Thinking of Forest

Doohwa Chung (b.1968)   Architecture of Time and Silent Books: A work that contains the process of a cycle in which a tree becomes paper and paper becomes a tree again, and a work that contains time in color  Artist Doohwa Chung, who deconstructs books, creates another kind of book. Strictly speaking, he creates sculptures using books as his subject matter, but in that he reinterprets the meaning of books, and so although the cases are different, he extends to books in that he still preserves the meaning of books. The artist classifies books collected by time period and reflects the texture and color of time contained in the books in his work. Old books that contain the scent of time give an old-fashioned feeling, while sculptures made by introducing new books give a modern and contemporary feeling. The artist’s work, which expresses the trajectory of time flowing in books in a plastic way, can also be said to be a representation of time. It can be said that he has constructed and built a kind of architecture of time that originated from books but is different from books. Also, there are no books, texts, or sounds in the artist’s sculptures. Nevertheless, the artist’s work is a book. It is a representation of books, texts, and sounds.