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Naked models become living art at S. Korea festival. The bodies of dozens of female models were turned into living canvases at a festival in South Korea this past weekend, as delicate brush strokes and flamboyant illustrations covered up their bare skin.
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South Korean female artists, even when completely nude, conceal more than they expose. In Spring , a rumor spread that Park Geun-hye , the first female President of South Korea and daughter of former Dictator-President Park Chung-hee, was about to pass a law banning mini skirts. The international media, by now accustomed to images of scantily skirted Korean pop stars, wondered where such conservatism had suddenly sprung from. South Korea is a country with a history of treating the body — especially the nude female body — conservatively. Stylistic and conceptual developments have taken place since then, particularly after the turbulent s. The body, even when fully unclothed, is exposed modestly. Artist Miru Kim b. Naked City Spleen was the first of these bare-skinned series. Envisioning imaginary beings that could dwell in these spaces, I began to occupy them myself. I became an animal or a child interacting with the surroundings.
