Ceci | Asia Pink Leaders
Fashion magazine Ceci's 'Asia Pink Leaders' feature introduced Kim Hyun Jung among a group of young Asian women making their mark in various fields. The article highlighted her 'Naesoong' series, a modern reinterpretation of Shin Yun-bok's Portrait of a Beauty, which portrays contemporary women in hanbok engaged in unexpectedly candid, unladylike behavior, and introduced her rapid rise as the 'idol of the Korean painting world.'
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Asia Pink Leaders
[Excerpt: the section introducing artist Kim Hyun Jung]
Kim Hyun Jung, Korean Painter
She reinterprets Shin Yun-bok's 'Portrait of a Beauty,' an icon of traditional Korean painting, for the present day. In her 'Naesoong' series, women dressed in elegant hanbok eat ramen sitting on delivery boxes, play billiards, or work out at neighborhood exercise equipment — candid, unladylike behavior far removed from the demure image the hanbok usually suggests. Alongside the eye-catching gap between costume and conduct, her technique of rendering the hanbok semi-transparently, allowing the body's outline to show faintly through, has drawn particular attention, earning her recognition as a rising idol of the Korean painting world. She continues to build a broad fan base by sharing her work directly with the public through social media.