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Korean Abstract Painter Park Seo-bo Hopes His Art Will Absorb People’s Stress

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — If art is a form of expression, then the paintings of Park Seo-bo, known as the father of Korean contemporary art, may not be art at all. The octogenarian opened a new solo exhibition titled “PARK SEO-BO” at Seoul’s Kukje Gallery on Wednesday, featuring 16 of his “dansaekhwa,” the [...]

Abstract Painter Choi Wook-kyung’s Pop Art Influence, Experimentation Revisited

SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean painter Choi Wook-kyung (1940-1985) in a sense represented a unique amalgamation of abstract expressionism of her home country and the United States. In an era when the field was dominated by political and populist art, Choi dug deeper into the realm of abstract expressionism after studying the [...]