SONG Chang

It’s not easy to deal with historical issues and propose alternative ideas in artworks. But if art can be used as the medium for reflecting our society through self-criticism of artists and self-examination of our history, it means the functions and values of art are still effective. Having been creating artworks regarding awareness of the problems related to the territorial division, I think the division is not simply a subject of artwork but a starting point of our perceptions and sentiment that permeate our culture extensively. Therefore, DMZ can also be found in our hearts other than the red line on the map of Korea. Unless we overcome the history of hatred and conflicts on this land, we can never remove DMZ from our hearts or open a new prospect. Healing means magnificent virtue that unites everyone who overcomes the division, in other words everyone who wishes for reunification.

 

 

 

SONG Chang
Born in 1952, Jeonnam, Korea

EDUCATION
1980    B.F.A, Fine Arts, Chosun Univ., Gwangju
1990    M.F.A, Fine Arts, Kyungwon Univ., Seongnam

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2017    Flower Shade, SONG Chang, Seoul, Korea
2017    Contemporary Issue-Division, SONG Chang: Forgotten Scape, Seongnam, Korea
2011    SONG Chang Landscape The Day After, Seoul, Korea
2010    SONG Chang Silence, Seoul, Korea
2008    The Exhibition of SONG Chang, Seoul, Korea
2005    Paintings, Ask the Way, Seoul, Korea
1997    The Forest of Memory – Pine Tree, Seoul, Korea
1994    A Field does not Run Through, Seoul, Korea
1991    The Landscape of Division, Seoul, Korea
1986    The Exhibition of SONG Chang, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2016    Landscape of People, Goyang, Korea
2014    The 5th Realism Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
2012    Art Gyeongju 2012 Special Exhibition, Gyeongju, Korea
2010    Power of Gyeonggi-do, Ansan, Korea
2007    People’s Voice – Korea’s Realism, Niigata, Japan
2007    Cheonggwanjae Collection Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1995    Gwangju Biennale – Evidence of History, Gwangju, Korea
1994    Minjung Art 15th Years, Gwacheon, Korea
1993    Korean Arts Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
1988    JALLA, Exhibit Tour in Japan