbeingrealistic,don¡¯tforgetthatuniversitystudents
veryyear,tensofthousandsofstudents
and ¡°better¡± majors. From local universities
has their transfer students quota reduced
universitiesacceptthetransferfeverasareal
areyoung.Makeachallengetotheready-madesocialsystem.
transfer from their current universities
touniversitieslocatedattheNationalCapital
proportionally to a supplement ratio of the
fact and take various measures to meet the
or colleges to other universities. Only to
region and from less favoured to more
faculty. However, this solution is simply a
situation, there would not be a satisfactory
HUFS do about 600 new students transfer
favoured universities, the transfer march is
temporarycountermeasuretorevivealready
solutiontotheproblem.
from other universities and colleges in a
goingonregardlessofapplicants¡¯abilityand
problem-filledlocaluniversities.
Transferred students switched to other
year. The purpose of the transfer admission
academic aptitude. This undesired transfer
Even after a successful transfer to other
universities without considering the
system is to give students opportunities to
fever results in a great squandering of
university, there still remains an essential
fundamental problems mentioned above
choose and adjust once again their major
nation¡¯sresources.
problem. Because many transfer students
should remember that they could fail to
fields of study suitable to their ability and
achieve their intended purpose. To escape
ParkNo-ho
academic aptitude. In this context, the
fromthiskindofproblems,oneshouldgive
transfer admission system can be seen as
carefulconsiderationinthefirstplacewhen
performingitsoriginalandpositivefunction.
choosing their university and academic
However,wecannotdenythefactthatthe
Actualandvirtual
major.Andbeforeconsideringtransfer,they
system actually distorts the fundamental
shouldfirstsearchforpossibilitiestodevelop
highereducationalsystem.
themselvesatthecurrentuniversity.Finally,
One of the major causes of the transfer
if they fail to find out any possibility, they
imagesofthe
admission system would be that a great
canconsidertotakeatransferadmissiontest.
number of students enrolled in universities
Anyway,theresponsibilityofproblemsof
would choose their majors without
thetransferadmissionsystemshouldnotlie
transferadmission
considering ability and academic aptitude.
wholly on the students. Rather it is partly a
Of course, it is difficult for the final-year
responsibilityofourdistortedsocietyandour
highschoolstudentstohavecomprehensive
mal-functioningeducationalsystem.
knowledge of their ability and academic
As the Dean of Admission Affairs of
aptitude. Nevertheless, the limping attitude
Anotherproblemofthetransferadmission
switchtonewuniversitiesregardlessoftheir
HUFS, I fully recognize the difficulty that
in choosing universities and academic
system is that, due to the trend of transfer
majors at the former universities, it is not
transfer students may encounter and I want
majors at their first universities does not
from local universities to universities at the
easy for them to follow the curricula at the
to inform you that various programs are on
originate from the lack of knowledge but
Capitalregion,thelocaluniversitiesarenow
new universities that are mainly organized
thewaytosolvetheproblems.
fromageneraltrendofpreferringto¡°better¡±
facing a survival crisis. Recently, the
focusingontheoriginallyexistingstudents.
universities.
Ministry of Education and Human
Sometimes it can happen that a transfer
It is an inevitable fact that the transfer
Resources announced a program of
student graduates from the transferred
Thewriterisaprofessorof
admissionsystemitselfisalsoperformedin
curtailing the total number of transfer
universitywithoutgraspingthebasicconcept
theDepartmentofScandinavianLanguages,
the way to transfer to ¡°better¡± universities
students,accordingtowhicheachuniversity
of his/her new major. Even though many
DeanofAdmissionAffairs.
YangYoung-chul/CartoonistofTheArgus
LettertoTheArgus
Sharingtheviewonperformance
Makingthebestuseofspeciality
ESTABLISHED1954
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R
ost university students enjoy
see it even though the theater was not that
ecently, college has become an
they are disappointed or know that the job
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
watching movies but not going to
big. Also expensive performance brings
official institute as compulsory
doesnotseemright.Ithinkthat¡¯swhywe
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
performances. Of course many people like
about economic loss. The article gave a
education and is no longer regarded as an
havesuchalowrateofemploymenttoday.
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
performances.Buttheydonotgotoseeit.
example ¡®Turandot¡¯ which is made from
ivory tower. When people choose their
Peopleshouldknowmoreaboutthemselves
It¡¯sbecauseoftheexpensivepricetickets.
China.WhenIsawperformancethatgota
major, they tend to ignore their aptitude.
and what they really want. They must
?President,Publisher
AhnByong-man
When I saw the article about it in the
copyright from foreign countries I did not
Andaftertheygraduate,theychooseajob
choosesuitablemajorsandtrytofindwork
?Editor-in-Chief
ParkMin-shik
Argus, I remembered what my sister told
knowwhateffecttheperformancehas,the
whichisnotrelatedtotheirmajor.
in a similar field. Or people should feel
me.Shewouldliketoseetheperformance
economic loss. And the article said,
ButIreadanarticlefromtheArguslast
morepassionateabouttheirmajorandstudy
?EditorialConsultant
KooSung-chan
¡®Cats¡¯butshecouldnot.Shesaiditwastoo
expensive performance induce a sense of
monththatoneofHUFSanwroteabouthis
harder. That may be one of the ways to
?Editor
SeoEun-jin
expensive. Yes, I heard that it really is an
incompatibility and it related to worsening
experience in Africa and his wish to
improveourlowrateofemployment.
?AssociateEditors
BaekMi-sun,KimKyu-young
excellentmusicalbutitistooexpensivefor
the quality of performances. I understand
continue studying about the field after
So, take more interest in our majors and
OhSae-hoon,YeoHee-soo
students or teenagers. I thought that large
what it means but I don¡¯t know how to
graduation.Themostfascinatingthingwas
studyitharder!
?Reporters
sized performance would need much more
prevent it. Kindly, the article did not miss
his experience of making his own friends
JoHyun-mi,JoJae-hyoung,LeeHyae-myung
moneyformakingitandsotheticketscost
the point. It tells solutions. I also think
andstudyingbyhimself.
LeeJun-gul,ShimHye-jin
somuch.
creative ideas bring people to the theater
I visited Thailand last summer, and I
?ProfessorEditor
KimHyun-taek
But article said large and expensive
and increases the popularity of the
foundmyguidewhostudiedThailanguage
LeeBichNaRee(E-02)
?EnglishAdvisors
ChoSung-eun,ChooSuk-hoon
performancecauselotsoftrouble.Itbrings
performance.Ofcourseanexclusivetheater
at HUFS. It was very pleased to meet a
about the prolonged depression of small
and a high quality production of the
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