[Chae Tongyull] Timid Courtship #17

Remembrance of Korean Boyhood by Chae Tongyull Chae Tongyull was born in 1950, a time of great uncertainty and poverty in his country. Korea had just emerged from two devasting wars, and his nation was struggling to put together the broken pieces of both their society and collective identity. And yet, it was also a time to rejoice, to build, and to forge new, personal identities. As an artist who left his home for the US in the 1970s, this collection of 320 unique NFTs by Chae Tongyull is a meditation on his own journey through life. As the background on each individual NFT overlaps, reorganizes, and changes over time, they represent a tapestry of the “self” in constant, colorful motion. For both artist and observer, the future we weave is formed by the fabric of the past. Our memories sew our identity. Four original Oil Transfer drawings serve as the basis for this collection, each with 80 unique color variations.