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  • Artist Statement: "Seongsan Bridge appears over the River Han. Across the bridge stands Lotte World Tower, a 123-floor skyscraper that officially opened in 2017. A cross is floating on the river. Martin Luther, while reminding us of his speech at the Diet of Worms, stands just next to Jesus, pointing to him. Several people surrounding them are watching the event of Jesus' crucufixion. All of them are figures borrowed from Yun-Bok Shin's genre paintings. There are also other figures borrowed from Hong-Do Kim's paintings. The blacksmith in Daejanggan (A Blacksmith's Worshop [sic]) is portrayed as nailing Jesus' hand on the cross; the bow in Whalsogi (Archery) is targeted at Jesus' heart; the indiscreet, crying childin Seodang (A Schoolhouse) is described as mourning over the crucifixion of Jesus; the man who hides himself and steals a glance in BBaleteo (A Washing Place) appears next to the crying child; thos who were enjoying boating and drinking in Deon-yudo (Painting of Boating) are represented as a group of people who are indifferent to, or have nothing to do with, the event of the cross." (from the guide for Min's exhibition, "500 jähriges Reformationsjubiläum, Korea," which ran from July 5-10, 2017, at the Gasthaus Ökumene in Wittenberg and from July 12-August 1, 2017 at the Kreuzkirche Alte Bibliothek in Dresden)
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    500 years of the Reformation, Korea (2017)

    Min, Kyeong Ah
    Date
    2017
    Copyright
    IN COPYRIGHT
    Artist Statement: "Seongsan Bridge appears over the River Han. Across the bridge stands Lotte World Tower, a 123-floor skyscraper that officially opened in 2017. A cross is floating on the river. Martin Luther, while reminding us of his speech at the Diet of Worms, stands just next to Jesus, pointing to him. Several people surrounding them are watching the event of Jesus' crucufixion. All of them are figures borrowed from Yun-Bok Shin's genre paintings. There are also other figures borrowed from Hong-Do Kim's paintings.
  • An embroidered depiction of the original building of the Chongkyo Methodist Church on silk. Chongkyo Methodist Church was built and founded by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Seoul, Korea, in the early 1900s and was part of the Seoul Circuit of the Korea Conference. The piece shows the original church building with a selection of Korean figures, men and women, approaching or walking by the church. A dedication is embroidered across the top of the work. The embroidery is done in traditional Korean style common towards the late Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) and includes intricate details, including the brickwork and roof tiles.
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    픔념긔별젼

    Date
    1910 – 1913
    Copyright
    NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT
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    An embroidered depiction of the original building of the Chongkyo Methodist Church on silk. Chongkyo Methodist Church was built and founded by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Seoul, Korea, in the early 1900s and was part of the Seoul Circuit of the Korea Conference. The piece shows the original church building with a selection of Korean figures, men and women, approaching or walking by the church. A dedication is embroidered across the top of the work.
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