TRADITIONAL PAPER CUTTING ART AND ITS REFLECTIONS ON CONTEMPORARY ART: THE EXAMPLE OF CHRISTINE KIM

Abstract

Paper cutting is a traditional art form of China, the history of which goes back many centuries. This art form has been shaped by being influenced by the social, cultural and economic structure of the people. While different techniques have been used in the past, new methods and techniques are also being used in parallel with the development of technology today. To be synthesized of traditional techniques with contemporary art practices has become a very popular approach. Toronto-based artist Christine Kim interprets her discourses in the context of contemporary art while preserving tradition by uses this technique. In particular, the artist, who is seeking to establish abstract and concrete connections between portrait art and traditional paper-cutting, shows that she also has an original attitude with his compositional fictions. In this research, which uses the document analysis and interviews author with artist, the paper cutting technique will be expressed in the context of the concept and working style, and the works of Christine Kim, who has produced important works in this field, will be evaluated with examples. Starting with a brief overview of the Chinese tradition of paper cutting, the article will move along an axis where Kim's work is analyzed and evaluated and how this original art practice has gone from randomness to stabilization. It is considered that the study will be useful to those who aim to produce works in this field and to educators who are looking for new techniques and methods in art education. For this reason, it is considered that there is not a lot of resources in the field of paper cutting art in the Turkish literature make our work important.