ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This series "Four Noble Ones" is based on my childhood memory when I learned these traditional paintings (Sagunja) at the age of 13.

I created four plant installations using galvanized wire. Integrating the dancer from the New York City ballet into each installation; plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, her movements harmonize with each plant, completing my photography series. Together, traditional paintings were reimagined by this project, showing the beauty of the human alongside the unique essence and colors of the "Four Novel Ones"

1. Plum, 梅, 2023
2. Orchid, 蘭, 2023
3. Bamboo, 竹, 2023
4. Chrysanthemum,菊, 2023
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Model. Cara Seymour

AUTHOR
Jaiseok Kang a.k.a Jason River(강재석) was born in Seoul, South Korea. While growing up, Mr. Kang dreamt of becoming a painter and enjoyed drawing from his own imaginations and observations. In 1995, he entered Hansung University’s Industrial Design department where he was introduced to photography for the first time. After graduating, he pursued his career as a photographer and worked doing numerous commercial projects including fashion, movie posters, and album covers for two years while attending a graduate program at Hongik University majoring in Fine Art Photography. After holding several group exhibitions in Seoul, in 2005, he came to New York City and held his first solo show at Contemporary Project Space Gallery. He studied Fine Art such as Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking at Brooklyn College until 2009, and has been shown not only his photographs but printmaking and installations as well extensively in galleries and a museum throughout the Untied States and South Korea.

Now he lives and continues his work in Brooklyn, New York.

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