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Mukrimhoe
Mukrimhoe (), literally translated in English to Ink Painting Society, was an avant-garde Korean ink painting collective and movement that heralded the adoption of abstraction within the ink painting circles of 1960s Korea. The group was founded by painter-professor Suh Se-ok (1929–2020) at The Department of Oriental Painting at Seoul National University and lasted from March 1960 to June 1964.Park Parang. “동양화단의 추상.” 미술사학, no. 24 (2010): 101. Their influence supported the dissolution of borders between abstract and figurative painting and also between western and eastern artwork. This paradigm shift in the painterly communities led to the adoption of the “nonfigurative painting” category at the National Art Exhibition and led to new abstract ink painting departments being established at universities. Their visual experimentation was characterized by simplifying and deconstruction ''Hàn-jī'' characters, smearing ink, splattering ink, and intermingli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suh Se-ok
Suh Se-ok (, hanja: 徐世鈺; 1929 – 29 November 2020) artist known for his nonfigurative Oriental ink paintings. He is also known by the names Sanjeong (산정, 山丁) and Seo Se-ok. He incorporated the use of spots and intense inkwash techniques to shape the field of contemporary Korean abstract ink paintings.서세옥 2014 기증작품 100, 5. In the 1960s, he formed an artist group ‘Ink Forest Group’ (Mungnimhoe, 묵림회, 墨林會, 1959–1964) with fellow Seoul National University (서울대학교) art school graduates including Park Se-won (박세원, 朴世元, 1922–1999), Chang Un-sang (장운상, 張雲祥, 1926–1982), and Chun Young-wha (전영화, 全榮華, 1929-), and led the reinvention of ink paintings through modern abstraction in South Korea. From the 1970s, he focused on his ‘People’ series, in which he depicted crowds of stick figures with simple brushstrokes and effectively expressed movement and creative use of composition. He is known for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avant-garde
In the arts and literature, the term ''avant-garde'' ( meaning or ) identifies an experimental genre or work of art, and the artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic establishment of the time. The military metaphor of an ''advance guard'' identifies the artists and writers whose innovations in style, form, and subject-matter challenge the artistic and aesthetic validity of the established forms of art and the literary traditions of their time; thus, the artists who created the anti-novel and Surrealism were ahead of their times. As a stratum of the intelligentsia of a society, avant-garde artists promote progressive and radical politics and advocate for societal reform with and through works of art. In the essay "The Artist, the Scientist, and the Industrialist" (1825), Benjamin Olinde Rodrigues's political usage of ''vanguard'' identified the moral obligation of artists to "ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Biennale
The ''Biennale de Paris'' (English: Paris Biennale) is a noted French art festival, established in 1959. In 1983, the organization ceased functions, until its reestablishment in 2000 with the first exhibition of the new era occurring in 2004. The Biennale's mission is to promote art and artists which challenge current conventions in the art world. History Inspired by the Venice Biennale and the São Paulo Art Biennial, the 'Biennale de Paris' was created by André Malraux, the Minister of Culture, in 1959 and headed by Raymond Cogniat. Cogniat held the position as director until 1967, when he resigned due to health concerns. He was succeeded by Jacques Lassaigne who lead the institution until its decommissioning in 1985. The initial goal of the Biennale was to present an overview of young creativity worldwide and to create a place of experiences and meetings; this was achieved partly with an international jury and the institution of an upper age limit of 35 years for submitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo Bienal
SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of Yugoslavia Science and technology * Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. ** Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog, which assigns SAO catalogue entries * Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science (SAO RAS) * Session-At-Once, a recording mode for optical discs Transportation * Saco Transportation Center, a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S., station code SAO * Sahel Aviation Service, Mali, ICAO airline code SAO * Airports in Greater São Paulo, Brazil, IATA airport code SAO People * Ligi Sao (born 1992), a Samoan rugby league player * Ron Sao, Western Australian politician Other uses * Sao (moon), a satellite of Neptune * Sao (my ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abstract Expressionism
Abstract expressionism in the United States emerged as a distinct art movement in the aftermath of World War II and gained mainstream acceptance in the 1950s, a shift from the American social realism of the 1930s influenced by the Great Depression and Mexican muralism, Mexican muralists. The term was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates (critic), Robert Coates. Key figures in the New York School (art), New York School, which was the center of this movement, included such artists as Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Norman Lewis (artist), Norman Lewis, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Theodoros Stamos, and Lee Krasner among others. The movement was not limited to painting but included influential collagists and sculptors, such as David Smith (sculptor), David Smith, Louise Nevelson, and others. Abstract expressionism was notably influenced by the spontaneous and subconscious creation met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Informalism
Informalism or Art Informel () is a pictorial movement from the 1943–1950s, that includes all the abstract and gestural tendencies that developed in France and the rest of Europe during the World War II, similar to American abstract expressionism started 1946. Several distinguishing trends are identified within the movement such as lyrical abstraction, matter painting, New Paris School, tachisme and art brut. The French art critic Michel Tapié coined the term "art autre" (other art) in the homonymous In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either; ''homographs''—words that mean different things, but have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation), or ''homophones''—words that mean different things, but have the same pronunciatio ... book published in 1952 in relation to non-geometric abstract art. It was instrumental in improving the concept of abstract art in France during the early 1950s. Its use in the expression of political ideologies in South Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely Visual arts, visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ancient Chinese literati, along with playing stringed musical instruments, the Go (game), board game "Go", and painting. There are some general standardizations of the various Chinese script styles, styles of calligraphy in this tradition. Chinese calligraphy and Ink wash painting, ink and wash painting are closely related: they are accomplished using similar tools and techniques, and have a long history of shared artistry. Distinguishing features of Chinese painting and calligraphy include an emphasis on motion charged with dynamic life. According to Stanley-Baker, "Calligraphy is sheer life experienced through energy in motion tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ungno Museum
The Lee Ungno Museum (Korean: 이응노미술관) is an art museum in Daejeon, South Korea focusing on Korean-born French painter and printmaker Lee Ungno. History The museum was inaugurated in 2007. The museum's designers won the Award of Excellence at the 2007 Korean Architecture Awards, and also won the Korea Architects Association Award for the unique design of the building. The museum building was designed by French architect Laurent Beaudouin. In 2012, Seo Seung-wan donated a painting by Lee Ungno to the museum, this painting is called "Seven Longevity 8-panel Screen". In April 2013, Park In-kyeong did about two sessions on Oriental painting at the museum. Since 2020, the museum has been part of the Google Arts & Culture platform. In June 2021, the museum organized a virtual exhibition called "Text, Patterns: Lee Un-no's Text Abstract". In 2021, the museum launched the Ungno Lee education program for the 2021 summer vacation. Collections The museum contains 1,366 works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists have sought to express the meaningVictorino Tejera, 1966, pages 85,140, Art and Human Intelligence, Vision Press Limited, London of emotional experience rather than physical reality. Expressionism developed as an avant-garde style before the First World War. It remained popular during the Weimar Republic,Bruce Thompson, University of California, Santa Cruzlecture on Weimar culture/Kafka'a Prague particularly in Berlin. The style extended to a wide range of the arts, including expressionist architecture, painting, literature, theatre, dance, film and music. Paris became a gathering place for a group of Expressionist artists, many of Jewish origin, dubbed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ki-chang
Kim Ki-chang (, 18 February 1913 – 23 January 2001), art name Unbo (), was a Korean artist. Active from the Korea under Japanese rule, colonial period, Kim learned painting and calligraphy from artist Kim Eun-ho (김은호, 金殷鎬, 1892–1979) and consecutively won prizes in the category of Eastern Painting (''Dongyanghwa'', 동양화, 東洋畫) in the prestigious annual Chōsen Art Exhibition, which was hosted by the Governor-General of Chōsen, Japanese Government-General from 1931 to 1940. He was famous for his traditional coloured paintings (''chaesaekhwa'', 채색화, 彩色畫) influenced by Japanese ink and colour painting styles, and his figure paintings were known for their delicate renderings. During the colonial period, Kim Ki-chang produced a number of paintings that praised and supported List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan, Japanese imperialism, Japanese militarism, militarism, and the forced mobilisation of the Korean people for the Pacific War, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
