The Artist Statement Book Series by CICA Museum features artist’s statements of visual artists from around the world. Artist Statement #4 features 30 artists worldwide including Lesley Bunch, Ye Chan Cheong, Suzie Dittenber, Bahar Faraz, Jake Francis, Scott Nelson Foster, Anne Herzbluth, Jessica Holmes, Malgorzata Kaczmarska, Usumurasaki Kana, Bo Kyung Kim, Ayse Kucuk, KX2, Kerri Lee, Philip Lindsey, Eric Long, Juyi Mao, Changyeob Ok, Sung Eun Park, Todd Reynolds, Dario Ricciardi, Lyu Rui, Zelene Schlosberg, SUHPERZEB, Star Trauth, Kira Walz, Shane Ward, Jennifer Wester, and Eric Zeigler.
Artist Statement 또는 Artist’s Statement (아티스트 스테이트먼트)란 작품에 대한 이해를 돕기 위해 작가의 영감, 아이디어 및 작품 세계를 서술한 글이다. Artist Statement는 미국의 미술대학 및 미술계를 중심으로 1990년대부터 활발하게 쓰이기 시작했다. Artist Statement는 난해하고 개념적인 현대미술을 접근하기 위한 실용적인 “도구”이다. Artist Statement가 오히려 작품의 감상을 일정한 방향으로 국한할 수 있으며 작가의 자유로운 표현 방식을 저해한다는 비판적인 의견도 있지만, 제한된 2-4 문단의 글로 작가의 세계를 그려내는 한편의 시와도 같다는 점에서 작품 자체와 별개의 또 다른 매력이 있다.
CICA 미술관에서는 “Artist Statement” 전시 및 출판을 통해 작가들의 최신 Artist Statement를 소개한다. Artist Statement #4는 Lesley Bunch, Ye Chan Cheong 정예찬, Suzie Dittenber, Bahar Faraz, Jake Francis,Scott Nelson Foster, Anne Herzbluth, Jessica Holmes, Malgorzata Kaczmarska, Usumurasaki Kana, Bo Kyung Kim, Ayse Kucuk, KX2 (Ruth Avra & Dana Kleinman), Kerri Lee 캐리리, Philip Lindsey, Eric Long, Juyi Mao, Changyeob Ok 옥창엽, Sung Eun Park,Todd Reynolds, Dario Ricciardi, Lyu Rui, Zelene Schlosberg, SUHPERZEB, Star Trauth, Kira Walz, Shane Ward, Jennifer Wester, Eric Zeigler를 포함한 30명의 전 세계 작가의 작품 및 Artist Statement를 소개한다.
Featured Artists:
Lesley Bunch
Ye Chan Cheong
Suzanne Dittenber
Bahar Faraz
Scott Nelson Foster
Jake Francis
Anne Herzbluth
Jessica Holmes
Małgorzata Kaczmarska
Usumurasaki Kana
Bo Kyung Kim
Ayse Kucuk
KX2
Kerri Lee
Philip Lindsey
Eric Long
Juyi Mao
Changyeob Ok
Sung Eun Park
Todd Reynolds
Dario Ricciardi
Lyu Rui
Zelene Schlosberg
SUHPERZEB
Star Trauth
Kira Walz
Shane Ward
Jennifer Wester
Eric Zeigler
Biographies
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / ART DIRECTOR: Leejin Kim
EDITOR / DESIGNER: Seungsub Baik
EDITOR: Nokyeong Han
Produced by CICA Press, Gimpo, Korea
ISBN 979-11-88671-10-6 03600 (Paperback)
ISBN 979-11-88671-11-3 05600 (Kindle ebook)
Photographs and contents are copyrighted by the featured artists.
© 2019 CICA Press, Gimpo, Korea
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Cover Image front © Lyu Rui “Censorship,1946” (2016)
back © Jennifer Wester “Breaking Shadows” (2018)
Now available on Amazon Kindle:
Kindle free ebook promotion period: Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 12:00 AM PDT – Saturday, June 1, 2019, 11:59 PM PDT
The paperback version (printed in black and white) will be available in major bookstores in Korea and on CICA Press website in June 2019.