Hard Time
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Tokyo, December of 2004: Vice correspondant David Choe knocks out an undercover cop and is subsequently arrested and imprisoned. He spends the next four months in solitary confinement. Through his unrelenting resourcefulness and need for self-expression, he sources some materials from his severely limited social environment (a tiny prison cell) and creates the following work.
mediums used: envelope, napkin, tea, urine, soy sauce.
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Tight post, this artwork is ultra badass, especially when considering the aforementioned lack of creative resources and mind numbing confines.
Comment by The Aesthetic Poetic May 16, 2008 @ 10:43 amI disagree with the idea that incarceration is mind numbing. When the body is imprisonned, the mind will become more active and imagination and creativity can flourish in those who seek internal escapism from their physical reality. Art can flourish under such conditions.
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Comment by jesus christ May 17, 2008 @ 7:45 amWhen you look at this work, doesn’t it completely sum up the human being? You have sex & companionship (the women), then the food, the anger and expression with the fighting and the face which judging from the self confinement all those months, could actually be something like a self portrait. It was the 2nd blog that i stumbled across and i thought it was very interesting.
Comment by saltycoconut May 17, 2008 @ 8:57 amThat’s it?! You should have hundreds, even drawings on your body, any available surface. Having to sit in church as a youth every Sunday, I did more drawings. Talk about torture. I would even bite myself and count the seconds it took for the mark to disappear.At 39 I still have tiny traces of that practice. Let’s see more, or get your ass back there.
Comment by Rebecca May 18, 2008 @ 7:17 amThis is the best type of art there is. Pure, honest and expressionistic. You’ve illustrated the human experience and gotten straight to the point.
Comment by Nat Dart May 18, 2008 @ 11:36 amBeautiful, I agree with Dong Xiao Ping, my best work comes from times of deep isolation as well.
Comment by Ruby from Shanghai May 25, 2008 @ 1:02 pmAw9YtV hi! hice site!
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