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Post by Nene on Oct 6, 2008 21:30:33 GMT -5
 ALL, 
I found some pictures and info related to a new historical drama "Painter of the Wind" for
all kdrama fans.
PAINTER OF THE WIND
Details
* Title: 바람의 화원 / The Painter of the Wind
* Also known as: Wind's Flower Garden / Garden of the Wind
* Genre: Period
* Episodes: 20
* Broadcast network: SBS
* Broadcast period: 2008-Oct to 2008
* Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)
Synopsis
Shin Yun Bok is a talented painter who disguises herself as a boy to search for her father’s murderer and meets a master painter who guided her into being a great painter. Kim Hong Do is the man who teaches Yoon Bok how to paint and they develop a friendship.
Cast
* Moon Geun Young as Shin Yoon Bok
* Park Shin Yang as Kim Hong Do
* Park Jin Woo as Jang Hyo Won
Extended Cast
* Park Hyuk Kwon as Lee In Moon (Kim Hong Do's friend)
* Ahn Suk Hwan as Shin Han Pyeong (Yoon Bok's adopted father)
* Lee Joon as Shin Young Bok
* Ryu Seung Ryong as Kim Jo Nyun
* Bae Soo Bin as King Jeong Jo
* Jung In Gi as Hong Gook Young
* Im Ji Eun as Queen Jeong Soon
* Kim Eung Soo as Jang Byuk Soo
* Moon Chae Won as Jeong Hyang
* Lee Mi Young as Mok Kye Wol
* Yoon Joo Sang as Kang Soo Hang
* Han Jung Soo as Seo Jing
* Lee Kyung Hwa as Myeong
* Yoon Bong Gil
* Kim Yoo Jung as young Yoon Bok
* Lee Byung Joon as young Young Bok
Production Credits
* Original Work: Novel by Lee Jung Myung
* Director: Jung Tae Yoon
* Screenwriter: Lee Eun Young
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Upcoming drama paints lives of two Joseon masters
[/b][/color] Late Joseon painters Kim Hong-do and Shin Yun-bok produced works of simple beauty.
In contrast to the restrictions of Joseon (1392-1910) society, their detailed sketches are free-spirited and vividly patterned.
Moon Geun-yeong, 21, plays Shin and Park Shin-yang, 40, plays her mentor.
In the series, Moon wears gat, a traditional cylindrical hat formerly worn by married gentlemen, and dopo, a gentleman's robe.
The historic drama is based on an eponymous novel by Lee Jung-myung. The book about the two painters, published last year, was a best seller.
The drama's 40-second preview was released last Friday, giving viewers a tantalizing glimpse into a set boasting detailed Joseon costumes, fine calligraphy and painstakingly created props.
The show's producer, Jang Tae-yoo, studied arts at Seoul National University, which is partly why he is taking extra care to ensure the accuracy of the paintings by Shin and Kim depicted in the drama.
He hired four contemporary painters - Lee Jong-mok, Ahn Guk-ju, Bae Ji-hae and Koo Se-jin - to create reproductions of the Joseon masterpieces for use in the drama.
Theirs is no small task. Among the paintings they are reproducing are Shin's "Portrait of a Beauty", "Scenery on Dano Day" and "Lovers under the Moon" and Kim's "Ssireum (Wrestling)", "Seodang" and "Washing Place".
Although MBC TV drama "Yi San" once showed snippets of what went on at the dohwaseo, it is this team's eye for detail that really lend "Painter of the Wind" an air of authenticity.
Lee, currently a painting professor at Ewha Womans University, is in charge of the team. She took on the same role for the film "Strokes of fire" (2002), which depicted the life of painter Jang Seung-up.
"It's an honor drawing copies of the great masters", Ahn said. "The more I draw, the more I'm attracted to Shin's works".
The team has been working out of their atelier in Sinchon, northern Seoul.
As the originals belong to galleries and private collections all over the country, they based their work off detailed prints.
"Shin's paintings are so detailed and subtle that it makes me think he was a woman", Ahn said, pointing to a nude painting as an example.
"Shin's nude paintings have details that only women would notice".
Still deeply absorbed in his paintings, Ahn said, "If he wasn't , Shin must have either been gay or a man who knew women very well".
So far, Lee, Ahn, Bae and Koo have reproduced 80 paintings for the upcoming drama, including sketches and patterns drawn on a traditional folding screen and picture books.
Even the smallest painting has been hand-drawn rather than reprinted.
The four painters also stood in as doubles for certain scenes, although "the entire cast and staff received a lecture on painting using a brush and ink", according to Bae.
"I hope the drama will help many Koreans understand the world of traditional paintings", Bae said.
By Kang Hye-ran JoongAng Sunday / Lee Eun-joo Staff Reporter
Source : joongangdaily.joins.c... ( English Korean ) Painters Hyewon
Shin Yun-bok, better known by his pen name Hyewon, (b. 1758) was a Korean painter of the Joseon Dynasty. Like his contemporaries Danwon and Geungjae, he is known for his realistic depictions of daily life in his time. His paintings are distinctly more erotic than Danwon's, a fact which contributed to his expulsion from the royal painting institute, Dohwaseo. Painting was frequently a hereditary occupation in the Joseon period, and Hyewon's father and grandfather had both been court painters.
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Hyewon pungsokdo
Hyewon pungsokdo is an album of the genre paintings (pungsokhwa or pungsokdo) drawn by the Korean painter Shin Yunbok during the late Joseon dynasty. It was named after Shin's pen name, Hyewon, and comprises 30 paintings in total. Danwon
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. A member of the Gwangju Kim clan, he grew up in present-day Ansan, South Korea Ansan
Ansan is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea . ...
, where he was taught by Pyo-am Gang Se-hwang, one of the most famous calligraphers of the day. He entered royal service as a member of the Dohwaseo, the official painters of the Joseon court, and drew the portrait of King Jeongjo Jeongjo of Joseon
King Jeongjo of Joseon was the 22nd monarch of the Joseon Dynasty dynasty of Korea . ...
. Danwon is known as the first Korean painter to extensively portray Korean daily life, in a manner analogous to the Dutch Masters Dutch Golden Age painting
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Gallery (Please click on thumbnails to enlarge.) Danwon pungsokdo cheop Danwon pungsokdo cheop is an album of genre painting (pungsokhwa or pungsokdo) drawn by Kim Hongdo during the late Joseon dynasty. It was named after Kim's pen name, Danwon and comprises the 25 paintings in total. The album is painted with light watercolor on hanji (한지 Korean paper). Each painting depicts vividly common people's daily life in the Joseon period.
Development of Choseon-Ot
Choseon-Ot is a kind of apparel of the Caftan type; a style of attire commonly seen in Northeast Asia and Central Asia. The outer top garment is loose fitting and opens in the front. Its single piece coat mirrors other Asian designs.
The beginning of the Joseon period saw the development of a Confucian society. At this time, the use of cotton became widespread all over the country. In addition, the period saw the development of a unique script, known as Han-geul, and the publication of numerous scholarly compilations. At the same time, there were diverse developments in the system of ritual attire. Confucianism, as the central ideology and faith of East Asia, was actively pursued at this time, along with its system of ritual dress....
Painted by Shin Yoon-Bok In 1805 Painted by Shin Yoon-Bok In 1805 Read full article here:
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Chosun Genre Paintings Show Change in Women's Roles
Korean genre paintings of the 18th and early 19th centuries show a profound change in the role played by women in the Chosun Dynasty. The director of the Myongji University Museum, Lee Tae-ho, took a fresh look at some 60 genre paintings produced between the 18th century and early 19th century by Kim Hong-do, Shin Yun-bok, Yun Du-seo and others, and concluded that they pick up on how women in that era took on a more independent and powerful role. “Paintings produced after the 18th century often feature women focusing on entertainment rather than their traditional role as mother or wife,” Lee says. “That change can be compared to a kind of cultural DNA which runs through to today’s women in Korea, who play a more active and aggressive role.”
A painting by Shin Yun-bok
Women Take to the Streets
Against the widespread perception that women in the late Chosun era were confined in the framework of Sung Confucianism, genre paintings show women taking part in an ever greater variety of social events. The Gisagyecheop, an album of paintings depicting a party in honor of retired high ranking scholar-officials produced between 1719 and 1720, is the first series of court paintings that features ordinary people watching the event. Depicting the party with King Sukjong, who was 60, and the 10 retired high ranking officials, the paintings show 15 women among the 88 onlookers gathered around Gwanghwamun. Paintings of King Jeongjo’s Visit to Hwaseong in 1795, some 70 years later, show the king paying a visit to the grave of his father Crown Prince Sado, and Lee spotted no fewer than 137 women among the 358 people who look on as the king crosses the Han River.
Gisaeng Girls as Trendsetters
Gisaeng or all-round female entertainers were the trendsetters of the era, with noblewomen borrowing from their style. Genre paintings confirm, for example, that clothes emphasizing women’s body silhouette such as tight-fitting short jackets were highly popular. “It is deplorable that clothes only gisaeng girls wear to flirt with men are popular,” lamented two scholars of the so-called Silhak or practical learning movement, Yi Ik (1681-1764) and Yi Deok-mu (1741-1793). Colors became more diverse and flamboyant, and especially blue, which was considered luxurious and sophisticated, was all the rage. Among the 70 women who appear in an album of 30 paintings by Shin Yun-bok in the early 19th century, 52 wear indigo, which was the most difficult to produce with traditional dyeing methods.
From Den to High-Class Establishment
Genre paintings produced by Kim Hong-do around 1780s and Shin Yun-bok in 1810s show a sea change in traditional Korean taverns. While taverns in Kim’s paintings have thatch roofs and women owners wearing monochrome jackets without any particular decoration, those in Shin’s paintings some 30 years later have tiled roofs that were seen only in noblemen’s houses at the time. The manageresses look urban in their indigo skirts as they welcome customers.
Fun Over Chores
In most genre paintings, women in clothes that identify them as noblewomen are seen flirting or even posing for erotic pictures. But in those painted by scholar Yun Do-seo and his son Yun Deok-hi, they are shown reading or doing chores. An unattributed erotic painting of the time even depicts a noblewoman having sex with a Buddhist monk.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
Round Shin Yun-bok Paintings Coasters
[TALK OF THE TOWN] SBS drama 'Painter of the Wind' breezes into Japanese TV market
Avex Entertainment, a major distribution company in Japan, has bought the televising rights and DVD distributorship for SBS TV's "The Painter of the Wind".
The drama depicts the lives of painters Shin Yun-bok (1758-early 19th century) and Kim Hong-do (born 1745).
The company paid $2 million, according to production company Drama House.
(joonangdaily)
Moon Geun Young
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moon Geun-young (born May 6, 1987 in Gwangju, South Korea) is a South Korean actress. As of 2006, she is one of the most popular actresses in South Korea. The media has given her the nickname "Gukmin yeodongsaeng" (국민여동생, the nation's little sister)[1]
She started modeling at the age of 12, and appeared in the docu-drama On the Road (or On the Way) by Choi Jae-eun the following year. Her stardom grew in 2000 by appearing in the TV drama, Autumn Fairy Tale which was popular across Asia. Her first film was Lovers Concerto (2002), but her major breakthrough as a star was in the horror film A Tale of Two Sisters. Subsequent successes have been My Little Bride and Innocent Steps, the latter of which was a success largely owing to her popularity, as the film was critically panned.
Moon Geun-young has been a spokesperson for numerous companies and organizations. She graduated from Gwangju Kukje High School in 2006. In the same year, she entered Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. Recently, she is reported to have earned a GPA just below 4.0 for her freshman year and so is qualified to take Korean Literature as her major. Also in 2006, she starred in Love Me Not (Sarang-ttawin piryo eopseo 사랑따윈 필요 없어), a Korean big-screen remake of popular Japanese TV drama "Ai nante iranee yo, natsu". She did not miss a single class while filming the movie, though the movie did poorly.[2]
In December 2006, she recorded a song and a music video as a part of a promotional campaign for KTF's web music portal, Dosirak. Contents
Film
* 1999 길 위에서 (On the Way)
* 2002 연애소설 (Lovers' Concerto) (as Ji-hwan's sister)
* 2003 장화·홍련 (A Tale of Two Sisters) (as Bae Su-yeon)
* 2004 어린 신부 (My Little Bride) (as Suh Boeun)
* 2005 댄서의 순정 (Innocent Steps) (as Jang Chae-ryn)
* 2006 사랑따윈 필요 없어 (Love Me Not) (as Ryu Min)
* 2008 Gerbang Impian Nusantara (Nusantara's Dream Gate) (as Kim Sung-ja) with Timotheeuz Drama
Music videos
* Sadness (Artist Cholin Jeong, Drama 'Autumn Tale' Episode 1 CD)
* 나 가거든 (If I Leave) (Artist (Sumi Jo), Drama 'The Lost Empire' OST)
* 첫사랑(가슴앓이) (The First Love) (Artist Yeong Seon Ji, 'The First Love' Compilation
Awards
* 1999 에듀박스 코네스상
* 2000 KBS the women's group at the smoke objective young people the surface
where it bites [ drama ' autumn assimilation ' ]
* 2004 At film festival new man fox at 41st lineage of head family, surface
at popularity [ motion picture ' young bride ' ]
* 2004 Surface at 12th Choon private topic new man fox [ motion picture '
young bride ']
* 2004 Surface at 25th blue dragon film festival popular star [ motion
picture ' young bride ' ]
* 2005 Surface at film festival popularity at 42nd lineage of head family
naivety of [ motion picture ' dancer ' ] gv
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Moon Geun-young Returns to TV Screen
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter
Actress Moon Geun-young, 21, will return to the television screen with the epic drama “The Painter of Wind.”
Returning to TV screens after five years, she will play the lead role of Sin Yun-bok, a painter who disguises herself as a man. Sin Yun-bok is a painter who lived during the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) and was known for realistic and delicate depictions of daily life.
The painter was known as a male, but a fictional historical novel “The Painter of Wind,” written by Lee Jung-myeong and published in 2007, raised the question of whether Sin might be a woman dressed as a man.
“When I first read the novel, I just thought it was a story about the genius painters Kim Hong-do and Sin Yun-bok. However, I realized that there might be more secrets hidden in the drawings and I couldn’t put the book down,” Moon said in a press release.
The drama will explore the life of this genius artist and mysteries hidden in the paintings. Other characters, such as the teacher and rival of Sin, Kim Hong-do, have not been cast yet. With plans to start shooting in March, “The Painter of Wind” will be aired in the second half of the year on SBS.
Affectionately called as “the nation’s little sister,” Moon started modeling at the age of 12 and appeared in the docudrama “On the Way” (1999) the following year. Her major breakthrough as a star was the horror film “A Tale of Two Sisters” (2003) directed by Kim Jee-woon. Later, she starred in such hit films as “My Little Bride” in 2004 and “Dancing Princess” in 2005.
However, because she started as a child actor, her transition to an adult actor was not very successful. Her last appearance in the movie “Love Me Not” (2006) received mixed reviews.
She is currently a student majoring in Korean Language and Literature at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul.
Source: Korea Times
Korea's Sweetheart Moon Becomes Mysterious Artist
Actress Moon Geunyoung will play Joseon Kingdom painter in “The Painter of Wind.”
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Actress Moon Geun-young started her acting career at the age of 12 in a low budget film ``On the Way'' in 1999. The aspiring actress then appeared as the young Eun-Seo in the hit drama ``Autumn in My Heart'' the following year.
Now, 21, Korea's sweetheart is returning to the television screen for the first time in five years as a gifted artist who lives as a man to figure out the mysterious death of her family during the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) in the drama ``The Painter of Wind.''
Although Moon only appeared in her first shows as the younger characters of already famous actresses including Song Hye-gyo in ``Autumn'' and Lee Mi-yeon in ``Empress Myeongseong (2001),'' she left an impression among the Korean public as A young, pretty actress who could act.
She soon started to play the heroine in films and dramas, and eventually became known as ``Korea's little sister,'' especially with her cute role as the young bride in the movie ``My Little Bride (2004)'' co-starring with heartthrob Kim Rae-won.
She proved once again that she was one of Korea's favorite actresses as reporters and cameramen filled the press conference of the drama
``The Painter of Wind.'' Dressed in a long navy gown, she waved to the cameras with her trademark shy yet ravishing smile.
``It feels awkward in a dress, I'm so used to being a man. Even my voice seems to be more like a boy than a girl,'' she said laughing.
Moon Geun-young and Park Shin-yang will star in "The Painter of Wind,'' which will start airing today on SBS.
Moon plays legendary artist Shin Yun-bok, while star actor Park Shin-yang will act as fellow artist and mentor Kim Hong-do. Based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Lee Jung-myung, Shin is born as a girl, but due to restrictions of education and other activities among women, she lives as a man her whole life, later finding herself in love with her tutor Kim.
``I'm more used to Western paintings, but I got to learn so much about Shin and Korean traditional paintings through the drama. I learned painting both in practice and theory, and I came to realize how hard it is to paint with a brush. Large strokes are easy, but it's so hard to show thin lines and describe the smallest details. But that was what Shin did best during his time,'' she said.
Painting was not the only thing Moon learned through the drama: she learned to tone down her image from the usual fun and bright to a more romantic and mysterious one.
``I chose this work because I like the calm and mysterious atmosphere. I didn't want to be called `Korea's little sister' anymore. When we first started shooting, I think I tried too hard to change my cute image. But now, I'm more comfortable. I've learned to respect my assets and try out for new ones steadily,'' she said.
From a young empress to a high school bride and now a painter, Moon is up to the task, both as a favorite among television and movie fans and also as a talented actor who can bring a character into life in her own style.
sanghee@koreatimes.co.kr
From Kim Min-jeong to Kang Soo-yeon, Best 5 child actors
 
The futures of many child stars were generally depressing.
The childish image and the weight of the years were obstacles for child stars to become adult actors.
But even among them, there are stars who have succeeded in transforming into adults. The IS Entertainment Team has picked out the best 5 actors who started out as child stars.
The first is the heroine of "New Heart", Kim Min-jeong.
Kim Min-jeong, who's charm comes from her big eyes, debuted in 1990 when she was eight, with MBC Best Theater "Widow". In 1992, she received the 'Child Actor Award' from KBS, received the 'Youth Award' in 1998, and received much love for her smart acting. Her official change to adult acting came in 2005 with the drama "Fashion 70s" and in 2006 with the movie "Forbidden Quest".
Especially in "Forbidden Quest", she had a daring exposure scene, and fully separated from her innocent, childish image.
The second is Moon Geun-yeong, who is transforming from the nation's younger sister to everyone's sweetheart. When she was 12 in 1999, she debuted in the movie "On the Road" and played the younger version of Song Hye-kyo in KBS drama "Autumn in my Heart" in 2000.
She showed traditional images in "A Tale of Two Sisters", "My Little Bride", and "Innocent Steps". In 2006, she changed in "Love Me Not" but it failed to be a success. It seems she will undergo an official change in the drama "Painter of the Wind" to air later this year.
The third is 'Hip-hop boy' Yang Dong-geun.
He had been a regular child actor as much as Yoo Seung-ho but is now a 29-year-old adult actor. He adapted in the 2002 drama "Ruler of Your Own World" and 2003 movie "Wild Card". He is now showing his skill with loose and tough acting.
The fourth is the winner of the New Actor Award at the BaekSang Awards, Jang Geun-seok. He is 21 this year, and has been a child actor in historical dramas since he was young. And he is making soft landings as he tries to change into an adult actor with movies "Chakshin Ari Final" (2006) and "The Happy Life" (2007).
The last is Kang Soo-yeon. She is a child star that is always discussed with Ahn Seong-gi and Son Chang-min. Her official debut work was the movie "Blood Line" in 1979. She is now 42 and has 30 years of acting experience. Other child actors that have succeeded are Lee Min-wo
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Post by TheBo on Oct 8, 2008 16:02:25 GMT -5
I'm sitting here thinking, my GOSH that girl looks like Moon Guen-young! LOL. I didn't read the first part of the cast list. I was confused.
Looks like a good one, nene.
Bo
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Post by Nene on Oct 10, 2008 1:11:10 GMT -5
 Bo, 
After gathering information about Painter of the Wind, I was impressed. IMO, it's going to be one of the best kdramas this year. Actually, the four dramas in the second half of 2008 (Beethoven Virus, Kingdom of the Wind, Tazza and Painter of the Wind) are great. It depends on viewers' preferences. For me, I like Beethoven Virus and Painter of the Wind. I'm not familiar with Moon Guen Young. This is the first time I've seen her. I have to admit she's very pretty. Her innocent and adorable face caught my attention. She's only 21 but her acting skills are remarkable. Now I know why they call her Korea's Sweetheart. She's the only one I consider a real natural beauty.
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Mysterious Artist Resurfaces on Modern Culture Scene
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
Moon Guen-young plays Shin Yun-bok
The Joseon Kingdom might have been the wrong time for mysterious, talented painter Shin Yun-bok who was ahead of his time due to his freewheeling and satirical disposition.
But Shin seems to be alive in modern times through various elements ranging from novels, TV dramas, films and art galleries.
So who was Shin Yun-bok?
Veiled, Mysterious Life
Shin is better known by his pseudonym, Hyewon. Hyewon was one of the big three folk painters of the Joseon Kingdom (1391-1910), along with Kim Hong-do, known as Danwon, and Kim Deuk-sin. But it has recently been discovered that Shin's original name was in fact Shin Ka-gwon.
It is not exactly known when he was born or died, but experts assumed that he might have lived between 1758-1813.
In history and his career, Shin was overshadowed by Danwon, a peer who was widely known to Korean art circles and the public, although he developed his own unique technique and artistry.
Along with Danwon, he is known for his realistic depiction of the daily life of his time. But his paintings were not acclaimed at the time because they were erotic and sensual ― forbidden subjects under the rigid Confucian society.
It is rare to find historic records referring to Shin. But according to research by Lee Won-bok, director of the National Museum of Jeonju, given that painting was a hereditary occupation in the Joseon period, Hyewon's father and grandfather had both been court painters.
The research shows that he was tall and handsome. So the recent trend, to depict him as a woman in a drama and film, might be the result of his girlish penname ``Hyewon'' meaning ``a garden full with orchids'' and his frequent portrayals of women.
It is known he was expelled from the royal painting institute Dohwaseo because of his sensual paintings. But there is no record that he attended Dohwaseo. It is more plausible that Joseon society didn't allow a father and son to work together in the same workplace, as his father was also a painter, Lee argues in an article.
Hyewon on the Cultural Scene
Western painters like Vincent van Gogh and Gustav Klimt have been reborn in numerous films.
But the rediscovery of the Korean painter first began with the best-selling book ``The Painter of Wind'' written by novelist Lee Jung-myung. The book was first published last year.
The novel depicts Danwon as a teacher of Hyewon, who tracked the truth behind conspiracies happening in the royal court through paintings. More than 300,000 copies of the book were sold last year.
The novel has been recently been reworked as a TV drama starring actress Moon Geun-young and actor Park Shin-yang. Moon plays the genius artist Hyewon, while actor Park Shin-yang acts as fellow artist and mentor Danwon.
Shin is born a girl, but due to restrictions of education and other activities among women, she lives as a man her whole life, later finding herself in love with her tutor Kim in the drama.
The upcoming movie ``Portrait of a Beauty'' is also spotlighting the painter's life, starring actress Kim Min-sun. The movie is drawing anticipation from the public, as its poster has become one of the hottest teaser promotions.
Directed by Jeon Yun-su known for his hit film ``Le Grand Chef,'' the film is about a fatal love story revolving around Shin and his masterpiece ``Portrait of a Beauty.''
Actress Kim plays the genius female painter who disguises herself as a man to survive in the Confucian era.
Another novel dealing with the Joseon Kingdom's enigma about Shin, ``Color, Sharaku'' by Kim Jae-hee, is gaining popularity.
The book writes a veiled historical mystery surrounding Danwon and Hyewon, and the Japanese secretive painter, Toshusai Sharaku.
The book offers an interesting view, which suggests that Sharaku (1794-1795), one of the greatest masters of woodblock painting in Japan, was Shin.
Sharaku is also known as a painter with an elusive identity who went missing suddenly after 10 months in Japan, leaving behind memorable paintings. The author spins a work of historical fiction, juxtaposing Shin as an undercover agent Sharaku sent by Joseon.
The book is set in 1792 when Sharaku, abruptly appears in the city of Edo and swept people with his distinguished work.
``Some research show that Kim Hong-do was sent by King Jeongjo to Japan as an undercover agent. But after studying the paintings of Hyewon, I found the styles of the paintings of Sharaku and Hyewon are very similar rather than those of Kim. So I assumed Hyewon could be Sharaku,'' the author told The Korea Times.
She also said that the two painters lived at the same time, and Shin's age is closer to Sharaku while Kim was 10 years older.
``There is no record of Shin almost anywhere in history except for one or two cases. Even Kim Hong-do is mentioned less than 10 times, showing how rigid Joseon aristocratic society was,'' she said.
Not only the cultural productions but also the Gansong Art Museum is holding an exhibition to show ``seohwa,'' or mixture of calligraphy and paintings, which shows traditional Oriental art combining diverse, affluent artistry with a time-honored history.
The museum presents 104 masterpieces including Shin's work ``Portrait of a Beauty.''
In the museum, Shin's four masterpieces ― ``Scenery on Dano Day,'' ``The Lovers Under the Moon,'' ``Who Will Be the Hero at the Brothel?'' and ``A Boat Party on the Clean River.''
To enjoy the works, visitors can compare the scenes of the drama in which Moon portrays the ``Scenery on Dano Day'' and ``Who Will Be the Hero at the Brothel?''
Genre Painting ― Sensual, Colorful
Known above all for his genre-paintings, Shin drew primarily the daily life of the Korean upper class, called ``yangban.''
Through their rich details, his paintings contribute to the knowledge of the customs and activities of the well to do in the late Joseon Kingdom.
His paintings usually show young scholars and noblemen enjoying themselves with gisaeng, or professional female entertainers, or simply depict the girls in various situations.
Given that the society was heavily ruled by Confucian moral norms, his paintings were often daring and sensual. But they kept temperance when he portrayed women's beauty without being too explicit
This is not only because he depicted amorous couples, but also because the gisaeng were the primary figures in his work.
With his daring use of women and their lovers as subject matter, Shin vividly depicted the passion and romantic tastes of his era. Shin also excelled at landscapes in the literati style with depictions of birds and animals, and calligraphy.
``His unprecedented colorful strokes and affection for women as the main subjects were unparalleled in the Joseon genre paintings. He was a libertine who rebelled against the Joseon rule by portraying forbidden subjects,'' said Kim, the author of ``Color, Sharaku.''
She said that he was also good at copying Danwon's paintings. But he also expressed his pent-up complex of being middle class through his satirical paintings.
``His paintings and artistic world seem to meet the demands of modern people who are good at expressing themselves. So that's why more and more novels, dramas and films are revisiting Shin these times,'' she said.
chungay@koreatimes.co.kr
 Resounding Geomungo The Lovers Under the Moon A Story of a Street by a Stream A Boat on the Clean River
10 October 2008
Moon Geun-young loves Mr. Pizza
Yummy!: Moon Geun-young is seen enjoying a slice of Mr. Pizza's
crab meat pizza
Moon Geun-young, who is also dubbed Korea's Little Sister, has grown up.
The 21-year-old shows off her shoulders and legs in a mini dress for her latest Mr. Pizza advertisement.
Ta-da: 'Try it, you might like it.'
The new ingredient in the pizza is crab meat, which explains the giant crab in the background.
The A Tale of Two Sisters actress will next appear in the SBS drama entitled Painter in the Wind where she portrays the well-known Joseon Dynasty painter Shin Yun-bok.
Saranghae!: Geun-young gets the crab behind
her to mimic her actions
Nonchalant: The crab hates being in the advert
since he'll only end up as an ingredient for the pizza
Source: Hankooki, k-popped
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Post by TheBo on Oct 10, 2008 9:54:56 GMT -5
You are certainly a fount of info, nene. ;D I think Ms Moon is a cutie pie. She does "read" awfully young, though. I hope this does not impede her career.
I think she needs a new stylist, however. That black dress she was wearing at the award show, for instance, did not fit her properly, and the style was too "babyish" and emphasized an awkwardness. She looks like she has to clutch the front of the dress to keep it from flying out in an embarrassing manner. She needs someone to fit her up in a more sophisticated way. For instance, the dress in the Mr Pizza ad is better fitted and more grown up.
Gosh, you'd think with all this advice I have to give, I'd be dressed to the nines, LOL. But no, it's jeans and tank tops and Crocs for me. Ah, well, the shoemaker's children always run barefoot...
Bo
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Post by Nene on Oct 12, 2008 19:24:31 GMT -5
 Bo, 
I just found this news.
Posted on 10.12.08 to Korean Dramas, The Painter of the Wind by hanfever
Moon Geun Young’s Nose Fractured, “Painter” to be Delayed
Actress Moon Geun Young fractured the bridge of her nose while filming for SBS’s “The Painter of the Wind” and the shooting for the drama will be halted for around 10 days.
SBS announced on the 12th that Moon Geun Young who plays as Shin Yoon Bok in the drama, was hit on the face by Park Shin Yang’s waving arm while filming a bickering scene on the 9th afternoon.
Moon Geun Young was immediately sent to the nearest hospital for an x-ray checkup. She was diagnosed to have fractured the left side of her nose bridge and was given an emergency treatment. After another operation on the 10th at a hospital in Seoul, Moon Geun Young is currently resting and will not be able to participate in the filming for the time being.
Episode 7 and 8 of “The Painter of the Wind” scheduled to broadcast next week will hence be delayed. Instead, special episodes will be shown next Wednesday and Thursday.
Moon Geun Young’s talent agency Namoo Actors expressed, “As her determination is strong, she is expected to recover quickly and return to filming soon”.
This is such a bad news! It must be pretty serious for them to actually halt the filming. Poor Moon Geun Young, didn’t she just hurt her heels the other time. Hope she recovers soon enough. No “The Painter of the Wind” next week, but that is ok, resting is more important for her now.
Source: Yonhap News
This is very unfortunate. I'm a little worried because it's the second time she got injured
while filming Painter of the Wind.
Thank you for your kind words.
I think Moon Guen Young is still a child. She didn't pay much attention to her appearance. If you look closely at her knees, you'll see lots of scars, hahaha.
That's her charm. I love her.
I agree with you she needs a stylist to help her. I searched for her pictures and found the one I like.
Here's my favorite dress.
I really love her innocent and natural look. I hope she won't seek plastic surgery like other stars.
I found one more article.
Why the uncle-niece-like couples in dramas and movies? Movie actress Moon Geun-yeong (21)'s comeback drama, SBS "Painter of the Wind" might star Park Shin-yang (40) as the male leading role. Their age difference is 19 years.
Moon Geun-yeong has acted with Kim Joo-hyeok (36) in "Love Me Not" and Park Geon-hyeong (31) in "Innocent Steps". A ten year difference is standard. It is also interesting that she has acted with no one her age except when she starred as Song Hye-kyo (26)'s younger character.
The same goes for Ko Ah-ra (18). After graduating from the teen drama "Sharp", she acted with Yoon Kye-sang (30), who graduated from an idol group. Leaving her roles as the rebellious daughter and the innocent girl, she is acting with older men. She is currently acting in MBC "Who Are You - Drama"
At first, it was surprising, but now, the age difference between actors and actresses are becoming natural. It is like getting used to scratchy old clothes after wearing them for a long time. It is also like how the stinging smell of ammonia in a clean bathroom becomes dull.
The title of being a top star makes the age difference less important. The headlines that Mr. so-and-so is starring replaces the fact that the actors are married or old. Age difference is becoming normal after passing time.
Dramas and movies are no exception. There are many leading actors and actresses that are more than 13 years apart. It is ironic that age difference is not a factor in hindering their love. It omits the difficulty that lovers ten years apart may experience.
Song Kang-ho (41) and Kim Ok-bin (22) are to star in Director Park Chan-wook's new movie "Evil Live". It also known that there will be excellent bed scenes. Seol Kyeong-gu (40) and Kim Tae-hee (28) appeared as a married couple in "Venus and Mars". Hwang Jeong-min (38) and Jeon Ji-hyeon (27) also drew interest in "A Man Who Was Superman". It was a meeting between experienced male actors with actresses known for their commercials. The age difference was, of course, more than ten years.
If lovers are more than ten years apart, the man is scolded as a "Robber". Even a seven-year age difference counts as being a "Robber". However, if you become an actor, the situation changes.
Lee Beom-soo (38) acted with Lee Yo-won (28) in "Surgeon Bong Dal-hee". They received the 'Best Couple Award' at the SBS Acting Awards and were acknowledged as a good couple. Another nominee was Park Shin-yang and Park Jin-hee from "War of Money". They have the commonality of having ten year differences.
There is no reason that actors would make a big deal out of something that the viewers do not care about. This is why the age difference of actors is not becoming a hot issue.
'Truthful guy' Lee Hoon (35) is an exception. He kept mention the age difference with Kim Hyo-jin (24) at press conferences for the SBS drama "I Am Happy - Drama".
"The actresses are becoming younger. As I'm acting with Hyo-jin, it seems like they're getting younger".
Of course, "I Am Happy - Drama" has nothing to do with the age difference. It is the story of a daughter of a rich household and an average man getting successfully married despite parents' oppositions. In order to match levels with Lee Hoon, Kim Hyo-jin raised her age in the drama by four years.
There are also couples who barely avoid the "Old man, young woman" situation. Lee Seo-jin (35) and Han Ji-min (26) of MBC "Lee San, Wind of the Palace" ("Yi San") are nine years apart, and Joo Jin-mo (34) and Park Ji-yoon (26) of SBS "Bicheonmoo - Drama" are eight years apart.
The shortened acting experience of the actresses is the reason behind this age difference.
In a survey conducted by the Korean Film Archives, the only actress who placed as one of the "Best Korean Movie Stars" was Jeon Do-yeon (35). There were many older actors, such as Song Kang-ho, Ahn Seong-gi (56), Han Seok-Kyu (44), and Seol Kyeong-gu.
There are not many top star actresses that act into their 30s. It can be compressed to Jeon Do-yeon, Ko Hyeon-jeong (37), Jang Jin-yeong (34), Uhm Jung-hwa (39), Song Yoon-ah (35), Moon So-ri (34), and Kim Jeong-eun (32).
On the other hand, there are few top star actors in their 20s. Three years later, Jo In-Seong (27) will enter his 30s, and there will almost be none. It seems actresses get more recognition if they're young, and actors if they're old.
The "old man, young woman" situation is becoming reality. Kang Ho-dong (38) cannot stop showing off his wife, nine years his junior. Comedian Lee Soo-keun (33) will also have a bride nine years younger. Park Myeong-soo (38) is also looking to his marriage to a doctor eight years his junior.
However, this trend only applies to the celebrity world. A representative of 'Duo", a marriage information company, revealed that "there are few married couples who have large age differences. Like always, a four to five year difference is normal".
"Men in professional careers sometimes favor younger women. It seems like the mentality to reward his economic security with the woman's young age.
Source : news.media.daum.net/e, hancinema
What do you think?
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Post by Nene on Oct 15, 2008 9:51:42 GMT -5
 ALL,
I found this Poll.
Moon Geun Young vs Liu Yi Fei
Poll
Moon Geun Young vs Liu Yi Fei
I don't like both of them
Liu Yi Fei (Chinese Paladin, Reurn of the Condor Heros 2006)
Moon Geun Young (My Little Bride, Innocent Steps)
Too hard to choose
Who's Liu Yi Fei?
Who's Moon Geun Young?
Click on the link to vote and to see the results.
pollgenius.com/ask/default/pollID/1953/Moon-Geun-Young-vs-Liu-Yi-Fei
Related News
Moon Geun-young to Help Build a Library in Australia
Korea’s favorite girl-next-door Moon Geun-young is showing her generosity by building a Korean library for young Korean expatriates in Australia. The actress is going to support the library construction by helping out with the cost and donating books.
A source at Moon’s agency Namoo Actors says that Moon has been donating books with her own money since 2006, when she saw during a visit to her relative in Australia how young Korean students there didn’t have enough books or places to learn Korean. She will work with the Linfield Korean School in Sydney to build a permanent Korean library.
Moon has been cast in the leading role of Shin Yun-bok, a famed painter from the late Joseon Dynasty, in a new TV drama titled “Painter of the Wind” to be aired in September.
Moon Geun-young Donates 300m won to a Learning Center
Popular actress Moon Geun-young (문근ì˜) donated about 300 million won to a learning center for poor children in Haenam, South Cholla Province, near her hometown of Kwangju.
Bae Yo-seop, a pastoral intern at a church in a Haenam, opened an after-school study room for poor children in 2002. About 40 children from poor or single-parent families study there for free.
The program was facing closure in October when the landlord told Bae that the house would be sold off.
Bae recalled in an interview with Yonhap News Agency that a middle-aged couple visited him, suggesting that he find new place for the study room. They bought 1,650 square meters of land, estimated at 75 million won ($79,700), for the program. Only when Bae saw the name on the registration papers did he realize that the couple were actress Moon’s parents.
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Post by TheBo on Oct 15, 2008 16:01:35 GMT -5
Ms Moon certainly sounds like a thoroughly nice person. I share your hope, nene, that she never resorts to plastic surgery. Did I tell you the Jennifer Grey plastic surgery story?
I think the article about the age difference misses the point. It's not that there aren't any 30-40-ish actresses--it's that they AREN'T BEING CAST. I never heard anything so silly in my life. I loved the last part about how "men in professional careers sometimes favor young women." Uh, no kidding! Let's notify Donald Trump, I think he missed the news flash! ROFL.
Bo
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Post by Nene on Oct 16, 2008 11:25:23 GMT -5
 Bo, 
She really is. Though she's very young, she has a big heart---very generous and compassionate.
I really admire her.
Is Jennifer Gray the actress from Dirty Dancing? You didn't tell me about her plastic surgery story yet. Is it as scary as Brit Ekland's case? I posted her pictures on another thread. Here they are.
The 65-year-old appears to have opted for collagen implants - but rather overdone it and ended up with the dreaded 'trout pout'.
'Trout pout': Britt Ekland freely admits having cosmetic surgery in the past. Without her make-up she was virtually unrecognisable from her days as a Bond girl, starring alongside
Roger Moore in 1974's The Man With the Golden Gun.
I agree that "there are few married couples who have large age differences" but the writer forgot to mention that men seem to favor young and beautiful mistresses. It's very common in my country and the wives are ready to rumble, haha. I've seen several high profile cases like this in the US (a former president, senators etc.) too. It's pathetic to drag their wives to the press conference trying to save their careers. They're very lucky to have such wonderful wives.
News Updates
Production hopes for speedy recovery for “Painter” star
October 15th, 2008 // by javabeans
After Moon Geun-young fractured her nose in filming for Painter of the Wind, drama production slowed to a halt as their star was forced to take some time off and recover. Now production is hoping their star will be ready to get back to work as early as October 17.
On October 15, a rep for Moon Geun-young said, “She will be returning to the set sometime this week. It’ll be difficult for her to return by the 15th as originally estimated, but if things go well we think she’ll be back by Friday.”
Moon is reportedly doing much better following minor surgery, although there’s still a lot of swelling in her face. She is currently resting at home.
Because of the filming delays, this week fans will only be able to see “special” broadcasts (i.e., mostly filler footage and cut scenes cobbled together as a sort of slapdash behind-the-scenes program. However, with only six episodes aired so far, I doubt there’ll be that much worth watching). If things go as planned, episode 7 should air on the 22nd, next Wednesday.
Moon Geun-Young Injured, 바람의 화원 (Painter of the Wind) Shoot Halted
Posted by X at 8:05am.
Posted in TV , Asia.
It must have been quite exciting, Korean Tv in the 1970s. Although you had landmark exceptions like 수사반장 (Inspector Chief), most TV dramas were shot on a sound stage, and broadcast live, as if we were dealing with a play. That might be one of the reasons why so many veteran TV actors are so good when it comes to reaction acting, after all those years of training on the spot. But the TV landscape of the 1970s is peculiarly resembling today’s TV circus in Korea, the “생방 (live broadcast)” shoot syndrome one of its most sinister symptoms.
Although the situation varies from country to country, you usually see a TV production secure funding and go through casting (or viceversa), complete its shoot or at least the vast majority of it, and then broadcast. But in Korea, where a drama can go belly up just because it fails to enter a broadcaster’s lineup, timing is everything. Projects might take even a couple of months to get the green light, but always wait in standby, until the timeslot has been secured, after which shooting starts. This means most miniseries only shoot between 4 and 8 episodes before broadcast starts, and that’s where problems begin. Shooting fast and editing even quicker is not really the problem (Koreans doing rather well by now): the issue is the script. With so much attention paid to ratings, the idea of starting with a completed script (or something to that extent) is only something the greats can do, think a Jung Ha-Yeon or Noh Hee-Kyung. The rest, even the talented ones, end up facing the nightmare of 쪽대본 (paper scripts) sooner or later. That is, scripts written on the fly, sent to the shooting location via fax or e-mail, trying to stick to the original synopsis yes, but often adapted to various production issues, such as the need to bloat every episode up to a ridiculous 70 to 80 minutes (the current trend, but some are even touching the 90 minutes), just to take full advantage of ad revenue. Which, in turns, hurts both the acting and the drama itself.
Sometimes you have third-party production companies interfering with last-minute casting decisions, even if they could end up killing narrative flow. That is what writer Yoo Dong-Yoon of 왕과 나 (The King & I) had to endure, after SBS and Olive9 used the sageuk as their personal rating toy, adding useless characters and making a very promising drama turn into a fat, slow and plodding dinosaur, which barely saved itself at the last minute. Sometimes it’s a problem of planning itself, like what the producers of 스포트라이트 (Spotlight) ended up doing, forcing someone like Lee Gi-Won (who writes well, but slowly) to adapt to these insane production speeds, and some say even asking him to rethink narrative directions because of low ratings, the reason why he resigned mid-flight and left the project to his assistant writers for the second half. What this craze generally does is only ruining dramas, but sometimes there’s something a little more dangerous at stake. A few years ago, 늑대 (Wolf) halted production after Eric Moon and Han Ji-Min went through an injury during a shoot, and this nightmare risked a nefarious deja-vu when Chae Si-Ra, star of the upcoming sageuk 천추태후 (Empress Cheonchu), fell off her horse during training. The situation was managed rather well, extending 대왕세종 (Sejong the Great) by five episodes, taking advantage of the various preemptions during the Olympics and whatnot, and finally getting to a point (now) where normality has been re-established and shooting is back to on course. Sadly, that doesn’t always work.
I spared no praise for SBS’ new fusion sageuk 바람의 화원 (Painter of the Wind), and there is a good reason for that. It’s full of wonderful, well researched details; it has an irresistible elegance and great music, top of the line CG and the kind of cinematography and narrative flow that at times turn this show into visual poetry. Moon Geun-Young is doing a superb job, the veterans are predictably great, and Park Shin-Yang is showing a kind of eclectic charm despite this not exactly being the right delivery for the genre; but also lesser actors like the inexperienced Moon Chae-Won and Park Jin-Woo somehow seem to make it. The praise should go to newcomer writer Lee Eun-Young, who’s adapting the novel wonderfully despite slightly deviating from it, and particularly PD Jang Tae-Yoo, who allegedly threw two months of shoot in the trash just because young Moon had completely immersed herself in the role after a while, so he decided to reshoot the earlier, a tad more “rustic” parts.
There’s even a touch of history beyond details, which looks to grow even stronger in the coming months, as the mystery of Yoon-Bok’s father and his death get tied to the Prince Sado affair. Problem now is that Moon Geun-Young was injured during the shoot.
It’s nothing really serious, just a broken nose which will take about 10 days of rest, and will bring her back in front of the camera in two weeks. But of course this spells trouble for the production, which decided not to broadcast episode 7 and 8 next week, replaced by a few specials (which will apparently feature some new scenes), and it’s likely the week after might be at risk as well. Some “journalists” are speculating about paper scripts being the major culprit, but with a very solid synopsis already covering 15 episodes, and the foundation the novel gives you, I’d be very surprised if this was the problem. Biggest issue might be PD Jang himself, way too much of a perfectionist to let a rushed production interfere with his work. But of course the most important issue is macroscopic, concerning the need to establish a new structure, allowing those who want to enough time to complete their shoot before broadcast. With the current system, it’s certainly not possible. Halting the shoot is certainly inevitable, and might even help the drama in ways that nothing else would: the show is currently lagging behind the annoying misfire 베토벤 바이러스 (Beethoven Virus) and the sageuk 바람의 나라 (Kingdom of the Wind). This latest happening might bring back some attention to the show, and increase the chances it might do better ratings in the future. Also, despite this impasse, it doesn’t look like it will harm the quality of the show in any way.
What the broadcasters need to realize before it’s too late, though, is that quality takes time, that ratings are a very elusive chimera—unless you submit to lowest-common-denominator sensibilities like 조강지처클럽 (The First Wives’ Club), that is—and that the safety of the performers comes first. The TV industry in Korea actually resembles a lot what is happening in Wall Street, with the only exception that the powers that be aren’t trying to find a solution to the problem together (or at least pretending to), they’re just taking out the swords and trying to slay each other for whatever is left of the pie. And you know what happens when two enemies start blowing up things on the same boat. They both drown....
Still, we wish a speedy recover to Moon Geun-Young, who’s doing a truly marvelous job, and hope Painter of the Wind continues to impress until the end. |
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Post by TheBo on Oct 17, 2008 10:31:54 GMT -5
The Jennifer Grey plastic surgery story isn't exactly scary, it's just an object lesson, I guess.
A few years after Dirty Dancing, she decided to have the bump in her nose smoothed out a little bit. However, the surgeon completely restructured her nose and then, she was unrecognizable. In fact, she had trouble getting parts because her nose has provided a key factor in her "look"--I believe she even lost an audition and was told it was because they were "looking for a Jennifer Grey-type" (!). She finally did start getting cast again (she's a good actor), but when you see her, you can't figure out who she is. Even after you KNOW who she is. She made the remark on a show that she doesn't recognize herself sometimes. This is the story I heard. (If you Google her, you'll find photos of before-and-after.)
Bo
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Post by Nene on Oct 21, 2008 2:16:28 GMT -5
The Jennifer Grey plastic surgery story isn't exactly scary, it's just an object lesson, I guess. A few years after Dirty Dancing, she decided to have the bump in her nose smoothed out a little bit. However, the surgeon completely restructured her nose and then, she was unrecognizable. In fact, she had trouble getting parts because her nose has provided a key factor in her "look"--I believe she even lost an audition and was told it was because they were "looking for a Jennifer Grey-type" (!). She finally did start getting cast again (she's a good actor), but when you see her, you can't figure out who she is. Even after you KNOW who she is. She made the remark on a show that she doesn't recognize herself sometimes. This is the story I heard. (If you Google her, you'll find photos of before-and-after.) Bo  Bo,  Wow, Jennifer Grey was completely different.
 
I didn't recognize her at all. Undoubtedly, she's prettier
but not the cute and lovable geek that we liked.
Some celebrities prefer not to age at all — or at least to appear not to be getting older.
Alas, some of those efforts to hold back the time have been more successful than others.
In many cases, the outcomes have been downright scary.
Jennifer Grey
Jennifer was the rebel daughter we wanted to be in Dirty Dancing,
but then she got her nose fixed and came out unrecognizable. Following the success of Dirty Dancing in 1987, the leading lady, Jennifer Grey decided to get a nose job to improve her looks for her future career as an A-lister in Hollywood. Unfortunately this changed her appearance so much that no one knew who she was. All of the celebrity-goodwill she earnt from Dirty Dancing was lost. Since then she has only played minor roles in television programs and b-grade movies. In a recent interview for Channel 5 in the UK, Grey said the nosejob was the biggest mistake of her life.
Michael Jackson
MJ wasn't always scary. In his "Billie Jean" era, he was actually a heartthrob! But he's since
gotten so much surgery we're sure he would melt under direct light.
Kenny Rogers
Country singer Kenny looks so young after all of
his plastic surgery that he could be his own son! Yup, it looks like a bad eye job / bad brow lift / bad plastic surgery situation in my opinion. However, if you look at his nose, it appears more aquiline and does not seem to have turned out badly. With the same eyes as the before photo, Rogers would look rather nice. The biggest problem is that his eyes give off a ‘too tiny for my face’ vibe.
Melanie Griffith We loved Melanie in Working Girl. She was pretty and sassy and likeable.
Then she married Antonio Banderas and felt the need to change things up a bit.
(source: getlisty, awfulplasticsurgery)
It's clear that plastic surgery is not for everyone.
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!  Is it just me or does Brad Pitt look ‘redone’? One of his hobbies is renovating homes and maybe he has applied that technique to his face.
When he started in the industry, Brad had acne scars. Those appear to have vanished and his facial skin looks very smooth and even toned all over. If a man could be described as having a ‘peaches and cream complexion’, that would be Brad Pitt.
The bridge of his nose looks raised, which gives the tip of his nose a less upturned look. There is also something more square jawed about his face (jaw implants, perhaps?) In addition, most people lose facial fat as they age, but Brad appears to have gained in the cheek area. Furthermore, he is 44, but there is very little hint of sagging to his face. His face is not overly tight, but undoubtedly looks as firm as an early 30-something.
Who knows the real story? But, if there was a plastic surgeon’s knife involved, the job was done extremely well and more importantly, over time, so as not to startle or cause questions to be raised. Brad Pitt has transitioned from pretty boy to almost looking like a 40-something Robert Redford.
(source: awfulplasticsurgery.com) 
Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner has the image of being anti-diva, anti-plastic surgery, but this is the picture that she doesn’t want you to see. It seems that at the start of her career her lips were a lot thinner! At least her top lip! Looks to me like she had collagen injections in them and she almost fooled everyone. Oh Jennifer, come out with it already- those aren’t your natural lips! It makes me sad when even the most down to earth celebrity is getting stuff done to her face!
(all things pop culture.com)
When plastic surgery really works..
meet Miss Korea 2006 Honey Lee
Plastic surgery really works when a women wants to graduate from cute to drop dead gorgeous. Take for instance, Miss Korea 2006, Honey Lee. Before she had plastic surgery, she was a cute girl, but with rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, lip augmentation, and a forehead implant to give her face a more feminine look, she is truly stunning and as a result, came in first runner up at Miss Universe in 2006. After the pageant, she was given numerous endorsements and modeling opportunities, so her investment in plentiful plastic surgery paid off. The only negative comments towards Honey Lee are complaints that someone who paid money for their looks should not be allowed to compete in a beauty contest, because the event is not about ‘who spent the most money at the plastic surgeon’.(good plastic surgery)
OMG, she's also unrecognizable. Hard to believe
I was looking at the pics of the same person.
As they say, seeing is believing!
Did you know about her story before? IMHO, she shouldn't be crowned Miss Korea. It's very unfair.
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Post by Nene on Oct 22, 2008 2:11:15 GMT -5
 all,
News Updates
Moon Geung-young back on set after
recovering from broken nose October 22, 2008
Actress Moon Geung-young, 21, suffered a broken nose while
shooting SBS TV drama “The Painter of the Wind.”
Co-star Park Shin-yang accidently hit Moon in the nose with his elbow, causing a minor fracture, on Oct. 9, at the Korean Folk Village in Yongin, Gyeonggi. She received surgery the following day.
Moon resumed shooting last Friday. By Lee Eun-joo
(joongangdaily)
# Moon Geun-young is back in action on the Painter of the Wind set
after fracturing her nose during filming.
# Speaking of which, Painter of the Wind is set to pick up more fans throughout Asia to add to its already lavish praise as a “perfect drama.” It has already made contracts exporting the drama to Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and now also Thailand.
(javabeans)
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Post by Nene on Oct 26, 2008 23:33:01 GMT -5
 ALL, 
Realistic Painting in “The Painter of the Wind”
Sparks New High
A combination of realistic portrait paintings and CG effects in episode 8 of “The Painter of the Wind” drew the attention of viewers yesterday and led to a jump in viewership.
After the broadcast, the internet forums were full of praises for “The Painter of the Wind”. Some commented: “There is not a single part that I can afford to miss, this is really an epic drama.”, “The paintings are too realistic, I’m already having goosebumps.”, “Although the plot today is relatively less interesting but it whets up my appetite for the later episodes.”
Indeed as a result, according to TNS Media Korea, the viewership of the drama jumps to 16.1%, its highest since debut. On the otherhand, KBS’s “The Kingdom of the Winds” registered a slight increase to 16.5% while MBC’s “Beethoven Virus” fell to 18.5%. Given the outlook, looks like there won’t be a clear winner in the wed/thurs drama war for a while to come.
Pictures: dcinside via lisante@Soompi, Huangsy@Soompi, hanfever
Read more here
DAILY TV RATING - THURSDAY 2008-10-23
TNS
NATIONWIDE RANK / SHOW / NETWORK / NATIONWIDE RATING / SEOUL RATING + RANK {if different from Nationwide}
1. You Are My Destiny <너는내운명> (KBS1) - 28.6%, 27.6%
2. Beethoven Virus <베토벤바이러스> (MBC) - 18.5%, 19.9%
3. The Amazing World 순간포착 (SBS) - 16.8%, 16.9%
4. Kingdom Of The Wind <바람의나라> (KBS2) - 16.5%, 16.5%
5. Painter Of The Wind <바람의화원> (SBS) - 16.1%, 15.8% [/center]
AGB
NATIONWIDE RANK / SHOW / NETWORK / NATIONWIDE RATING / SEOUL RATING + RANK {if different from Nationwide}
1. You Are My Destiny <너는내운명> (KBS1) - 30.7%, 29.4%
2. Beethoven Virus <베토벤바이러스> (MBC) - 18.8%, 20.8%
3. KBS News 9 (KBS1) - 17.1%, 16.8% (#4)
4. Painter Of The Wind <바람의화원> (SBS) - 16.6%, 16.2% (#6)
4. Daughter-In-Law <며느리와며느님> (SBS) - 16.6%, 16.8%
6. Unwaivering / Don't Go Away <흔들리지마> (MBC) - 15.8%, 16.9% (#3)
7. Kingdom Of The Wind <바람의나라> (KBS2) - 15.6%, 15.3%
8. The Amazing World 순간포착 (SBS) - 14.8%, 14.0% (#9)
9. Aeja’s Older Sister, Minja <애자언니민자> (SBS) - 14.2%, 14.7% (#8)
10. Happy Together 해피투게더 (KBS2) - 13.0%, 13.5%
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[분수대]신윤복
October 25, 2008
The genre painter of the late Joseon Dynasty Hyewon Shin Yun-bok (1758-?) stands decisively at the center of Korea’s cultural arena these days.
The novel “Wind’s Garden” features the painter and became a best seller and a highly popular SBS drama, currently on TV.
Next month, the movie “The Drawing of Beautiful Women” is in the lineup, and thousands of people recently swarmed to a special exhibition of Shin’s paintings, including his “Drawing of a Beautiful Woman,” at Gansong Art Gallery.
Shin’s rise as a cultural icon lies in the exceptional yet mysterious fascination with his life. There is almost no official record of Shin. We only know that he was kicked out of government for painting vulgar pictures. There are theories as to whether he really belonged to an official painting body. However, he enjoyed painting gibang scenes, where high-class men would be entertained with song and poetry, an unprecedented subject for art then.
In the TV drama, the painter is a woman dressed as a man who feels affection for her male master, Danwon Kim Hong-do. The drama has been spiced by establishing that King Jeongjo, who wanted to see the lives of ordinary people through Shin’s paintings, financially supported the artist.
Of course, Shin was male and the theory goes that he was highly influenced by Danwon. In another novel, “Color Sharaku,” Shin is the genius painter Sharaku Tosushai, who appeared and disappeared like a comet in Japanese art history.
The appeal of Shin’s work lies in his sophisticated brushwork and bold colors to depict married women’s repressed sexual desire.
If Danwon’s genre paintings were praised early on for humorously drawing the lives of common people, Shin’s paintings have been discovered belatedly by modern art lovers.
In reality, Shin is famous for drawing bold obscenity.
In the drama, it is King Jeongjo who gladly accepted Shin’s drawings when original real landscape drawings, divorced from the influence of Chinese imaginary landscape drawing, began to flourish. “During the late Joseon Dynasty, when [artists] began to appreciate nature through travel accounts at Mount Kumgang, they began to recognize and give artistic form to sex,” Kim Heon-seon, a professor at Gyeonggi University, wrote. This is the background against which obscene paintings, genre paintings and real landscape paintings appeared in our painting history, which all started with a recognition of the individual.
The writer is a deputy culture and sports editor of the JoongAng Ilbo.
By Yang Sung-hee [shyang@joongang.co.kr]
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Post by Nene on Nov 4, 2008 11:47:26 GMT -5
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Fact and fiction meld in life of
mysterious Joseon painter
“Portrait of a Beauty”
by late Joseon painter Shin Yun-bok.
[JoongAng Ilbo]
The dark clouds spreading over the sky foretold heavy rain last Thursday, but the gloomy weather didn’t deter visitors from inspecting a series of elegant paintings and calligraphy dating from the Joseon period.
The Kansong Art Museum in Seongbuk-dong, northern Seoul, exhibited 108 paintings from the late 14th to the early 20th century as part of its 70th anniversary celebrations. Kansong Art Museum, Korea’s first private museum, was built by the late art collector Jeon Hyung-pil (1906-1962).
Taking into consideration that the museum opens twice a year every spring and fall and that it owns many cultural treasures that were once lost or taken away during the colonial period, there seemed to be more people lining up than usual.
Every day for the past two weeks a line of visitors stretched 300 meters (984 feet) in front of the museum, and officials reckon 200,000 people have seen the exhibition since it opened on Oct. 12, buying up more than 2,000 prints of the art on display.
“Such crowded scenes are unprecedented,” said Tak Hyun-kyoo, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Korean Arts. The center was set up by the museum in 1966, four years after Jeon died.
Part of the attraction has been the work of one very special Korean painter, an artist who has captured the imagination of the country in the past few weeks.
Just as art lovers jam the Louvre Museum in Paris to see Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, the star attraction at Kansong is the work of Shin Yun-bok.
From top to bottom: “Scenery on Dano Day,” “A Boating Scene”
and “Await,” all by Shin. [JoongAng Ilbo]
Only 100 of Shin’s paintings are known to exist today, some of which are housed in the Kansong Art Museum and the National Museum of Korea. Much of his work was burnt or damaged when Japan annexed Korea during the early part of the 20th century.
The recent exhibition displayed several rare pieces, including “Portrait of a Beauty,” “Lovers Under the Moon” and “Scenery on Dano Day.”
But why the focus on Shin as opposed to the work of weighty Joseon painters like Kim Hong-do, who drew portraits of King Jeongjo, or royal court painter Kim Deuk-sin?
“Despite Shin’s reputation as a representative Joseon painter, we don’t know much about him,” Tak said. “People are drawn to the unknown.”
All that is known about the painter is that he was born in 1758, the son of Shin Han-pyung, a member of Dohwaseo, a government-based royal painting institute, and that his pen name was Hye-won. We don’t know if he married, where he studied or when he died.
Lee Won-bok, director of the Jeonju National Museum in South Jeolla and an expert on Shin, says his career peaked from 1805 to 1813. Top: A scene from the SBS TV drama “Painter of the Wind.”
above: The crowded exhibition hall at Kansong Art Museum. All we have are his paintings as a means to know the man and his life.
“Shin must have been jailed several times for breaking the period’s taboo and drawing daring and erotic paintings,” Lee said.
Although Shin was raised in a family involved in the art world, he wasn’t regulated by rules and conventions, and he tended to follow his own path.
“Since Shin’s father worked at the Dohwaseo for more than 40 years until he was 75, Shin wasn’t allowed to be part of the public institute,” Lee said.
At that time, there was a law that restricted fathers and sons from sharing a workplace. This was a blessing for Shin, Lee says, since it allowed him to draw more creatively and freely without any social restrictions. Born to a middle-class family, he mingled with the upper classes and painted a romanticized version of their lives.
Portrait of a Beauty, for example, depicts a woman, perhaps a gisaeng, a singer-cum-dancer who entertained the nobility.
The painting is very detailed with vivid patterns and colors. Her hair is neatly tied using castor oil, which was a common custom.
She is also sensuousously charming - Her eyes have a longing look and her lips are like cherries. It’s as if Shin had known her touching feelings from the bottom of her heart.
The detailed figures of elegant women in most of Shin’s paintings were enough to enthrall Lee Jeong-myung, the author of the novel “Painter of the Wind,” published last year in August. The book, which has sold some 400,000 copies until now, inspired the popular SBS TV drama of the same name that is currently running.
The first painting that the author can remember seeing was Scenery on Dano Day, printed on the back of a pack of Arirang brand cigarettes.
“The painting was very feminine and the figures of the women were very delicate,” he said. With no hesitation, he concluded the painter was a woman. When he found out Shin was a man, Lee was surprised and became more intrigued, drawn to the life of the painter and the people he painted.
This fascination gave birth in later years to his best-selling novel.
Shin appears as a lady who disguises herself as a man to solve the mystery behind her father’s suspicious death. In the story, she develops a relationship with Kim Hong-do, who appears as her mentor.
The fictional drama, which airs Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:55 p.m., starring Moon Geun-young as Shin, also depicts Shin as a woman.
“The novel, which the TV drama is based on, is full of imagination based on historic facts,” said Baek Ik-hyun, one of the drama’s producers.
“The production team expected a hit before the show was aired because the novel prompted a lot of curiosity along the lines of ‘what if Shin were a female painter.’”
 A film poster for “A Portrait of a Beauty,” which will open Nov. 13.
Shin appears as a female painter. [JoongAng Ilbo]
And now a movie version of the story is scheduled for release early next month, portraying Shin as an erotic female painter (Kim Min-seon).
“Since there aren’t many facts about the actual painter, the film uses a lot of artistic license to tell the story,” said Lim Jung-hye from the film’s marketing department.
Lim says that audiences today are interested more in the fictitious story about Shin than about Shin himself.
But there are voices of concern from the art world saying that the fictitious twist in the tale is too strong - presenting Shin as a woman - and that the drama and film have distorted historical facts.
Ahn Hwi-joon, head of the government’s Cultural Properties Committee and a former professor of arts at Seoul National University, said he was irritated when the novel and drama turned Shin into a woman.
“It is concrete fact that Shin is a man,” Ahn said, adding that pop culture has become too sensational. “Shin is an important painter who reflects the history and culture of the late Joseon society. That’s why we have to respect him the way he is.”
In fact, the Kansong Art Museum has been getting many calls asking whether Shin was indeed a female or a male painter. “I was dumbfounded when I heard about the calls,” Ahn said. “Why raise issues on topics that are irrefutable?”
By Lee Eun-joo Staff Reporter [angie@joongang.co.kr]
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Post by TheBo on Nov 10, 2008 10:28:09 GMT -5
Okay, guys, I'm locking this thread as explained in my other postings, and here is where you should continue: Painter of Wind II |
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Wow, she's absolutely gorgeous. ;D 
