Jung Won Park
My work uncovers the effects humans have on their environment, specifically the commercial abuse of nature and the killing of animals for luxury goods and food. Using micron pens, I made detailed drawings that compares the beauty and magnificence of nature to the final, human product that they are made into.
Through highlighting the realistic and detailed attributes of an animal’s appearance, and how that trait is exploited commercially through the products that they are made into, I wanted to emphasize the price of human greed. For example, in the drawing of an alligator surrounded by alligator-leather wrist watches, both the product and the animal have the same characteristic feature — alligator skin. The big, magnificent animal is sacrificed and turned into a smaller, more delicate product, keeping its natural characteristic intact for profit. Through this, I wanted to investigate the power of juxtaposition by contrasting living creatures and products that are interconnected through the same drawing marks and patterns.