Cracks Left in the AI Era: Kwon Soon-chul’s 'Spirit'
Creatrip Team
6 months ago
Artist Kwon Soon-chul resists the AI-driven trend of perfect, smooth faces by building up thick paint layers that reveal cracks and traces of time. His recent work 'Spirit' (2015–2017) dissolves recognizable features into textured masses—paint as residue of existence rather than polished likeness. Where AI produces flawless, replicable images, Kwon preserves materiality and memory: repeated overpainting, scratched surfaces, and the accumulation of time become the subject. The beauty in his work emerges not from form but from endurance and lived experience; his paintings ask “Who am I?” through material persistence rather than clear answers.
