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‘Fondness’ Art Book
Rather than facing each other, artist Yoon Hyungtaek depicts a warm and comfortable sense of trust that gives each other's side in the canvas. We sit next to each other without any purpose and look at the moment when we are together as if our time overlaps. Fragments of memories that are special to say daily life and friendly to say special are captured in close family images and lovers to approach the public in a friendly way.

Somewhere in between, there is ‘Fondness’ that is more mature than ‘likeness’ but more cheerful than ‘love’. If you remove the impulse, addiction and intensity from the word ‘love’, you get ‘Fondness’.

For the artist, looking at each other face to face means love, and looking from the side means likeness which is the reason why the artist likes to draw side profiles. In other words, the artist prefers likeness rather than love. A problem arises because what the artist seeks to express is neither love nor likeness. The likeness that the artist wants to express through his works can be defined as an emotion that doesn’t have the impulse, addiction, and intensity of love, and which overlaps the affection over and over again.
FRITZ HANSEN x Yoon Hyung Taek

많은 사람들이 예술가에게 묻는 질문 중 하나는 영감을 어 디서 얻느냐는 것이다. 그리고 대부분의 작가는 ‘일상’에서 얻는다고 답한다. 그렇다면 결국 중요한 것은 어떤 일상을 살아가고 있는지, 일상을 어떻게 구성하고 바라보는지에 달려 있다. 이는 예술가에게만 해당되는 이야기가 아니다.

그런 의미에서 다양한 형태의 예술을 일상 속에서 곱씹고 사유하는 경험은 단지 감상을 넘어서 삶을 풍요롭게 만드 는 하나의 방식이 될 수 있다. 예술을 가까이 두는 것, 그것 이야말로 일상을 더 나아지게 하는 감각 중 하나다.

One of the most frequently asked questions to artists is: Where do you find inspiration?
And more often than not, the answer is everyday life.
If that’s the case, what truly matters is the kind of life one leads—how one shapes and perceives their daily experiences. And this isn’t something that applies only to artists.

In that sense, engaging with various forms of art in everyday life—reflecting on them, letting them linger— can become more than just appreciation; it can be a way of enriching life itself.

To keep art close is, in many ways, to cultivate a sensitivity that makes the everyday more meaningful.

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