"No one can long have one face for himself and another for the crowd, without risking not knowing which is the true one."
.: Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour "Yourcenar" :.
안창홍 / Ahn Chang Hong, "Visual artist," born in 1952, lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.
A typical solitary is reflected in his works.
Traces of misery and splendor are found equally in his paintings and in the artist's obsessive interest in desertion and solitude, alienation and anxiety, the bestiality of human character, fear and tragedy.
Through perverse and twisted portraits of himself and his family, Ahn has already expressed his fear and distance from the torn outside world.
The fear that he rendered in the black eyes of his family members and their gaping mouths could still cast a dark hue on his soul.
This dark aspect of Ahn cannot be fully attributed to his personal history or character.
We often interpret the nuances of our historical life, particularly regarding our grim social consciousness, which carries a burden, and this is reflected in his works.
His method of representation, however, is far from faithful to the circumstances.
His inclination is more towards transforming reality into fables.
In this transformation, Ahn beautifully showcases the fundamental tragedy of human character, a distortion in human character that remains unhealed.
These are some of the reasons why I believe the artist Ahn Chang Hong will be remembered.
