정상곤 작가는 서울대학교 미술대학 서양화과와 동 대학원 판화과에서 수학한 뒤, 회화와 판화의 경계를 넘나드는 작업을 꾸준히 이어오며 독자적인 자연 해석 방식을 구축해온 작가다. 그는 숲의 결이나 나무의 숨결, 바람의 흔적, 바위의 질감처럼 자연 속에서 포착한 미세한 기운들을 화면 위에서 즉흥성과 통제 사이의 긴장으로 번역한다. 물감이 스며들고 번지고 겹치는 과정에서 드러나는 질료의 움직임은 재현적 풍경을 넘어 자연이 스스로 발화하는 듯한 생명성을 드러내며, 이는 생의 찬란함과 덧없음이 교차하는 순간적 감각을 포착하려는 그의 태도와 맞닿아 있다. 정상곤의 작업은 관람자가 풍경을 단순히 바라보는 것을 넘어 자연의 호흡과 리듬에 감각적으로 동참하도록 이끌며, 자연을 정서적·철학적 장면으로 다시 사유하게 만드는 회화적 경험을 제안한다.
Chung Sang Gon studied Western painting and printmaking at Seoul National University and has since developed a distinctive approach that moves fluidly between the languages of painting and print. He draws inspiration from subtle sensations encountered in nature—textures of forests, the breath of trees, traces of wind, or the surfaces of rocks—and translates these impressions into a visual field shaped by the tension between spontaneity and control. The seepage, diffusion, and layering of paint on the canvas evoke a sense of living energy that goes beyond representational landscape, revealing moments where brilliance and transience coexist. Jung’s work invites viewers not merely to look at a scene but to attune themselves to the rhythms and pulses of the natural world, prompting a renewed, sensorial, and contemplative engagement with nature as an emotional and philosophical terrain.
Chung Sang Gon studied Western painting and printmaking at Seoul National University and has since developed a distinctive approach that moves fluidly between the languages of painting and print. He draws inspiration from subtle sensations encountered in nature—textures of forests, the breath of trees, traces of wind, or the surfaces of rocks—and translates these impressions into a visual field shaped by the tension between spontaneity and control. The seepage, diffusion, and layering of paint on the canvas evoke a sense of living energy that goes beyond representational landscape, revealing moments where brilliance and transience coexist. Jung’s work invites viewers not merely to look at a scene but to attune themselves to the rhythms and pulses of the natural world, prompting a renewed, sensorial, and contemplative engagement with nature as an emotional and philosophical terrain.
