Korean art from 1953 : collision, innovation, interaction /
Chung, Yeon Shim,editor.
Kim, Sŏn-jŏng(Curator),editor.
Chung, Kimberly(Professor),editor.
Wagner, Keith B.,1978-editor.
The first comprehensive survey to explore the rich and complex history of contemporary Korean art - an incredibly timely topic. Starting with the armistice that divided the Korean Peninsula in 1953, this one-of-a-kind book spotlights the artistic movements and collectives that have flourished and evolved throughout Korean culture over the past seven decades - from the 1950s avant-garde through to the feminist scene in the 1970s, the birth of the Gwangju Biennale in the 1990s, the lesser known North Korean art scene, and all the artists who have emerged to secure a place in the international art world.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. The Korean Avant-Garde, Modernism and Modernity : 1953-1987 -- Introduction -- Korean modern art and the conflicts of tradition and modernity, c. 1953 -- Historicizing the avant-garde contexts in post-war Korea : From experimental arts to collective groups in the 1960s and 1970s -- Dansaekhwa : Aesthetics of Korean abstract painting -- Reality and utterance : In and against Minjung art -- Photography's crooked path : From state apparatus to the monument of democracy -- Modernity in North Korean art : Socialist realism, Joseonhwa and photography -- Part 2. From Postmodernism to Contemporaneity in Korea : 1988-Present -- The turn of the century : Art in Korea in the 1990s -- Postmodern new generation art in Korea -- The Gwangju Biennale, Busan Biennale and mediacity Seoul : Co-cultural aspirations and globalization in Korea -- The paradoxical place of the female body in Korean feminist art -- Contemporary Korean media art : Opening the space of in-between -- Dislocations / relocations : Contemporaneity in Korean art -- Interrogations of place : Korean American art in the late 1980s and 1990s -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements -- Biographies -- Credits.
The first comprehensive survey to explore the rich and complex history of contemporary Korean art - an incredibly timely topic. Starting with the armistice that divided the Korean Peninsula in 1953, this one-of-a-kind book spotlights the artistic movements and collectives that have flourished and evolved throughout Korean culture over the past seven decades - from the 1950s avant-garde through to the feminist scene in the 1970s, the birth of the Gwangju Biennale in the 1990s, the lesser known North Korean art scene, and all the artists who have emerged to secure a place in the international art world.
Art, Korean
Art, Korean