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Thinking of Karl Blossfeldt

Many years ago,
I was searching for materials that could inspire me for my clay work
and coincidentally, I came across a book full of marvellous images of nature
at a museum in London.
This was no other than a photographic collection of leaves, twigs, stems, buds
and other aspects of plants by the great Karl Blossfeldt.
Since then I have continued to study
and examine many of the images captured by Karl Blossfeldt.
Even today they are an important aspect in inspiring my work.

Karl Blossfeldt’s photographs focus on textural details
and also on maximizing the formal aesthetics of a small natural object.
Almost like putting a magnifying glass on nature details.
I spend hours and hours studying the black
and white pictures, thinking of ways to interpret then in my own way.
To study the images in more depth,
I have done pencil and charcoal drawings.
I have looked at details which I find interesting
and then I attempted to put them down on paper.
The fact that something small can be enlarged
or captured to transmit a certain sensibility is most fascinating.
Often, I am excited by all the details present in one single leaf or a stem.

This German artists had many special traits, for he was a botanist,
a photographer and a teacher.
He taught at Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste
(Institute of Royal Arts and Crafts Museum) in Berlin.
He also worked to document nature species for biological research.
Even today from fashion to industrial design and architecture,
many artists are inspired by his photography.

I am frequently uplifted by Karl Blossfeldt’s work
and I constantly strive to find ways
to incorporate elements of the photographic images into my work.
I am particularly interested in the linear qualities
in addition to the organic sensibility present in his work.
For this exhibition, I have put together a group of sketches
which I have done based on the inspiration from Karl Blossfeldt’s photographs.
So I have captured one small angle of a plant
and then expanded the size to create a different aesthetics. Again,
I am looking and striving for organic curves and simplicity.

I will continue to use Karl Blossfeldt’s work for my future work.
This present exhibition is a path which has just begun for
many more experimentations and developments in my work.

                                                               
                                                        August 2009
                                                        HYEYOUNG CHO
 
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