Women’s News | Happy Mong, 2016
Women's News featured Kim Hyun Jung's new work 'Happy Mong, 2016' in its New Year issue. The piece brings together Kim Hong-do's 'Mudong,' a monkey painting by Mori Sosen, and Kim Hyun Jung's 'Naesoong Girl' in a single frame to celebrate the new year of the Red Monkey. The artist explained that she personally titled the work 'Happy Mong,' meaning 'happy dream.'
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Beneath the words 'HAPPY NEW YEAR,' Kim Hong-do's 'Mudong,' Mori Sosen's 'Monkeys on a Tree,' and 'Naesoong Girl' (by Kim Hyun Jung) come together to celebrate the new year of the Red Monkey, 2016.
The title 'Happy Mong, 2016' carries the double meaning of 'happy dream (夢) = Happy Mong (夢)' and '2016, the year of the happy red monkey = Happy Mong (Monkey).' It conveys the meaning of everyone coming together as one, embracing one another, and 'moving forward together' this year. May we all be blessed with a year full of happiness, filled with bright, lively energy. Fighting, women of Korea!
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Kim Hyun Jung / Korean painter
Issue No. 1371 [Culture] (2015-12-31)