Linger in hope, sprouted wounds
Encounter the records and unpublished masterpieces of the late farmer-painter Im Gyeong-jae, continued by the pledges of students.
Senninbari (Thousand-Stitch Belt)
Unpublished Work · Pen on Hanji, 2008
'Senninbari' refers to a cloth where a thousand people each sewed a stitch to pray for the safe return of those conscripted to the Pacific War.
This is a deeply meaningful work that newly interprets the miserable feelings of his uncle, Yang Se-min, who was forcibly conscripted into the Kwantung Army, along with the tears of the village people, through the insights of Jeju students. Rather than a symbol of pro-Japanese sentiment, it stands as a testimony to the tragedy forced upon individuals by an era that had lost its national sovereignty.
Loss and Agony of Itzilpul
Depicts the painful history of exploitation where even 'Itzilpul', a common wild medicinal herb, was targeted for forced confiscation.
Footsteps in the Deep Night
"In the dead of night, the house shook with the rough and hurried footsteps of soldiers..." A heavy record of the strict and suffocating fear during the Jeju 4·3 incident.
The Day the Community Reunited
Captures the memories and hopes that sustained life through the encounter with Father Patrick James McGlinchey after everything was lost in the scorched-earth policy.