Author: Barry Schwabsky, Shin Young-BokChung Sang-Hwa (born 1932) is a central figure of Dansaekhwa (also known as Tansaekhwa), an artistic movement in postwar Korea that offered a fundamentally different approach to modernist abstraction. This title highlights a critical period in the artist’s career in which he was immersed in the international avant-garde movements of both Asia and Europe. Chung developed a meditative process, repetitively applying and removing paint to create tactile, monochromatic surfaces.Though Dansaekhwa translates literally to 'monochrome painting', the method is rather characterised by its labour-intensive processes, repetitive gestures and reductionist aesthetics. This fully illustrated volume includes an essay by critic Barry Schwabsky, a translated excerpt from the writings of Shin Young-Bok by Harvard professor David McCann, and an interview with Chung Sang-Hwa by Bona Yoo.ISBN 9781944379339. Lévy Gorvy. hb. 76 pages. 30 colour, 10 b/w ills. 20.3 x 26 cm .in stock
