The Supreme Court’s laughs in the final statement of “Playing with Hwatu is embarrassing”

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Youngnam Cho, a singer, broadcaster, painter, and writer, publishes a life story every week on JoongAng SUNDAY.  It is the history of Korean popular culture that penetrates the court workshop for Cesibong, a masterpiece of art.  The picture is from his home studio in Seoul.  Reporter Shin In-seop

Youngnam Cho, a singer, broadcaster, painter, and writer, publishes a life story every week on JoongAng SUNDAY. It is the history of Korean popular culture that penetrates the court workshop for Cesibong, a masterpiece of art. The picture is from his home studio in Seoul. Reporter Shin In-seop

Poet Yoil Kim, who runs a publishing house called’Literature World History’ with his father Jonghae Kim, came to me one day. Yonggeon was to release another book this time. This is because in the past, through the history of the literary world, a book called “The Story of Uncle Joe” was published.

70-80% of other people’s paintings
All-stop broadcasting, etc. after being charged with fraud
‘Exile’ for 5 years of trial

“If Jo Young-nam’s idea is his painting”
Jin Joong-kwon testifies with me at the first trial
Sorry for not adopting as a witness at the third trial

A world-class ruling without precedent for a’masterpiece of art’
A junior attorney of music college is the public election lawyer
The moment of “innocence,” a life of twisting life Like a kaleidoscope…

Although I was grateful for the petition to release the book of my old friend Kim Yo-il, whom I met after 10 years, I couldn’t help confess my recent feelings. In short, it was hard content to the point that I could no longer write. There are several reasons for saying so. First, I’m too old to write and I’ve been exhausted after a long five-year trial called’Cho Young-nam’s art masterpiece case’, and especially in that long time, I’ve already written two books. , In the name of promoting the book, he appeared on various TV entertainment programs and was in a state of being exhausted overall. Come out with a book… It is also a life story that contains the twists and turns of my life… . It wasn’t that I was humbled by my personality, and it was true.

Two books, such as 『This Damn Man’s Contemporary Art』

Because I have an age of 80 in front of my nose (reading this article, readers may say,’Ah! Young-nam Cho is so old?’ But I think that’s absurd. I’m 76 years old) First of all, reading and writing quickly got tired and hurt my eyes. In that state, I have been in exile for the past five years, not exile, and have published two books. The reason it is called exile is that from the moment I was prosecuted by the prosecution for the ‘masterpiece case,’ all my broadcasting life and art exhibitions were all stopped at once.

I lost my job (MBC’s’Now Radio Era’ daily broadcast) overnight, and I have been scraping two things with the mind of what I do when I play. One was drawing pictures and the other was writing. .

Please say something to the readers. Do not be prosecuted. Trial, that’s not something to do. My trial took a whopping five years, in short, I was convicted at the first trial (one year in prison and two years probation) and was put on appeal by my side, and at this time I was not guilty (it’s a story without fault, but when I was innocent, I was a female judge. He shouted that he was a girl with a very female uniform). If you are guilty at the first trial and not guilty at the second trial, the prosecution will automatically appeal. I can assure you that, during my five-year trial, I realized that the legal system of Korea, Korea, is of the highest quality in all countries on the planet, and it is splendidly and brilliantly structured. It is perfection itself. If you are convicted in the first trial and you are unfair, you can raise it to the second trial.If the sentence is extremely low in the second trial, the prosecution is handed up to the Supreme Court, which is a third trial, while the defendant’s point of view is ruthlessly breaking money due to attorney fees. In the case of the case, there is also a system of public defense lawyers. In other words, a trial can be made that costs less than a penny. Yes, I dare say that the restrooms and legal system in Korea are unmatched in the world. It is a story that leaks sideways, but with that experience, I was able to watch the legal battle between Chu Miae and Yoon Seokyeol more interestingly. The sea makes a petition to applaud the current government for maintaining such a wonderful legal system.

A self-portrait drawn by Cho right after the first trial conviction in 2017.  Reporter Shin In-seop

A self-portrait drawn by Cho right after the first trial conviction in 2017. Reporter Shin In-seop

It came to this point that I was telling director Kim Yo-il of the history of literature and world that I could not write, but during the trial, I wrote two books at once by rubbing my sore eyes and writing two books at once. Contemporary Art, and another volume is a book called 『Vocal Group Poet Sang Sang and 5 Ahaes』, which aims to bring our imagination (李箱), a poet that I have followed my whole life, under Shakespeare. Publishing a book during the trial seemed to be viewed as an intention to lead my trial results to an advantage, so it was published immediately after the trial was over.

Although I have already published an art book called “Contemporary Art that Even Moderns Can’t Know,” there is another reason for writing a book on contemporary art. It is because of the fact that during the art trial, all people around me do not know about contemporary art, but do not know too much. It is because of the suspicion that some lawyers, prosecutors, and judges do not seem to know the basic principles of contemporary art. Yes, the principle of contemporary art is difficult to understand even if I think about it. In the case of a masterpiece of art that I took, how can I argue that this is not a fraud because someone else (an assistant), not me, sold 70-80% of the paintings as my paintings? As far as I know about this issue, the reason why a former professor at Dongyang University, Jin Joong-kwon, who learned art theory most in Korea, suddenly appeared and advocated for me to die. Even if 99% of others drew it for you, if an idea (Hwatu) came from Youngnam Cho, that would be the picture of Youngnam Cho. That is the principle of contemporary art. That’s why I set the title of the book as’This Damn Guy’s Contemporary Art’.

Fortunately for my trial, the Supreme Court ruling was also acquitted. Those who are not interested in art may not know well, but the case of’Jo Youngnam’s Masterpiece of Art’ was indeed a worldwide ruling. Because even when my’masterpiece case’ was brought to court, neither a lawyer, a prosecutor, nor a judge could find any precedents for my case. So my trial was the first trial in about 150 years of contemporary art. That is why the Supreme Court also paid special attention to the plan to hold a so-called public hearing on the Cho Young-nam trial within the Supreme Court trial. The intention was to make a clear judgment in anticipation of not only domestic but also global judgments. I, as the accused, politely asked if I would like to accept the hearing. Of course I calmly okay, but inwardly,’Wow! Amazing, Great. Chance! You give me an opportunity to let the world know what contemporary art is!’ The preparedness for me was to bring an attorney and a witness.

I am very pleased with the proposal for the Supreme Court Public Hearing

One of the attorneys cost me the damn money. Ah! I got a phone call while I was trying to do this and I was wrapping my head. He introduced himself as Kang Ae-ri, a self-proclaimed public defender. It was a young woman’s voice, and the moment I tried to hang up the phone saying that I knew it everywhere because I was a public defender assigned by the state, I heard the words “Teacher, I’m a direct junior of the teacher.” When I was puzzled by the sound, I was amazed at the saying, “I am a lawyer from the Seoul Music University. After graduating from the same music school as mine, he entered law school and became a lawyer. I got my honorary diploma more than 10 years ago, and since then I have no legal problem with pretending to be a full graduate. In other words, she was the first and last lawyer from Seoul Music University I knew. “okay! You are my dear lawyer!” (Contrary to my worries, she defended me nicely in the Supreme Court later.)

Now only the adoption of witnesses remains. Through this article, I would like to ask Professor Jin Jung-kwon for forgiveness. I should have asked Professor Jin to testify from the beginning of the case as if he was wielding an old sword from the incident and appeared in the witness stand in person at the first trial. As soon as I showed my intentions around me, my close friends protested. Professor Jin is too political and makes a bitter voice to the current government without any reason. It was the Supreme Court under the current government, and Professor Jin’s advocacy itself could have a reverse reaction. I’m really sorry. I appointed Pyo Mi-seon, Pyo Hwarang, who has been the president of the Hwarang Association countless times, as a witness.

I shout out loud now without fear. “If any Korean entertainer has ever had a worldwide public trial against four special prosecutors and four Supreme Court justices in a spacious court of the Supreme Court in Seocho-dong, look forward to me!”

I ended the last part of the last statement with the thought of using the last statement to change the atmosphere of the Korean trial from seriousness to mildness.

“Dear Supreme Justice! Elderly people said that playing with Hwatu is disgraceful, but I guess I’ve been playing with Hwatu for too long.”

A laughter blossomed at my words, and one month after that, I received a final sentence of innocence.

Phew! After all this, I said, “I can’t write any more. I’m not going to write any more.” But I couldn’t refuse to rewrite the article because a desperate 20-year-old junior appeared as a senior who looked ten years older than me.

The moment I heard the ruling in the Supreme Court, “Young-nam Jo is not guilty!”, the eventful, twisting life that I had passed passed like a kaleidoscope.


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