@article{ART003182087},
author={Bora Kim},
title={Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2025},
volume={74},
pages={30-52}
TY - JOUR
AU - Bora Kim
TI - Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2025
VL - 74
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 30
EP - 52
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This paper aims to survey the oeuvre of Kwon Yeo Hyun, who is considered a representative artist of Korean postmodern art, and to reveal its meaning in the context of contemporary painting theory. In examining Kwon’s art over the past four decades, which has spanned painting, drawing, photography, video, performance, and installation, I will focus specifically on the concepts of “self” and “performativity,” as I believe these two concepts consistently underpin his diverse practice. From his early works influenced by existentialism to recent works associated with post-structuralism, Kwon’s art is not limited to a single style. His exploration of the self has expanded to include the social self and the other, combining history, mythology, and philosophy, and is realized through various layers of performativity that unfold on and off the canvas. In other words, Kwon’s performativity encompasses self-consciousness as an artist in a constant state of transformation, disguise performance, “sensory drawing” that is directly related to physicality, and network through collaboration. In considering the status of painting in the post-medium era, Kwon’s artistic practice can be discussed in relation to the views of Isabelle Graw, who emphasized the indexicality of painting and painting as a thinking subject, and David Joselit, who focused on painting as a node in social networks.
KW - Contemporary painting;Indexicality;Kwon Yeo Hyun;Performativity;Postmodernism;Self;Social Networks
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Bora Kim. (2025). Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 74, 30-52.
Bora Kim. 2025, "Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.74, pp.30-52.
Bora Kim "Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 74 pp.30-52 (2025) : 30.
Bora Kim. Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity. 2025; 74 30-52.
Bora Kim. "Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 74(2025) : 30-52.
Bora Kim. Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 74, 30-52.
Bora Kim. Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2025; 74 30-52.
Bora Kim. Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity. 2025; 74 30-52.
Bora Kim. "Painting After the ‘Death of Subject’: Kwon Yeo Hyun’s Performativity" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 74(2025) : 30-52.
