bahc yiso
A Life on the Periphery: The Multifaceted World of Bahc Yiso Bahc Yiso, a name that resonates with critical engagement and artistic innovation in contemporary Korean art, was born Park Cheol-ho in Busan, South Korea, in 1957. His life, marked by a restless search for identity and a commitment to challenging established norms, unfolded across continents and through multiple adopted personas—a testament to his belief in the liberating power of displacement. While Cheol-ho remained his legal name, he embraced “Mo” during his formative years in New York City and later transitioned to “Yiso” upon…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of bahc yiso's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
