About
Known only as Mok-su, the artist has adopted wood sculpting as a meditational practice. Mok-su starts from a block of wood, without any planned sketch or design and meditates to be in the moment of each gouge of wood, letting the works come into being. The subtle differences within the works, hint at his pursuit of neither perfection nor imperfection. Further engaging with nature, he experiments to create his own natural colour palette, mixing pigments taken natural materials such as charcoal, chalk, earth, herbs, seashells, Korean calligraphy ink and minerals.
Mok-su aims to sculpt modest everyday objects, following in the footsteps of those egoless potters from Joseon period(14-19th c). Joseon dynasty Joseon potters considered the emptying bowl as the egoless mind; inspired by this, Mok-su considers emptying as transcendental meditation. Just as he freed himself from the machine, the artist aims to liberate himself from the ego, remaining anonymous.
