Title of art	인체/Figure			Sector	Painting (회화)
Art specifications	126.5?96cm			Material technique	Acrylic on canvas
Collection year	2001			Production year	1989
Gallery	Seoul Museum of Art			Artist	Oh, Chigyun
Description of art	“Figure” (1989), produced while he was struggling financially as a student in New York, is a reinterpretation of a nude photograph of the painter himself, which was taken by his wife at his request. The naked man, whose hollow-cheeked face is hidden in the darkness, is leaning his body forward, as if to try to stand up from the ground with one hand on his knee. He appears to be trying to straighten his posture, but his enervated body is drooping and his figure, in combination with the loose matiere of acrylic paint running down to the floor, vividly conveys the painter’s mentality as he finds himself trapped in darkness and unable to escape. The painting, produced through Oh’s endless attempts to objectify himself, reflects his complicated mental state, which swings back and forth from objective judgement to self-love.
Address	61, Deoksugung-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul			Source	Seoul Metropolitan Government