Yeondoo Jung – Bringing Children’s Art to Life
Posted: May 21st, 2009Today’s post written by Edwina
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Today I thought I would share with you something a little fun. It is the work of Korean Photographic Artist, Yeondoo Jung. His Wonderland Series is a photographic project to re-create the scenes from childrens art, and it is truly wonderful!
Yeondoo Jung taught art classes in 4 Kindergartens in Seoul for 4 months. During that time he collected 1,200 drawings by children between the age of 5 and 7 and selected 17 works for his project.
He then set about recreating the picture in reality and photographing the work. It was a community effort with props required and dresses with uneven sleeves or buttons of different sizes. I think you might agree that the results are delightful, obscure, and sometimes strange.
It is nice to be reminding that the mind of a child is free to construct whatever world they fancy when they play. I love this project for its simplicity and humour, might be fun to try at home!
Please head over to Yeondoo Jung’s website to see more of his fabulous work.
