Kang Seung Lee
Untitled (Put Badly, Gi Hyeong-do)
2022
Antique 24k gold thread on sambe, brass nails, walnut veneer, walnut frame
69.75 x 23.25 in (177 x 59 cm)
Framed: 74 x 29 x 2 in (188 x 74 x 5 cm)
Photo: Paul Salveson
"Put Badly" by Gi Hyeong-do
A few shadows
hung around in the dark
Some stayed
by the pitch black wall
Sensing trouble
vehicles killed their lights
In an instant
each building bolted its door
and waited in fear
An explosion of kerosene fumes
a thin slinky sound
of dragging metal
black leaves leered
as they rumbled by
hands and feet moved quickly
the flicker of cigarettes
somebody who walked
into the alley
uttered a cry of shock
Those guys why do they gather
in the dark every night
Where do the desires of
those young men go
Why are human pleasures
all the same