The Time of the Endeavourer: Park Seo-Bo
‘PARK SEO-BO: The Untiring Endeavourer’, an exhibition of the representative artist of Korean monochrome () paintings, has been on show at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) Seoul since May 18. The exhibition, in the form; and his late-ecriture period of the late 1990s evidenced by eschewing the hand and using tools such as sticks and rulers. When one enters the exhibition hall, one enjoys his most recent work, from the late-ecriture period. The deep, vibrant colours of the series catch the eye through the subtle natural light that emanates from ceiling of gallery one. In particular, two new works from the 2019 iterations of were unveiled for the first time in this exhibition. When one passes through the mid-ecriture, the early-ecriture, the Hereditarious period, and finally the Primordialis period in this reverse chronological order, then one is witness to Korea’s first informel piece, . The piece, which has no concrete form, is considered to vent the anxiety and solitude of the time, decrying the sacrifices made and absurdity of the mass violence and massacres suffered in the period.
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