But, I have more to say. Earlier this year, the Korean Cultural Centre in London hosted the exquisite show Riptide, an exhibition inspired by Koo Jeong A’s selection as 2016 Artist of the Year – a major annual award programme established to introduce Korea’s vibrant contemporary art scene to UK audiences. For CCQ, Koo asked the artists to respond in their own way to the subjects of collaboration, the ego and the practice of drawing in the 21st century Koo Jeong A In our minds, a line can transform freely and naturally to tell a story, form a number, or even compose a piece of music; drawing reflects the world around us – in my case, it reveals my multicultural, nomadic life. My consistent reversion to drawing has led me to wonder exactly what it means to draw in the
21st century. The process of collaboration – be it with artists, makers or designers – is integral to my practice. My work Civilising Process has inspired many of my projects, each unpicking new meanings and narratives inherent within the drawing. Using this single line image as an inception point for Riptide,
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I wanted to ask how others might respond to the drawing, and ask, ‘to what extent does creative vision and ego dissolve within the process of collaboration?’
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