The tortoise and the hare

3,800.00 

The tortoise and the hare. Original color aquatint and etching, 1983. Edition of 150 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.

  • Artist: Kyu-Baik Hwang
  • Year: 1983
  • Dimensions: 61 x 86 cm
  • Edition size: edition 150
  • Published by Visconti Art Spectrum, Vienna for the Art and Sports portfolio

Description

The tortoise and the hare. Original color aquatint and etching, 1983. Edition of 150 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Art and Sport portfolio: The Yugoslav Olympic Committee of the Winter Olympic Games Sarajevo 1984 wished to give a certain cultural-artistic accent to this world festivity. The admire of the Olympic idea, those who have a liking for the Olympic winter sports and the art connected with them will be, in agreement with the art publisher Visconti Art Lazo Vujić, honored by creations contributed by world known prominent artist. A portfolio containing sixteen original prints, handsigned and numbered by the artists, is published in a limited edition of 200 originals by each artist. Names like Dorazio, Folon, Greco, Helnwein, Hodgkin, Hwang, Kolar, Moore, Paladino, Pistoletto, Rosenquist, Santomaso, Stupica, Twombly and Warhol guarantee the high quality of the artistic idea and its realization. The size of the original print is 85 x 62 cm. The edition of the original graphic portfolio will be accompanied by limited editions of art posters of the same size, not numbered, but each of them carrying an impression of the inscription “Olympic Games Sarajevo 1984” and its logotype.
The themes proposed by the artists are either winter sports, the Olympic idea or the town of Sarajevo. All the artists remain faithful to their own specific expression, using the formal elements of the language developed through the years of their creative presence in world’s art. So every print included in the portfolio is at the same time a particular contribution to the continuity of their artistic orientation, the theme being an additional iconographic impulse to their visual research. The symbiosis of the Olympic idea and art is certainly an interesting creative proposal that will fascinate art-collectors and sport-lovers as well.

Kyu-Baik Hwang is contemporary painter and printmaker, from South Korea. He served in the military during the Korean War, and after the war he began to paint. Latter, he traveled across Europe and America and got inspired by many of their cultures and artists. Displacing ordinary objects from their original environments, typical for his works is often compared to Surrealist’s art from the 20th-century. Unlike surrealists, who rejected mind control and try to show the world of the unconscious, Hwang stimulates viewers’ imagination. He presents an extra-ordinary, imaginary world through ordinary spaces and objects, using different methods from printmaking to painting. This depiction represents a well known fable about a turtle and a rabbit’s race, where the much slower turtle defeats the rabbit, thanks to it’s intelligence and perseverance, which should encourage all competitors. There is also a pan in the top of the board, with five interlocking rings – the symbol and logo of the Olympic games, as well as a watch that symbolizes the passing of the time.

Additional information

Weight 2 kg
Dimensions 80 × 10 cm
Artists

Kyu-Baik Hwan