ARTISTIC WORK CONSISTING OF DOTS

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Artists whose job is to show something original must have a hard time finding unique materials and techniques. Here is one original artist whose works consist of millions of dots painted laboriously with a syringe.

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A tulip is bound by something. Why is the flower confined?

[Soundbite] "One morning I was taking a walk and saw a neighbor who grew tulips, inspiring me to paint tulips. I searched the date and found that Frida Kahlo had died on that day. She was female and had health issues."

Yoon Jong-seok painted the flower this way to show his respect for Frida Kahlo and her indomitable spirit.

[Soundbite] Yoon Jong-seok(Painter) : "She had a spinal condition. This is a brace. I combined it with a tulip."

A golden pistol tied to a colorful flower balloon. The day he saw a flower balloon was the day former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was executed. A gold handgun belonged to him.

[Soundbite] Yoon Jong-seok(Painter) : "Hussein’s power and wealth were portrayed as a balloon, something weak that can shrivel up and pop at a slight touch. I wanted to show how our lives could be vain and fleeting."

The artist documented everyday things and injected historical memories into them.

[Soundbite] Yoon Jong-seok(Painter) : "We live in the present and we are interested only in now. I wanted to show that something new can be created when things from the past are combined with the present."

Clear images on vast canvases. But a closer look reveals a multitude of tiny beads. The artist used paint in a syringe to create tens of thousands of dots with it. The output of this demanding labor: astonishing works of art.

[Soundbite] Yoon Jong-seok(Painter) : "I find these tiny beads very appealing because a painting’s shape and texture changes depending on your position. That is what motivates me to keep painting in dots."