Cheonan is a
city filled with art in many forms. The
human desire to create beauty in different forms combined with the desire to
bring a general order where none is perceived to exist is the motivating force
behind this. It does not matter that in many ways the two desires contradict each
other. For example, people are able to
see and feel the beauty in a pristine forest, untouched by the hand of
man. Yet people perceive the beauty of
an area transformed into something possessing greater regularity – a well kept
garden, an edifice possessing an imposing its regularities of shape, style, and
size into the ambiance of its surroundings, sculptures, and so on. And then there are transitional pieces –
pieces such as rock signs designed to act as a bridge between wildness and
order and regularity. Such desire for
creativity pushes the force of creation by man.
A mural decorating a roadway wall
A sculpture with a story
A star sculpture
A rock sign (the lettering is engraved into the rock) honoring a
US soldier who died in the fighting around Cheonan during the Korean War.
A memorial statue
Another rock sign
Another roadway mural
Replicas of totems from Korea's cultural past
Sculptures in a sculpture park
A covered foot bridge in the style of (expensive) bridges past
A resting gazebo, a style still commonly used today
The rocks in this pond have been purposefully placed
A dedicated monolith
The pond and gazebo
An outdoor theater
The building for indoor venues
Below: A decorative waterfall (two views)
The sculpture next to the waterfall
The entrance gate to a museum park viewed from inside
The entrance gate viewed from the outside
BELOW: Three views of a special story telling statue arrangement at an intersection
BELOW: Three more views of sculptures and statues at another location
Below is a monument street marker for a fallen US soldier from the Korean War
BELOW: Twelve views of sculptures that decorate
the Shinsegae Building in downtown Cheonan
Stacked truck axles
BELOW: Three views of the flower sculpture
BELOW: Three views of yet another roadway mural
A special events building in downtown
A statue in the walk area of that building
Here in
Cheonan, as I stated earlier, artwork in many forms abound. Sculptures of many
kinds are omnipresent, there are a large number of murals throughout the city,
of course there are monuments, and rock signs are quite plentiful. What you see in the pictures provided is but a small sampling of what is freely available on public display.
A pedestrian walkover over a busy highway
BELOW: Two views of a sculpture
A decorative ox statue
The ox's cow and calf
BELOW: Nine views of a light-decorated waterspray fountain
BELOW: Twelve views of a roadway mural that celebrates Korean
life and culture prior to the Japanese ruled period that began in the early 1900's
I love this light decoration sign at the main entrance to the Korean Traditional market
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