현대도예에서 유희표현에 관한 연구

Abstract

Contemporary ceramics is diversely developing by attempting the communication and interactionwith the public. One of the noticeable characteristics of contemporary ceramics is the works thatreinterpret the virtual reality, human's ambivalence, and space through playful sensibility. According to Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, only people who play could becomecomplete humans, and only when spieltrieb is harmonized between sensibility and reason, itcould become a root of creativity for art. Homo Ludens and Johan Huzinga who established theconcept of playing humans defined the essence of playfulness as the differentiation of humansfrom other animals would be their ability to play. In artistic activities, the playful expressioncould be a process of play to artists. When the concept of playfulness is combined with visualart, the emotional communication could be even added to the visual pleasure. Such playfulnessexpressed in visual art relieves tension and also gives the psychological satisfaction andhappiness. Works by Nam-June Paik, Keith Haring, and Jeff Koons show the playful sensibility ofHomo Ludens. Contemporary ceramics based on the theoretical concept and visual art ofplayfulness could be classified into the abstract playfulness of Jun Kaneko and Eric Hibelot, andthe satirical playfulness of Brendan Lee Satish Tang, Magda Gluszek, and Noi Volkov. In theabstract playfulness, the elements of play could be discovered in the process of recomposingpatterns just like scribbling on an irregular ceramic container or repetitively mixing the geometricelements such as point, line, and plane. The satirical playfulness pleasantly reinterpretedthemes about daily objects, society, or culture. The significance of this study is to have a bond ofsympathy with the public and also to expand the expression range of contemporary ceramicswhich still maintains the conservatism in the contemporary art seeking for continuous changes.