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북극 유빙 위에 초상화 그리는 화가 Artist Paints Haunting Portrait on Melting Ice in Canadian Arctic

경제문화 Economy, Culture/사진미술 Photo & Arts2016. 10. 12. 00:14

Artist Paints Haunting Portrait on Melting Ice in Canadian Arctic

아마도 발이 닿기 힘들거나 어려운 여건에서 그림 그리는 것은

그림에 대한 열정 없이는 불가능한 일일 것이다.

몇년전에 독학으로 배운 화가 '션 요로(Sean Yoro)'의 역동적인 초상화 그림을 소개한 적이 있다.

그는 열악한 장소에서 그림을 그리는 것으로 유명하다.

노스페이스와 Camp4Collective가 제작한 단편영화 'What If You Fly'에서는 세계 최대의

모험으로 꼽히는 요로의 그림의 세계를 적나라하게 보여 준다.

화가들이 밖에서 그림을 그리려는 이유는 자연환경과의 교감에 있을 것이다.

제작스탭인 레난 오즈투크(Renan Ozturk)와 테일러 리스(Taylor Rees)'는 그림을 그리기

위한 온전한 얼음 캔버스를 찾기 위한 여정들을 소개했다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터

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By Jessica Stewart October 10, 2016

For the past year we've been sharing the incredibly dynamic portraits of self-taught artist Sean Yoro (Hula), which he typically paints in hard-to-reach locations, arrived at via his paddle board. The touching new short film What If You Fly, produced by The North Face and Camp4Collective, takes us inside Yoro's world as he embarks on one of his biggest challenges yet—painting in the Canadian Arctic. One of the artist's main motivations for working outdoors is to interact with the environment and directors Renan Ozturk and Taylor Rees share his journey to find the perfect piece of ice to use as a canvas before it comes to its natural end.

While the Canadian Arctic is quite different than Yoro's hometown of Oahu, he nonetheless forms bonds with the Canadian Inuit. This indigenous group has a population of over 50,000 in Canada and face a wide array of issues from suicide to substance abuse. Jesse Mike, the Inuit woman Yoro photographed and painted on the ice, confirms this in the film. "For most people it’s about the polar bears, it’s not about the people." she shares, "Well, let’s make it about the people. If i can somehow be in a position to influence the message that’s given to the rest of the world, that’s the most important thing for me." She continues, "The message that I wanted to send is, Inuit are very skilled, smart, awesome people. And you kind of have to be to survive in this environment."

After sleeping on the ice, Yoro and the crew race to complete his work before the ice begins to break up. To preserve the environment, a thin transparent sheet is placed over the surface. Meant to be an impermanent installation, his work is removed nearly as soon as its finished and is painted using non-toxic materials made with alkali-refined linseed oil or safflower oil and natural pigments.

The work can be seen as a continuation of his A’o ‘Ana series painted on a North American glacier. While that particular project was aimed at bringing attention to climate change, he's now turned his focus toward the Inuit, bringing the spotlight to an indigenous culture oft overlooked and reminding of us the fragility of our environment. As a whole the film also gives clear insight into the process of artists who work outdoors and the enormous effort needed to integrate into the environment and interact with a community through the language of art.