Jjirasi Vase is one branch out of a project New Koreanism. The word 'Jjirasi' is orignated from Japenese word 'Chirasi' that means flyer. And Korean use that to imply vulgar flyers on the street. 
In this project, so-called ‘street aesthetic’ is used as a representation to imply Korea’s rapid growth and chaotic modernization. At the same time, it reminds the artist of his nostalgic childhood in Korea and creates two opposing values.
The results show colorful and loud pattern of signboard on the form of classic object. 
The combination of those two different time axes is rather rough and aggressive. This methodology is based on a reflection that every treasure and trash is mixed and chaos grows due to the turbulent modern history of Korea. Through these works, the artist implicitly reflects and quests the historical path of Korean society. Also, while scanning the time axis of the past and present, he takes optimistic view that the advertisement images can be interpreted as a new cultural resource in the future.

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