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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kee, Joan
Titre(s) : Contemporary Korean art [Texte imprimé] : Tansaekhwa and the urgency of method / Joan Kee
Publication : Minneapolis (Min.) ; London : University of Minnesota press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VII-347 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul. ; 27 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
" Starting in the mid-1960s, a group of Korean artists began to push paint, soak canvas,
drag pencils, rip paper, and otherwise manipulate the materials of painting in ways
that prompted critics to describe their actions as "methods" rather than artworks.
A crucial artistic movement of twentieth-century Korea, Tansaekhwa (monochromatic
painting) also became one of its most famous and successful. Promoted in Seoul, Tokyo,
and Paris, Tansaekhwa grew to be the international face of contemporary Korean art
and a cornerstone of contemporary Asian art. In this full-color, richly illustrated
account--the first of its kind in English--Joan Kee provides a fresh interpretation
of the movement's emergence and meaning that sheds new light on the history of abstraction,
twentieth-century Asian art, and contemporary art in general. Combining close readings,
archival research, and interviews with leading Tansaekhwa artists, Kee focuses on
an essential but often overlooked dimension of the movement: how artists made a case
for abstraction as a way for viewers to engage productively with the world and its
systems. As Kee shows, artists such as Lee Ufan, Park Seobo, Kwon Young-woo, Yun Hyongkeun,
and Ha Chonghyun urgently stressed certain fundamentals, recognizing that overwhelming
forces such as decolonization, authoritarianism, and the rise of a new postwar internationalism
could be approached through highly individual experiences that challenged viewers
to consider how they understood their world rather than why. Against the backdrop
of the Cold War, decolonization, and the declaration of martial law in South Korea,
these artists asked questions that continue to resonate today: In what ways can art
matter to the world? How does art exert agency when its viewers live in times of explicit
or implicit duress? How can specific social and political conditions inspire or influence
methods and styles? "
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Tansaekhwa and the urgency of method
Sujet(s) : Tansaekhwa (mouvement artistique)
Peinture -- Corée (République) -- 1945-....
Peinture monochrome -- Corée (République) -- 1945-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
759.951 950904 (23e éd.) = Peinture - Corée du Sud - 1900-1999
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780816679874. - ISBN 0816679878 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43666496k
Notice n° :
FRBNF43666496
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