Non-Western Art (South Koren Art pre war vs post war)

 I chose to do my exhibit as a comparison of pre and post-war Korean Art.  I find it interesting how easily Western countries can influence things in other countries while Western influence has no effect on other things.


Pre-war Korean art was heavily influenced by Japanese art.  As you can see in Calla by Lee In-sung in 1932  pictured above.  In this oil painting, you can see the vibrant use of color that has a sort of hazy-like feature with some of the blurred and shaded lines.

Pictured below we have some of the Goguryeo Murals.  At first glance at some of these murals, you may see Japanese emperors and Samurai but these are located in a tomb in Northern Korea during a prosperous Korean time period






Post-War Korean Art (Minjung Art or the People's Art Movement of the 1970s & 80s)

This art movement was brought on by an impending uprising of the people looking to bring democracy to South Korea.  Later on in the 80s came to be a founded art group called Reality and Utterance.   As you can see in the below picture Western Pop art and brand imagery such as Coca-Cola started to show up in the artwork with the below mixed media Hell Painting by O Yoon Marketing (1980).






Korean art summary (no date) Encyclopædia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/summary/Korean-art#:~:text=After%20the%20Korean%20War%20ended,(%E2%80%9CPeople’s%20art%E2%80%9D). (Accessed: 26 April 2024).

Cartwright, M. (2024) The tombs of Goguryeo, World History Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/966/the-tombs-of-goguryeo/ (Accessed: 26 April 2024). 

Calla - Lee Insung - Google Arts & Culture (no date) Google. Available at: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/calla-lee-insung/TgH2_9n0BpjUxg?hl=en (Accessed: 26 April 2024). 

Yoon, M. (2017) The beginning of minjung art: On ‘reality and utterance’ and South Korean art in the 1970s and 1980s, Korean Cultural Center New York. Available at: https://www.koreanculture.org/education-literature/2017/10/17/vzriy8ltmwbbdedmgd6q5k8o4pqmh5 (Accessed: 26 April 2024). 

Comments

  1. Rodric LaxinaApril 27, 2024 at 10:57 PM

    Hello Tyler, your art pieces sound super interesting.I like that you're comparing pre and post-war Korean art, it's like looking at how things changed over time.

    I totally get what you mean about Western influence, it'salso kind of surprising how some things catch on in different places, and not in others. Pre-war Korean art, like that "Calla '' painting by Lee In-sung, seems to have this dreamy vibe. The colors and the way lines are blurred give it a unique feel. And those Goguryeo Murals with Japanese influences are like a window into history.

    Thank you for sharing your blog.

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