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@article{ART002736522},
author={Woo Jung-Ah},
title={From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2021},
volume={63},
pages={96-120},
doi={10.17527/JASA.63.0.04}

TY - JOUR
AU - Woo Jung-Ah
TI - From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2021
VL - 63
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 96
EP - 120
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This study explores the sociocultural meaning of plastic based on the works of Choi Jeonghwa, and reconsiders the status of plastic both as object and material in the historical context of Korean modernism. It specifically focuses on Lee Ufan’s artistic practices and critical discourses, which became highly influential in the development of experimental art of Korea in the late 1960s that was inclined to emphasize materiality and sheer objects. Lee argued for encountering the “world as it is,” as an alternative to European modernism’s anthropocentrism and the bipolar value system. This paper analyzes the discourse of materiality of Korean modern art in terms of new materialism and the Actor-network theory (ANT) of Bruno Latour, as a way to avoid the essentialist perspective of Dansaekhwa that emphasized spirituality and “Korean-ness” in its promotion. If we reconsider materiality not only as an artistic medium, but also as a “non-human actor,” as suggested by Latour, it will shed new light on the progress of Korean art from the experimentation of the 1960s to Choi Jeonghwa’s active involvement with plastic as a primary material.
KW - Anthropocene;Choi Jeonghwa;Korean Modernism;Lee Ufan;new materialism;non-human actor;plastic
DO - 10.17527/JASA.63.0.04
ER -

Woo Jung-Ah. (2021). From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 63, 96-120.

Woo Jung-Ah. 2021, "From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.63, pp.96-120. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.63.0.04

Woo Jung-Ah "From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 63 pp.96-120 (2021) : 96.

Woo Jung-Ah. From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism. 2021; 63 96-120. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.63.0.04

Woo Jung-Ah. "From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 63(2021) : 96-120.doi: 10.17527/JASA.63.0.04

Woo Jung-Ah. From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 63, 96-120. doi: 10.17527/JASA.63.0.04

Woo Jung-Ah. From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2021; 63 96-120. doi: 10.17527/JASA.63.0.04

Woo Jung-Ah. From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism. 2021; 63 96-120. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.63.0.04

Woo Jung-Ah. "From Lee Ufan’s Relatum to Choi Jeonghwa’s Anthropocene: Plastic as Non-Human Actor and Materiality of Korean Modernism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 63(2021) : 96-120.doi: 10.17527/JASA.63.0.04