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Sobin Park and The Lucky Dragon, from June3 to Sept. 30th, Openingon June 3

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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, times, serif;"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE:</strong><br> <br><strong>THESSALONIKI</strong>. The City of 
Thessaloniki, the Thessaloniki Concert Hall and “smART communications” proudly 
announce the opening of the exhibition Spbin Park: <em>Sobin Park and The Lucky 
Dragon</em> curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos, from 3<sup>d</sup> of June 
through 30<sup>th</sup> of September with an <strong>opening celebratory 
reception on the 3<sup>d</sup> of June  8pm</strong>.<br> <br><strong><em>Sobin 
Park and the Lucky Dragon </em></strong><br>The works in this exhibition examine 
the long, rich history of the dragon as power metaphor depicted by Sobin Park 
through the use of sensuous line in soft graphite medium with touches of velvety 
oil stick color. Combining the legendary creature with a beautiful woman Park 
offsets his scaly topography against the smooth skin of the maiden. Park’s 
panoramic drawings of a dragon entwined with the female form, are exercises in 
sinewy, rhythmic line that entangles the two in a dance of life.<br> <br>To the 
ancient Greeks and Sumerians these creatures were more like flying serpents at 
times beneficent and at others dangerous. With Christianity they acquired a more 
negative meaning associated with evil based on the Old Testament Leviathan 
described in the Book of Job. In this description the dragon is seen as having a 
graceful form despite its evil connotations. The meaning of the word dragon or 
drakon or to watch in Greek, has to do with guarding of treasures and are 
usually powerful, fearsome creatures. Thus as Christian icons they can be read 
as metaphors for the material that will be overcome by spirit usually in the 
entity of St. George. Thus in Christianity, vanquishing such a monster is seen 
as a positive accomplishment. Whereas in Korean Shamanism there was only one 
instance in which the dragon was vanquished. This instance is a metaphor for the 
time when the Paekche Kingdom was vanquished by the Chinese as a result of 
betrayal by a shaman who accepted a bribe. <br> <br>In Chinese culture and by 
extension Korean, the dragon was a fire breathing composite animal with the paws 
of a tiger, the scales of a carp and the belly of a snake capable of summoning 
rain, storms, and clouds. In the East the dragon carries positive connotations 
associated with transformation, rebirth, power and luck with the Chinese 
considering themselves his progeny. Consequently, the dragon acts as an emblem 
that serves as protector of the Chinese in its guise as totemic object of the 
nine tribes of the Yellow River Valley. Park harmonizes the Yang or male 
principle, inherent in the dragon with the Yin of feminine beauty, to represent 
the Path of Daoist philosophy. But, for Park, the dragon is also the spiritual 
guardian of the East, lucky symbol of strength, and simultaneously of empowering 
gentleness. Park’s monumental paper work hangs from the ceiling spanning the 
glass that faces the water. Symbolically and morphologically, the piece fits 
perfectly into this unique setting as the rippling watery surface is meant to 
work in synchrony with the theme. Apropos of the space, the mythic dragon is the 
water god of the east or Sushin according to Korean folklore and shamanism. The 
three aspects of god as Samshin combined with Sanshin (mountain god) and Sushin 
(water god-dragon) secure life and are the cosmic triad. Sushin represents the 
element of water, rain or life’s vital force, and agriculture that gives life to 
all things making them luxuriant or abundant. Koreans still venerate the potent 
dragon King of the East Sea who remains a major deity particularly in shamanism. 
In Park’s renditions the dragon is entwined with a voluptuous female form and 
perhaps because they have both been associated with production, this is 
fitting.<br> <br>In Buddhist temples the dragon or yin is often shown together 
with the mountain/earth god or female yang principle producing a harmony and 
balance sought after in the Syncretistic beliefs of Korea. Park adheres to 
legend when she partly obfuscates the dragon in her paintings by clouds or 
waves, for he is considered too awesome to view all at once. The religions of 
Korea Buddhism, Daoism, and Neo-Confucianism as well as Shamanism pay extreme 
respect to the dragon and decorate their temples with this icon. As the spirit 
of change representing the east, the dragon being at one with the sea, also 
oversees maritime affairs and is important to Korea, a peninsula, that like 
Greece, is surrounded on three sides by water.<br> <br>Park, like her ancestors 
before her, renders her subjects in linear rhythm, a symphony of thin and thick 
curves alluding to the dynamism of her dragon’s movement. While creating her 
drawings Park as shaman, uses repetition in graphite curves a movement that 
causes her to enter a deep trancelike meditative state accessing the power of 
the dragon god.<br> <br> <br><strong>FOR MORE INFORMATION</strong>: e-mail the 
curator at tvrachopoulos@gmail.com or contact the press agent at <a style="border: currentColor;" href="http://mail2.daum.net/hanmail/mail/MailComposeFrame.daum?TO=smartcommunications.gr@gmail.com" target="emptyframe"><u><font color="#0066cc">smartcommunications.gr@gmail.com</font></u></a><br> <br><strong>Thessaloniki 
Concert Hall </strong><br>25 Martiou & Paralia,<br>Thessaloniki 546 
46<br>Tel.(0030) 2310895800<br><a style="border: currentColor;" href="http://17ym.mj.am/link/17ym/xlpm8o2r94ow/2/O94UHlWdpI6jxlfMGeecXQ/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50Y2guZ3Iv" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">www.tch.gr</font></u></a>, <a style="border: currentColor;" href="http://mail2.daum.net/hanmail/mail/MailComposeFrame.daum?TO=info@tch.gr" target="emptyframe"><u><font color="#0066cc">info@tch.gr</font></u></a><br> <br> </span></span></p> <br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
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