Human Language, 2006
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Found objects, urethane paint
Dimensions variable
Exhibition view at Song Eun Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul
Monthly Art Magazine, Wolgan Misool, February 2005, p. 132
by Sook-young Park, Professor, Ewha Womans University
Human being is a linguistic animal, and grasps his or her own identity when he or she establishes a relationship with other human being. It is not easy to get used to a language that is different from one’s own language. Language reflects the culture, the way of thinking, and the experience of the speaker, and often becomes a tool of violence instead of the tool of communication and emotional exchange to the listener. It is because the actual content of language is determined by the person who speaks the language and not by the language itself.