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Kwon Doo Hyon creates photographs that are purposefully blurry in his photo exhibit called Practical Illusion. The photographs in it range from dark and eerie to light and prasmatic.  Kwon explains his art by saying: “The misty images give us the room to reflect on bygone times and past experiences, thus we can undergo emotional changes. I wanted to make this room for the audience to recall pleasant memories and sink deep in thought.”

Find more pictures after the jump.

I find Kwon’s idea really interesting. I love it when people take a different view on what art can do for a person. For Kwon an audience doesn’t have to necessarily connect directly with his picture, but that picture can being a a jumping board for a new direction of thought. So every reaction to a photograph will be different.

Just hearing about blurry pictures makes it seem like some hack is trying to call bad photography art. But when I look at his photography I can’t help but moved and searching for some hidden meaning.

I also find it very interesting that most of his photographs are printed on cotton, the remaining portrayed in an oil painting. Both mediums further blur the lines of reality in the picture. I think Kwon’s photography is good abstract art with clear purpose and a lack of pretension.