Hong Gu Park

Hong Gu Park(b.1966-) considers himself a carpenter, as his heart and attention has always been with the craft of woodworking. In his own words: “By adding nature to the black, fire-fed light, I can create beautiful patterns — and it is wood itself, full of living, breathing innocence, that bestows meaning on the scattered carpenter’s life.” Park has chosen fire as his means of approaching the essence of restriction, creating his “Carbonization Series” of works and objets after careful consideration of various carbonization techniques. Resolute and dedicated to his method, the artist values the materiality in play and the process of its transformation, melting his own life into his works.