@article{ART003278869},
author={Kim Jaeyoung},
title={A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s},
journal={Journal of History of Modern Art},
issn={1598-7728},
year={2025},
volume={0},
number={58},
pages={51-70},
doi={10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim Jaeyoung
TI - A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s
JO - Journal of History of Modern Art
PY - 2025
VL - 0
IS - 58
PB - 현대미술사학회
SP - 51
EP - 70
SN - 1598-7728
AB - This study investigates the surrealist tendencies in Korean New Figuration painting that emerged in the 1970s art scene. During this time, amid a polarized art world divided between academic realist painting and monochrome abstraction, artists began exploring new modes of figuration, leading to the development of New Figuration painting characterized by hyperrealistic techniques. While previous research has primarily addressed New Figuration painting in terms of its technical aspects as hyperrealism, this study focuses on how these works embody surrealist sensibilities that transcend mere visual representation. The analysis identifies three typologies: first, the manifestation of surrealist tendencies in hyperrealistic illusion, achieved with trompe-l’œil effects and the subversion of perspective; second, the deepening of the artist’s subjective perception of reality with the active appropriation of surrealist techniques such as dépaysement and collage; and third, the diversification and expansion of surrealist expression through the interplay between abstraction and figuration in hyperrealistic representation. Through this analysis, the study demonstrates that the surrealist tendencies in New Figuration painting can be understood as a Korean adaptation and expansion of surrealism that fluidly negotiates the boundaries between reality and surreality, metaphorically articulating the contradictions and inner anxieties of contemporary Korean society. This research contributes to broadening the discourse on surrealism, an aspect that has been relatively overlooked in Korean art history, and to re-evaluating the multilayered nature of New Figuration painting.
KW - New Figuration painting;Surrealism;Hyperrealism;Depaysement;Korean contemporary art
DO - 10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003
ER -
Kim Jaeyoung. (2025). A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s. Journal of History of Modern Art, 0(58), 51-70.
Kim Jaeyoung. 2025, "A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s", Journal of History of Modern Art, vol.0, no.58 pp.51-70. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003
Kim Jaeyoung "A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s" Journal of History of Modern Art 0.58 pp.51-70 (2025) : 51.
Kim Jaeyoung. A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s. 2025; 0(58), 51-70. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003
Kim Jaeyoung. "A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s" Journal of History of Modern Art 0, no.58 (2025) : 51-70.doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003
Kim Jaeyoung. A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s. Journal of History of Modern Art, 0(58), 51-70. doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003
Kim Jaeyoung. A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s. Journal of History of Modern Art. 2025; 0(58) 51-70. doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003
Kim Jaeyoung. A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s. 2025; 0(58), 51-70. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003
Kim Jaeyoung. "A Study on the Surrealist Tendencies in Korean New Figuration Painting since the 1970s" Journal of History of Modern Art 0, no.58 (2025) : 51-70.doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2025..58.003
