Park Seo-bo(Korean, b. 1931)

Park Seo-bo’s predominantly monochrome experiments with linear abstraction helped define Dansaekhwa, an essential movement within Korean modernism. Park is perhaps best known for his “Ecriture” series, which exemplifies the artist’s focus on material and process; in order to create precise, cumulative canvases, he penciled marks into still-wet painted surfaces, then layered Korean hanji paper overtop. Park graduated from Seoul’s Hongik University in 1954, when South Korea was still reeling from military conflict with North Korea. He has exhibited widely over the years, in galleries from Seoul and Busan to Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York, and Beijing. His work belongs in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, and the Seoul Museum of Art, among many other institutions. His precise, minimalist practice filters Western notions of abstraction through the lenses of Korean calligraphy and Buddhist and Taoist philosophy.

Ecriture No. 220105

2022

Acrylic on ceramic

35 13/16 × 28 3/4 in. (91 × 73 cm)

Ecriture(描法) No. 62-78 : 1978

Pencil & Oil on Cotton, 72.7cm X 90.8cm
Photo : Kwon Boomoon / Collection : Prof. Park Seungho, Seoul Korea

Ecriture(描法) No. 51-71 : 1971

Pencil & Oil on Canvas, 80cm X 100cm

Photo : Kwon Boomoon / Collection of the Artist, Seoul Korea

Ecriture(描法) No.6-67 : 1967

Pencil & Oil on Canvas, 64.8cm X 64.8cm

Ecriture(描法) No.071213 : 2007

Mixed Media with Korean Paper on Canvas / 195cm x 130cm, 2007