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Dansaekhwa
Dansaekhwa (Korean: 단색화, also known as Tansaekhwa), often translated as "monochrome painting" from Korean, is a retroactive term grouping together disparate artworks that were exhibited in South Korea beginning in the mid 1970s. While the wide range of artists whose work critics and art historians consider to fall under this category are often exhibited together, they were never part of an official artistic movement nor produced a manifesto. Nonetheless, their artistic practices are seen to share "a commitment to thinking more intensively about the constituent elements of mark, line, frame, surface and space around which they understood the medium of painting." Their interests compose a diverse set of formal concerns that cannot be reduced to a preference for limited color palettes. Dansaekhwa ignited a series of debates on how to define and understand not only Dansaekhwa, but contemporary Korean art as a whole. It was at the center of discussions in Korea during the latter h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yun Hyong-keun
Yun Hyong-keun (Korean: 윤형근, 12 April 1928 – 28 December 2007) was a South Korean artist. After graduating from the Hongik University, Yun became associated with the Dansaekhwa movement. Yun is well known for the smearing effects of burnt umber and ultramarine blue paints on raw canvas or linen, which reveals a Korean sensibility of reflection and meditation. Early life Yun Hyong-keun was born in Cheongwon-gun (present day Cheongju), North Chungcheong Province, near the city of Daejeon in the central-western part of what is today the Republic of Korea. Thankfully, even at the height of Japanese colonial rule, Yun had the chance to receive art instruction under direction of Oh Dong-myeong and Ahn Seung-gak at Cheongju Commercial School, from which he graduated in 1945. Influenced by Ahn, Yun enrolled in a short-term course at Cheongju Teachers' College to study drawing for half a year in 1946. Subsequently, in the following year, although his family was against his studyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Seo-bo
Park Seo-bo ( ko, 박서보; b. 1931 in Yecheon, Korea) is a Korean painter, part of the first generation of modern artists in South Korea. He has been a prolific painter well known for his french: Ecriture paintings, and has been one of the most influential figures in modern Korean art history. He is now widely considered the godfather of Dansaekhwa originated in South Korea in 1970s. Life Early life Seo-bo was born as the third son of 8 children in Yecheon County of North Gyeongsang, Chōsen in Japanese-occupied South Korea on 15 November 1931. He was originally named Jae Hong Park. The name Seo-bo has been used since 1955 as a pseudonym to avoid forced conscription. Around 1940, his family moved from Yecheon to Anseong in Gyeonggi Province where his father Jae Hoon Park started to work as a local solicitor at his own house. They lived comfortably in a big house. From childhood, Seo-bo loved drawing. He spent his time copying great pieces of oriental painting by the great liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha Chong Hyun
Ha Chong Hyun (하종현, also frequently romanized as Ha Chong-hyun; born 1935 in Sancheong, Gyeongnam province, Korea) is a South Korean artist. Today, through his ''Conjunction'' series (1974–present), Ha is best known as a leading practitioner of the Korean monochrome art trend known as ''Dansaekhwa''. However, the arc of Ha's practice from the 1960s to the present is more fundamentally characterized by his wide explorations of materiality and ways of challenging the conventions of art making. In his early artistic experiments across the two decades following the end of the Korean War, Ha moved between abstract painting and installations as he at once demonstrated his engagement with a broad array of materials and pursued hybridity across artistic categories, while arguably reflecting upon South Korea's contemporaneous urban transformation. Whereas his experiments with what is conventionally characterized as gestural and geometric abstraction served as a preparatory ground f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Sanghwa
Chung Sanghwa (born 1932, Yeongdeok County, North Gyeongsang, Korea) is a South Korean minimalist and '' Dansaekhwa'' (monochromatic) painter. After receiving his BFA from College of Fine Arts in Seoul National University in 1956, Chung briefly moved to Paris in 1967. Coming from a generation of post-war artists, Chung's reductive process of painting consists of repetitive application and removal of the paint on canvas. Chung held national and international exhibitions, including ''FROM ALL SIDES: TANSAEKHWA ON ABSTRACTION'' at Blum & Poe Gallery in Los Angeles. In 2015, Chung Sanghwa's paintings were included in Frieze New York Art Fair. Gallery Hyundai (Seoul, Korea) has organized more than 25 of Chung's exhibitions, including 9 solo shows since 1983. From 1996, Chung began to work in recluse in Yeosu, Gyeonggido Province. Chung's works are in permanent collection of the Samsung Leeum Museum of Art, the Seoul Museum of Art in Seoul, the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Yong-ik
Cho Yong-ik (born 1934) is a South Korean artist. He was a leading figure in Korean abstract painting along with Kim Tschang Yeul, Park Seo-bo and Chung Sang-Hwa. He majored in art from Seoul National University and attended the Paris Biennale in 1961 and 1969 as one of Korea's delegates. His works are on exhibition in museums, including:the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Samsung Museum of Art, and Ho-Am Art Museum. Personal history 1960 Jury member of Chosun Ilbo Contemporary Artists Exhibition 1958~1961 The chief of Contemporary Artists Association 1962 The chief of theActuell Committee 1965~1968 Jury member of Young Art Prize 1965~1981 Invited Professor at Seorabeol Art College (Present Chungang University) 1967 The Chief of I.S.P.A.A (International Society of Plastic and Audio – Visual Art) 1967~1969 5-6th Paris Biennale Korea Representative 1973~1979 Representative of Seoul ’70 1974~1992 Professor at Chugye University for the Arts 1974~1981 23-30th Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Kee
Joan Kee is an art historian specializing in modern and contemporary art. Her book, ''Contemporary Korean Art: Tansaekhwa and the Urgency of Method'', published by University of Minnesota Press in 2013, is credited with sparking global interest in Dansaekhwa, a major constellation of abstract paintings produced in South Korea from the 1960s. In 2014, she curated ''From All Sides: Tansaekhwa and the Urgency of Method'', a group show of representative Tansaekhwa artists that was widely acclaimed. She has been cited as Tansaekhwa's most prominent Anglophone scholar. Kee teaches at the University of Michigan where she is Associate Professor in the History of Art. Her latest book, Models of Integrity: Art and Law in Post-Sixties America', was published February 2019. The book includes discussion of the following artists, among others; Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Gordon Matta-Clark, Tehching Hsieh, Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Sally Mann. Kee is a contributing editor to Artforum, advisory ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Art
Korean arts include traditions in calligraphy, music, painting and pottery, often marked by the use of natural forms, surface decoration and bold colors or sounds. The earliest examples of Korean art consist of Stone Age works dating from 3000 BC. These mainly consist of votive sculptures and more recently, petroglyphs, which were rediscovered. This early period was followed by the art styles of various Korean kingdoms and dynasties. Korean artists sometimes modified Chinese traditions with a native preference for simple elegance, spontaneity, and an appreciation for purity of nature. The Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) was one of the most prolific periods for a wide range of disciplines, especially pottery. The Korean art market is concentrated in the Insadong district of Seoul where over 50 small galleries exhibit and occasional fine arts auctions. Galleries are cooperatively run, small and often with curated and finely designed exhibits. In every town there are smaller region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan (Korean: 이우환, Hanja: 李禹煥, born 1936 in Haman County, in South Kyongsang province in Korea) is a Korean minimalist painter and sculptor artist and academic, honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to the development of contemporary art in Japan."Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs "2009 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals," p. 9./ref> The art of this artist, who has long been based in Japan, is rooted in an Eastern appreciation of the nature of materials and also in modern European phenomenology. The origin of Mono-ha may be found in Lee's article "Sonzai to mu wo koete Sekine Nobuo ron (Beyond Being and Nothingness – A Thesis on Sekine Nobuo." Once this initial impetus given, Mono-ha congealed with the participation of the students of the sculptor Yoshishige Saitō, who was teaching at Tama University of Art at the time. One evidence may be found in the book a, so, toki(場 相 時, place phase time) (Spring, 1970). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea Under Japanese Rule
Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business officials began a process of integrating Korea's politics and economy with Japan. The Korean Empire, proclaimed in 1897, became a protectorate of Japan with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905; thereafter Japan ruled the country indirectly through the Japanese Resident-General of Korea. Japan formally annexed the Korean Empire with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, without the consent of the former Korean Emperor Gojong, the regent of the Emperor Sunjong. Upon its annexation, Japan declared that Korea would henceforth be officially named Chōsen. This name was recognized internationally until the end of Japanese colonial rule. The territory was administered by the Governor-General of Chōsen based in Keijō (Seoul). Japanese rule prioritized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Korea
The division of Korea began with the defeat of Empire of Japan, Japan in World War II. During the war, the Allies of World War II, Allied leaders considered the question of Korea's future after Japan's surrender in the war. The leaders reached an understanding that Korea would be liberated from Japan but would be placed under an international Trustee, trusteeship until the Koreans would be deemed ready for self-rule. In the last days of the war, the U.S. proposed dividing the Korean peninsula into two occupation zones (a U.S. and Soviet one) with the 38th parallel north, 38th parallel as the dividing line. The Soviets accepted their proposal and agreed to divide Korea. It was understood that this division was only a temporary arrangement until the trusteeship could be implemented. In December 1945, the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers resulted in an agreement on a five-year four-power Korean trusteeship. However, with the onset of the Cold War and other factors both inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Seo-Bo Working On A Piece Of His Ecriture At His Hapjeong-dong Studio In 1977
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. National parks and country parks are green spaces used for recreation in the countryside. State parks and provincial parks are administered by sub-national government states and agencies. Parks may consist of grassy areas, rocks, soil and trees, but may also contain buildings and other artifacts such as monuments, fountains or playground structures. Many parks have fields for playing sports such as baseball and football, and paved areas for games such as basketball. Many parks have trails for walking, biking and other activities. Some parks are built adjacent to bodies of water or watercourses and may comprise a beach or boat dock area. Urban parks often have benches for sitting and may contain picnic tables and barbecue grills. The largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
