Park Seo-Bo: criture-Quality Guarantee

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This is the definitive monograph on the “godfather” of Korean contemporary art, master painter Park Seo-Bo, also the founder of Korea’s Dansaekhwa movement.

ParkSeo-Bowasbornin1931,inYecheon,Gyeo-ngbuk,SouthKorea,aspartofagenerationthatwas deeplyaffectedbytheKoreanWar(1950–1953). While in Paris in 1961, he initially experimented with ,hebegan exploringamoreintrospectivemethodologybased on Taoist and Buddhist philosophies, as well as traditional Korean calligraphy.

Parkisbestknownforhis“Écriture”seriesofpaintings.Beginninginthelate1960s,thislifelongwork encapsulateshisdeeplyspiritualapproach,whichis inextricably linked to notions of time, space, and linesincisedintoamonochromaticfreshlypainted surface. He later developed this language by applying hanji (traditional Korean handmade mulberry paper), to the surface of his canvases. Along with very precise introductionsofcolor,thistransformedhispractice while continuing his quest for achieving “emptiness” through a meticulous process of reduction.

Beautifullyshowcasedinthisseminalbook,Park’s masterworks embody the core philosophy of and scenery of his motherland, Park’s keen sensibility forcolors,shapes,andtexturestracesthememories of his childhood through to his invaluable artistic and educational legacies for Korea.