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The Origins and Differences of Dansaekhwa by Matter and Gesture

  • Journal of History of Modern Art
  • 2019, (46), pp.85-110
  • DOI : 10.17057/kahoma.2019..46.004
  • Publisher : 현대미술사학회
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Art > Arts in general > Art History
  • Received : October 31, 2019
  • Accepted : November 25, 2019
  • Published : December 31, 2019

Seunghyun Lee 1

1세화예술문화재단

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper tries to locate Korean art within world art history by revealing the similarities and differences between Dansaekhwa and contemporary Western art. While objects and performances have become mainstream art, with matter and gesture, which are the main characteristics of postwar art, becoming a theme in the West and Japan, in Korea, matter and gesture were being done on the picture plane. Confirming the similarities between Dansaekhwa and contemporary Western art in terms of the theme of matter and gesture, this paper clarifies the differences while identifying why Dansaekhwa is still staying as a painting. To reveal the contemporariness of Dansaekhwa, the study further considers not only Lee Ufan but also Kim Whanki and the influence of Infomel. The gesture shown in Dansaekhwa is largely different from that of Japan as a rough action in Gutai or Monoha, and this is due to historical and cultural differences. And the cultural difference is not Taoism, which has been defined as the Korean character of Dansaekhwa, but rather the aesthetic taste of Korean Neo-Confucians, which is unique to Korea and contrasted with Japanese art, and the tradition of literati painting.

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