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Commonalities in Korean and Russian Art Since the Mid-20th Century - Focusing on the Influence of the Regime’s Political Conciliation and Control -

  • Journal of Humanities
  • 2024, (94), pp.131-185
  • DOI : 10.31310/HUM.094.05
  • Publisher : Institute for Humanities
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : July 4, 2024
  • Accepted : August 5, 2024
  • Published : August 31, 2024

Lee Hoon Suk 1

1성균관대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study is aimed at examining the significance of the commonalities between Korean and Russian modern art. Since the 1950s, the art scenes of both countries have had similarities in terms of the environment of occurrence, but comparative studies have not been actively conducted so far. In both countries, the influence of authoritarianism and nationalism in domestic cultural policies appears in the fine art sector. There is a similarity that it appeared as a collectivist tendency in art. As is well known, the core power elites of the two countries viewed art from the perspective of tools for facilitating social control. Accordingly, they actively utilized conciliatory and controlling measures against the art community at the same time. Interestingly, the similarities in domestic politics and cultural policies in the two countries exerted an influence on the art world. As a result, in terms of ideological and aesthetic orientation, the directions were confronted with each other, but they created a unique art phenomenon that showed similarities in terms of forming a symbiotic relationship with the regime and showing collective uniformity. As a result, the art communities in the two countries have been commonly divided into two groups: one formed in the process of taking advantage of the government’s art promotion policies and the other engaging in its independent creative activities in opposition to the government scheme.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.