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@article{ART001940699},
author={Kwon Young-jin},
title={The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions},
journal={Journal of History of Modern Art},
issn={1598-7728},
year={2014},
number={36},
pages={37-64},
doi={10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kwon Young-jin
TI - The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions
JO - Journal of History of Modern Art
PY - 2014
VL - null
IS - 36
PB - 현대미술사학회
SP - 37
EP - 64
SN - 1598-7728
AB - The Korean Monotone Painting is one of the major achievements of contemporary Korean art of the 1970s. Its monotone canvas stripped of figurative forms has been regarded as a unique manifestation of ‘Korean Modernism’ which applied Korean identity to Western abstraction. This paper aims to critically review the meaning of ‘Korean Modernism,’ a term that is used almost without exception in the discourse on Monotone Painting. It focused on how this painting style was developed in relation with the social context of the 1970’s. The emphasis on ‘action’ in abstract art of the West offered an opportunity for the artists of Monotone Painting to reconsider their method of production. However, in Monotone Painting the action was interpreted, differently from that in Western abstract art, as a tool for practice of achieving unity between the materiality and the subject as well as that between the canvas and the self, and therefore was viewed in association with East Asian tradition. Production by repetitive actions, which served as a metaphysical tool to overcome material civilization of the West, conferred the status of ‘High Art’ to Monotone Painting, guaranteeing trades at high prices in the art market. This paper revealed that Monotone Painting and its aesthetic did not merely seek pure abstract art, but also weaved a multi-layered hybrid structure where different interests clashed and contradicting values coexisted.
KW - Monotone Painting;Korean Minimalism;repetitive actions;Park Seo-Bo;Lee Ufan;‘Encounter’ theory of art;art market
DO - 10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002
ER -

Kwon Young-jin. (2014). The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions. Journal of History of Modern Art, 36, 37-64.

Kwon Young-jin. 2014, "The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions", Journal of History of Modern Art, no.36, pp.37-64. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002

Kwon Young-jin "The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions" Journal of History of Modern Art 36 pp.37-64 (2014) : 37.

Kwon Young-jin. The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions. 2014; 36 : 37-64. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002

Kwon Young-jin. "The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions" Journal of History of Modern Art no.36(2014) : 37-64.doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002

Kwon Young-jin. The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions. Journal of History of Modern Art, 36, 37-64. doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002

Kwon Young-jin. The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions. Journal of History of Modern Art. 2014; 36 37-64. doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002

Kwon Young-jin. The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions. 2014; 36 : 37-64. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002

Kwon Young-jin. "The Korean Monotone Painting of the 1970s: Methodology of Indefinitely Repetitive Actions" Journal of History of Modern Art no.36(2014) : 37-64.doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2014..36.002