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[LECTURE] 2016 YÉOL September lecture - Contemporary Korean Art작성일 2016-08-29
[YÉOL 2016 September lecture] Contemporary Korean Art
Lecturer: Hyung-min CHUNG
Professor of art history,
College of fine Arts, Seoul National University
Over
the past few decades, contemporary Korean art has received ever-increasing
attention in the international art scene in museum exhibitions and in art
market as well. As Korean art emerged from colonial aesthetics to the complex
initiatives of individuals with new global outlook, it is possible to see the
growth and development not only of art but of society. With persisting external
stimulus, Korean art also has shown the artists’ shifting reflection on the
past and the present, sometimes reconciling or integrating the contemporaneity
and the tradition. This lecture introduces the historical span of contemporary
art from the 1950s to today to show the evolution that has occurred, with
artists exploring new concepts and materials.
After
the Korean War (1950-53), which followed the liberation (15 Aug 1945) from
Japan’s colonial rule, artists turned their attention to the art of the Europe
and the U. S. A. reflecting the nation’s aspirations toward modernization.
Abstract art was conceived as modern art.
Cubism, Informel, and Abstract Expressionism were the new models that
Korean artists indulged in throughout the 1960s. In the 1970s, nationalism and
contemporaneity were the two artistic goals. Monochrome painting style of the
West has been concluded as indigenous Korean monochromatic painting,
“Dansaekhua.” The avant-garde spirit was geared to the political activism
sparked by the Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980, and the art of the
mass, “Minjungmisul”
was surfaced and vocalized the political and social issues. Art scenes appeared
to have two opposing foes: minjung vs. modernist, echoing the socialist and the
capitalist.
The
end of the Cold War seems to have blurred the borders between the two political
-aesthetic ideologies as well. In the 1990s, some dealt with more fundamental
issues such as the existential thoughts. Some took interest in the Korean
historicity. With the beginning of the new millennium, the presence of Korean
artists became very prominent in the global art world. They share the common
global artistic issues but at the same time taking the indigenous local
cultural tradition as their back bone.
Hyung-Min
CHUNG is a Professor of Seoul
National University (SNU) and the former Director of Korea National Museum of
Modern and Contemporary Art. Since 1994, she has taught art history at College
of Fine Arts, SNU.
In the 1970s, she majored in Art History
at Wellesley College (B.A.) and University of Michigan (M.A.). She finished her
Ph.D. at Columbia University.
In her career, she has directed many art
exhibitions as a director in Seoul Arts Center and Museum of Art, Seoul
National University. Recently, she was a member of Presidential Commission on
Architecture Policy (2013-2015).
She wrote several books on art for
students and the general public including Modern Korean Ink Painting (2006),
Technical Drawing of the Late Joseon Korea (2007) and The Concept of the 'Orient'
and Modern Korean Art (2011).
Directions
Venue
Education room (1st floor), Seoul Museum of History
55 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Date and Time
September 5th, 2016 (Mon)
11:30 A.M. to 13:00 P.M
Fee
Free
Lunch Fee
(optional)
10,000 Won (Sandwich & drink)
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