Van Gogh Reborn!

Chapter 323:

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The Final Battle (28)

[The Painter, Drawing Relationships]

The Venice Biennale opened on August 1st.

The scorching heat that exceeded 30 degrees Celsius during the day could not surpass the passion of the artists and art lovers.

The world’s largest art festival, with 173 participating artists, broke the record of 2.7 million visitors in just five days after its opening, continuing its reputation.

Among the artists representing the art world, the ones who received the most attention were Ko Hun, the genius painter from Korea, and Henri Marso, the hero of France.

The two painters had shown their friendship since before the opening.

They founded the painter community Chocolatier, established a joint exhibition hall for both Korea and France, and participated together in the Münster Sculpture Project and the Kassel Documenta.

Ko Hun’s is a work that depicts maple leaves that retain the sunset even at night.

If you think about why he named the distance between the sun and the earth as the title, you can understand how Ko Hun thinks about relationships.

is a work that started from the idea that the maple leaves miss the sun.

The maple leaves hold the sunset in their hearts during the long night, and shine again with the sunset when the sun rises.

Henri Marso’s exists for those maple leaves.

He used the entire joint exhibition hall of Korea and France, and drew a tree with deep roots in the basement, and filled the second floor walls and ceiling with maple leaves.

When the sun sets, the sunset that comes through the second floor window meets exactly and shines beautifully.

It was impossible not to be amazed by the architectural design sense that illuminated Ko Hun’s without leaving out any of the 19 works exhibited in the joint exhibition hall.

is not just a work to highlight Ko Hun.

It is also a work that encompasses his values, who has claimed that he is the center of the past and present.

You can find various works in besides the artists who participated in the joint exhibition.

The stair wall is painted with the works that Henri Matisse made with paper in his old age, and the basement floor is covered with Vincent van Gogh’s wheat field.

You can also find the golden pattern unique to Klimt.

It may be natural for him to have a bold attitude of continuing the history of painting.

I spent a whole day in , which is both the joint exhibition hall of Korea and France and Henri Marso’s work, without getting out of it.

But suddenly I wondered why he named it , and I was able to find the answer when I left the exhibition hall.

November 16, 2027.

Henri Marso and Ko Hun met for the first time at the new artist exhibition held at the Seoul Art Museum in Korea.

Henri Marso recognized Ko Hun’s genius at first sight and bought for 2 million euros.

This event made Ko Hun known to the mainstream art world, but not many people noticed that there was also a change for Henri Marso.

Until then, he had explored the value of human and individual existence in modern society by presenting more than 800 self-portraits and self-awareness.

He gradually turned his eyes to others.

, which he presented at the Whitney Biennale, was the first work that revealed that he was conscious of Ko Hun, depicting himself looking at Ko Hun’s , , and .

You can also find Ko Hun’s traces in , which was the winner of the Art Nouveau competition and made three paintings into one composition.

Following the first painting that expressed the past masters and the second painting that drew his back, the third painting had a sunflower on the road to the shining future.

Henri Marso told how he had changed since he met Ko Hun through .

Through the two painters who influenced each other and cherished it and led to their own development, I reflect on the preciousness of relationships.

-Kim Ji-woo (Bozart)

The joint exhibition hall of Korea and France received more attention than the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

It was thanks to Ko Hun’s , which expressed longing and love, and Henri Marso’s , which illuminated it and sublimated it into his own part.

The visitors of the exhibition hall admired Go Soo-yeol’s , Jang Mi-rae’s , and others.

As they walked around the first floor, went up to the second floor, and went down to the basement, they naturally realized that the exhibition hall itself was a work of art.

As they knew well through various expeditions what kind of relationship Ko Hun and Henri Marso had, and came closer to them.

Among the art lovers, it was said that it was worth traveling to Venice just to see the two works.

└Henri made the Venice Biennale his personal exhibition.

└He’s really out of his mindㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋIt’s creepy to see how far he can go with his money and skillsㅋㅋㅋ

└The reason why is meaningful is because of the relationship. It’s amazing that he illuminates Hoon’s painting without damaging other works, and it’s the most Henri-like work.

└mj That’s really amazing.

└The critics also said that among the self-portraits and self-awareness that Henri Marso has presented so far, this is the one that best expresses Henri Marso.

└It leads to a philosophical question. The reason why an individual can exist as an individual is because he is in many relationships.

└What does that mean?

└A child of parents. A student of teachers. A friend of someone. These are the relationships that define me.

└Henry said that. All art exists for the sake of oneself today. It’s a crazy narcissistic and self-centered statement, but it’s not wrong if you look at it personally.

└We’ve been fighting a lot lately and I was anxious, but seeing and the autumn leaves made me feel sentimental.

└Me too. They’re not just casual friends or something like that. They seem to be each other’s muses, and I liked watching them.

└Am I the only one who thinks differently? Honestly, I felt bad because it seemed like they made the other 18 people look like trash. They don’t look that impressive either.

└What are you talking about?ㅋㅋ Right now, Go Su-yeol, Jang Mi-rae, Ma Eun-chan, Baek Seol-gi, Alain Bernard, and Gregory Male are getting a lot of attention.

└You’re talking nonsense without even goingㅋ

└Watch your mouth. I just said what I thought, why are you so aggressive?

└♥♡♥You’re talking nonsense without even going?♥♡♥

└Ignore the troll and be cool. Hun seemed to be touched too.

└What happened?

└Alex uploaded a video review of the villain’s gallery. Hun was looking up at his painting in the basement and tears were welling up in his eyes.

└Our friend ㅠㅠ

└How did that old man film that?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└He’s a promoterㅋㅋ There were a lot of people, so he filmed it in the evening, and he was lucky.

└Guys, look at this. [Link]

└What is this?

└It’s the Marso Gallery account. Hun’s work photo was uploaded earlier.

└? Is this that? That.

└?

└Yeah.

└No, it’s a different work. Hun drew several dots when he drew , and he gave one of them to Henry.

└ㅠㅠㅠㅠHave a beautiful loveㅠㅠ

└Why is the title 137 years?

└?

└What does 137 years mean?

└It means let’s get along well for 137 years. Like I love you 30 million.

I was about to call him, but I didn’t know what to say, so I opened the text message window and wondered if I should say hello or long time no see.

No matter what I wrote, it felt awkward, so I kept writing and deleting it, and before I knew it, six days had passed.

It was the day of the award ceremony.

I was bound to meet him later, but I didn’t know how to deal with him.

I buried my face in the pillow and sighed.

“Hun, are you up? Let’s eat.”

I got up at the sound of my grandfather calling me and went outside.

“Why do you look like that? Did you not sleep well?”

I nodded and sat down at the table.

I rummaged through the chicken breast sandwich and salad I got from room service, and my grandfather laughed.

“Kid. Are you like that because of the award?”

“No.”

“Then what?”

I didn’t want to tell him that I was worried about Henry.

It was the same for everyone, not just my grandfather.

“I’ll eat well. Sir.”

I bit into the sandwich.

The roasted paprika was chewy under the soft bread, and the sweet sauce filled my mouth.

There were olives between the moist chicken breast and the crispy lettuce, making the texture, taste, and aroma rich.

“Is it good?”

“It’s delicious.”

My grandfather also took a big bite and poured some milk into his glass.

“Grandpa watched Hun’s old broadcast last night.”

He must have watched it several times and never got tired of it. I was embarrassed because I didn’t do that well.

“What broadcast?”

“When he promoted Shuminke.”

My grandfather poured some milk for me too.

“He answered a question about how he studied art. He said that it’s overwhelming to try to learn everything from the beginning. So he said that all you need is a small courage to have a normal conversation. Not a big courage. A small courage.”

He seemed to know what I was worried about.

“Sir.”

I just nodded and put the sandwich in my mouth again.

Ma Eun-chan’s eyes widened.

The reason why Ko Hun and Henri Marso, who met in the waiting room, were not fighting as usual, but rather cold to each other, was because of what had happened.

They sat side by side, not even looking at each other.

The other writers who participated in the contest pretended not to notice, but they were all focused on Ko Hun and Henri Marso.

Ko Hun, who had lifted and lowered his head, finally opened his mouth slightly.

“Do you want some chocolate?”

Henri ignored him, and Ko Hun licked his lips and took out a chocolate. He wanted to eat something sweet to overcome the awkward situation.

As soon as the boy put the chocolate in his mouth, Henri reached out his hand.

“…There was only one.”

The two looked at each other and then turned their heads away.

The atmosphere became more awkward, and the people in the waiting room fidgeted with their hands.

Ko Hun tried to say something, but he sighed every time he opened and closed his mouth.

Michel gave him a hint out of frustration, but Henri acted dumb and did not answer.

However, he also noticed that Ko Hun’s attitude had changed from before.

“It’s in the bag.”

“I’m fine.”

Silence fell between them again.

To get closer, they needed a small courage to overcome the awkwardness, and Ko Hun finally opened his mouth.

“I saw it. That. 2 years and 8 months.”

“…”

He couldn’t say anything, but he forced himself to say it.

“Thank you.”

Henri did not answer.

He didn’t expect Ko Hun to say that, and he felt ticklish by his gratitude.

“Can you say something?”

“What.”

“Thank you.”

Their eyes met, and Henri turned his head.

“Are you going to keep doing this? Aren’t you uncomfortable?”

“Not at all.”

Ko Hun got up and raised his voice, then frowned in disbelief.

Henri warned him.

“I’m telling you. I’m not apologizing.”

He didn’t want to apologize for wanting to have Ko Hun’s painting.

Michel, Arsen, and even Sherry and Pusang Principal told him to apologize to Ko Hun, but he didn’t feel like it.

When everyone was disappointed by Henri’s words, Ko Hun sighed.

“You don’t have to.”

He said as he sat back down.

“It’s not anyone’s fault.”

Henri turned his head.

He had never heard that his possessiveness was not wrong.

“I just. I want to do it together like when we prepared for the sculpture project.”