ScholarWorks@숙명여자대학교

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After postmodernism, many artists are trying to borrow images of objects and express them in their works. The images of objects expressed in an artwork reflect not only the artist’s personal taste but also an aspect of modern society. By choosing to use bland mass-produced objects, an artist can convey a meaning rather than the innate function of the object per se. This researcher calls this the ‘Transition from Visual Objects to Visual Art’. The purpose of this study is to expand the scope of artistic expressions by re-examining the value of ordinary daily life as an artist produces artworks appropriating images of objects and by examining how trivial objects or things commonly found in daily life can be expressed in Ottchil artworks. The method to introduce images of objects is appropriation. Appropriation is one of several methodologies that takes the existing image of objects from various contexts, such as art history, advertising, media, and combines them with new images to create an artwork. This study discusses the chosen methods of appropriation to express images of objects and analyzes how images were appropriated to create artworks by Kazuo Yagi and Philip Taaffe. The main medium used for this researcher’s artworks is ottchil, known as traditional Korea lacquer. Ottchil is a natural traditional material used not only in Korea but also in Japan and China, which offers unique colors and surface finishes. Ottchil artwork were made of wood, metal, and hemp. Artworks were also embellished using ottchil powder, mother-of-pearl, Korean paper, and hemp cloth. Through this study, this researcher was able to learn that the image of objects and the experience through objects can serve as an important inspiration for an artist to produce works of art and hopes to see more active productions of artworks appropriating images of objects as a medium that can help narrow the gap between art and reality.

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