The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961�1982
Edited by Yeon Shim Chung, Doryun Chong. Preface by Yeon Shim Chung. Introduction by Doryun Chong. Essays by Yeon Shim Chung, Kyung An.
Tracing the correspondence and careers of four artists blazing a path for Korean modern art across the globe
From the birth of Korean Informal to the emergence of Dansaekhwa, this book is the first comprehensive survey of modern Korean abstraction through the lives of four protagonists: Kim Tschang-Yeul (1929-2021), Kim Whanki (1913-74), Lee Ufan (born 1936) and Park Seo-Bo (1931-2023). These four artists strove for "international contemporaneity" in four different cities: Seoul, Tokyo, Paris and New York. This landmark volume foregrounds the personal correspondences between these pioneering artists as critical documents charting the development of modern Korean art. Newly translated, previously unpublished letters are reproduced here alongside groundbreaking artworks, offering an unprecedented window into the artistic, philosophical and logistical challenges of forging a distinctly Korean modernism.
This book was published in conjunction with Tina Kim Gallery.
Kim Whanki, "Universe 5-IV-71," 1971. 'The Making of Modern Korean Art.'
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The Making of Modern Korean Art The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961�1982
Published by Gregory R. Miller & Co.. Edited by Yeon Shim Chung, Doryun Chong. Preface by Yeon Shim Chung. Introduction by Doryun Chong. Essays by Yeon Shim Chung, Kyung An.
Tracing the correspondence and careers of four artists blazing a path for Korean modern art across the globe
From the birth of Korean Informal to the emergence of Dansaekhwa, this book is the first comprehensive survey of modern Korean abstraction through the lives of four protagonists: Kim Tschang-Yeul (1929-2021), Kim Whanki (1913-74), Lee Ufan (born 1936) and Park Seo-Bo (1931-2023). These four artists strove for "international contemporaneity" in four different cities: Seoul, Tokyo, Paris and New York. This landmark volume foregrounds the personal correspondences between these pioneering artists as critical documents charting the development of modern Korean art. Newly translated, previously unpublished letters are reproduced here alongside groundbreaking artworks, offering an unprecedented window into the artistic, philosophical and logistical challenges of forging a distinctly Korean modernism.
This book was published in conjunction with Tina Kim Gallery.
