@article{ART003362087},
author={Seung-Chol Shin},
title={Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2026},
volume={78},
pages={26-47}
TY - JOUR
AU - Seung-Chol Shin
TI - Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2026
VL - 78
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 26
EP - 47
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This paper examines the contemporary significance of conservative aesthetics through Zoh Johann’s understanding of modern art. The art of his time, which he had initially referred to vaguely as “modern art,” came from 1967 onward to be designated primarily by the translated term “hyeondaemisul [=contemporary art],” thereby acquiring conceptual rigor and a critical-cultural dimension. This study investigates that shift through a close reading of his diaries from his period of study in Germany and his engagement with Hans Sedlmayr. While Zoh, like conservative philosophers, regarded the establishment of truth as the essential mission of art, he nevertheless revealed a form of conservatism that was not reactionary by refusing to reject the adventurousness and experimentalism of modern art. In this respect, this study examines Zoh’s understanding of modern art and his aesthetic thought, which both resemble and diverge from postwar German conservative aesthetics, and retraces the formation of aesthetic conservatism as a moderate alternative to avant-garde innovation.
KW - anti-art;conservative aesthetics;degenerate art;Hans Sedlmayr;Martin Heidegger;Max Beckmann;modern art;Zoh Johann
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Seung-Chol Shin. (2026). Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 78, 26-47.
Seung-Chol Shin. 2026, "Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.78, pp.26-47.
Seung-Chol Shin "Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 78 pp.26-47 (2026) : 26.
Seung-Chol Shin. Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism. 2026; 78 26-47.
Seung-Chol Shin. "Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 78(2026) : 26-47.
Seung-Chol Shin. Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 78, 26-47.
Seung-Chol Shin. Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2026; 78 26-47.
Seung-Chol Shin. Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism. 2026; 78 26-47.
Seung-Chol Shin. "Zoh Johann’s Critique of Modern Art and Aesthetic Conservatism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 78(2026) : 26-47.
