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Art exhibition at hangar site recalls Jeju’s Japanese colonial past
:‘Relics without interpretation create misunderstanding,’ says artist and organizer Park Gyeong Hoon
Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010
Yang Ho Geun

▲ Origin The popular uprising of Koreans. Photo by Yang Ho Geun Twenty years ago, Park Gyeong Hoon, an artist and a member of the Korean People’s Artist Federation, visited some of the bird-shaped concrete and reinforced steel vestiges of the Japanese colonial period on the island. Altteureu, located in Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo City, was an airfield built by the Japanese army during the Second World War. There were 30 hangars at Altteureu alone, though 10 were ultimately destroyed. ▲ Patriotic and Unpatriotic A real sized artwork of a Japanese fighter during the Japanese colonial period. The artwork was made from a rusty steel frame. Attached bronze pieces are engraved with pro-Japanese faces. Photo by Yang Ho Geun At the time the entire island was used as a military base aimed at conquering Asia. Park absorbed the pain of the Jeju people during his visit and said to himself that he would hold an art exhibition at the site to commemorate the suffering. Fast forward to this year, the centennial of Japan’s forced annexation of Korea, which sees that Park has realised his dream. After spending all of 2009 preparing for the event, an outdoor exhibition at the 11 hangars on Altteureu titled, “Seeing Asia at Altteureu,” can be viewed from now until Nov. 14.

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