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Park Seo-Bo,Lee Ufan,Chung Chang-Sup,Chung Sang-Hwa,Ha Chong-Hyun,Kwon Young-Woo,Kim Whanki - Dansaekhwa, Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia

Park Seo-Bo,
Lee Ufan,
Chung Chang-Sup,
Chung Sang-Hwa,
Ha Chong-Hyun,
Kwon Young-Woo,
Kim Whanki
Dansaekhwa, Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia

May 8 – August 15, 2015

Introduction

Courtesy of Kukje Gallery and Tina Kim Gallery.

Dansaekhwa | Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia
May 8–August 15, 2015

Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10AM - 6PM
Closed on Monday

Palazzo Contarini-Polignac 
874 Dorsoduro
30123 Venezia

www.venice-dansaekhwa.com

Curator: Yongwoo Lee

Artists: Chung Chang-Sup, Chung Sang-Hwa, Ha Chong-Hyun, KIM Whanki, Kwon Young-Woo, Lee Ufan and Park Seo-Bo


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With a special exhibition of site-specific new work by Lee Ufan.
We are very pleased to present Dansaekhwa, an official Collateral Event in the 56th Venice Biennial. The show is curated by Yongwoo Lee and organized by the Boghossian Foundation together with Kukje Gallery, Seoul and Tina Kim Gallery, New York. A seminal art historical movement in post-war Korea, Dansaekhwa is loosely related to the Western monochrome tradition and is sometimes translated as “the school of white.” Dansaekhwa artists each have a unique philosophy but many overlapping concerns unite their work. These include a strong aesthetic ideal focused on the unity between artist and nature as well as a very refined approach to mark making. Many of these points of reference are rooted in traditional Taoist and Buddhist ideas. This emphasis on native cultural idioms was politicized during the 20th century when post-war Korean identity was in a state of radical flux. It is in these tumultuous times that Dansaekhwa evolved and helped shape modern Korean art history. While specifically rooted in a Korean context, Dansaekhwa must be seen as having important formal and conceptual links to parallel movements in Japan and the West including Gutai, Mono-ha and Abstract Expressionism.

The exhibition will showcase the works of key masters who defined Dansaekhwa’s development in the 1970s, providing an essential conceptual framework to appreciate this important movement. A subject of renewed interest in both Korea and internationally, this is a timely exhibition that explores a group of artists whose exquisitely beautiful and politically engaged work continues to have a profound influence on contemporary art. The participating artists are Chung Chang-Sup, Chung Sang-Hwa, Ha Chong-Hyun, KIM Whanki, Kwon Young-Woo, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo.

Yongwoo Lee has organized the exhibition to trace the development of Dansaekhwa. While a seminal historical movement that has had lasting influence, Dansaekhwa continues to be a vital framework with many of its founding artists continuing to make work. As such the curator has chosen to focus on its development over five decades, from the 1960s to today. By including works completed in different periods, the curator will emphasize how the social milieu within Korea had an impact on the development and public reception of Dansaekhwa.

In order to set the stage for many of the predominant themes that came to be associated with Dansaekhwa, including its emphasis on monochromatic compositions and innovative use of materials, Yongwoo Lee has included a major group of works from the 1960s by the artist KIM Whanki. Less known outside of Korea, this is an historic opportunity to see KIM’s role as a foundational member in the post-war Korean art scene whose work and ideas contributed to the advance of Dansaekhwa.

The exhibition will occupy all three floors of Palazzo Contarini-Polignac. The ground floor will be devoted to new, commissioned sculptural work by Lee Ufan. One of the founders of both the Mono-ha movement and Dansaekhwa, Lee Ufan’s intense and silent sculptural forms will frame a confrontation between two materials: steel plates and natural stones.

On the second floor, works by KIM Whanki will set the stage for Yongwoo’s curated Dansaekhwa exhibition that will occupy both the second and third floors. In addition, an important academic conference focused on Dansaekhwa and recorded in January 2015 will be shown to engage the public and give necessary historical insight into its beginnings, as well as to frame some of the ongoing debates regarding its influence. Coupled with a range of related archival materials, scholarship, and ephemera, the exhibition will be the first rigorous academic presentation of Dansaekhwa to be held outside of Korea and will be a landmark moment in its introduction to the international community.

 

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Selected Press

2015-08-09 The Korea Times
2015-08-00 Art in Asia
2015-08-00 Noblesse
2015-08-00 Asian Art News
2015-07-00 조선일보 Style
2015-07-00 Bazaar
2015-07-00 HEREN
2015-06-26 Hana Bank Membership Magazine
2015-06-21 il mattino di Padova
2015-06-09 Class LIFE TV
2015-06-02 Equilibriarte
2015-06-01 GDA Press
2015-06-01 equilibriarte
2015-06-00 Noblesse
2015-06-00 the galleria
2015-06-00 서울아트가이드
2015-06-00 Public Art
2015-06-00 아트 인 컬쳐
2015-06-00 Arte
2015-06-00 Magazine S
2015-05-27 La Nouva Venezia
2015-05-23 MODERN WEEKLY IN CHINA
2015-05-18 Financial Times
2015-05-16 Artupdate
2015-05-15 iPOST
2015-05-15 The Collecter Tribune
2015-05-09 SBS뉴스
2015-05-08 FN genii
2015-05-08 My Art Guides
2015-05-08 LE FIGARO
2015-05-07 INSIDEART
2015-05-04 la tribuna di treviso
2015-05-04 la Nuova di Venezia e mestre
2015-05-04 il mattino di Padova
2015-05-04 Corriere delle Alpi
2015-05-04 ART NOISE
2015-05-01 Il Pensiero Artistico
2015-05-00 Champ Magazine
2015-05-00 Architectural Digest
2015-05-00 월간미술
2015-05-00 OK ARTE
2015-05-00 Agenda Venezia
2015-05-00 Artribune
2015-05-00 My Art Guide
2015-05-00 ARTFORUM
2015-05-00 Architectural Digest
2015-05-00 art in ASIA
2015-04-16 The Korea Herald
2015-04-15 Korea Joongang Daily
2015-04-11 The Korea Times
2015-04-10 서울경제
2015-04-00 Art Agenda
2015-02-26 DODOOBA
2015-02-25 frieze
지금, 여기, 단색화가 의미하는 것   pdf BAZZAR ART
Dansaekhwa on the rise   pdf The Korea Times
Venice, a Passage to the World   pdf Art in Asia
단색화를 말한다   pdf Noblesse
Venetian Cool   pdf Asian Art News
Biennale di Venezia 2015   pdf 조선일보 Style
Venice is the new art   pdf Bazaar
Art in Venice   pdf HEREN
“DANSAEKHWA” SHOWS CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING IN VENICE COLLATERAL EVENT   pdf BLOUINARTINFO
명상을 부르는 그림들   pdf Hana Bank Membership Magazine
Dansaekhwa, emozioni coreane   pdf il mattino di Padova
Seven experts provide thorough look at dansaekhwa   pdf The Korea Herald
Lee Ufan’s interview   pdf Class LIFE TV
Il vuoto e il pieno, le due meta che si sposano a Oriente   pdf Avvenire
Parallelli Biennale   pdf Equilibriarte
<Dansaekhwa>, sette artisti contemporanei e la nuova Corea   pdf Corriere del Veneto
DANSAEKHWA   pdf GDA Press
Parallelli Biennale   pdf equilibriarte
이용우의 窓    pdf Noblesse
2015 베니스 비엔날레를 보다   pdf HEREN
제 56회 단색화 비엔날레 특별전, <단색화>   pdf LUXURY
베니스의 단색화   pdf the galleria
베니스 비엔날레 특별전 <단색화>   pdf beyond
[NEWS] 베니스 비엔날레 특별전 [단색화]   pdf NEIGHBOR
단색화의 세계화와 포스트 단색화 준비   pdf 서울아트가이드
미래의 목소리를 들어라, 베니스의 단색화   pdf W Korea
베니스에서 만난 단색화의 현재적 의미   pdf 월간미술
장 보고시앙(Jean Boghossian) 예술을 소명으로, 현대미술을 후원하다   pdf Public Art
이토록 매력적인, 미술들   pdf Public Art
세계로의 플랫폼   pdf 아트 인 컬쳐
글로벌 호황 속 국내 미술도 상승세    pdf LUXMEN
Minimal-poetico coreano   pdf Arte
Dansaekhwa. Monochromatisme coréen à Venise   pdf lagora des arts
단색화, 세계를 누빌까?   pdf Magazine S
Scopri gli antichi palazzi veneziani con Venezia   pdf Venezia Da Vivere
L'art della Corea sul filo della storia   pdf La Nouva Venezia
All The World's Futures   pdf MODERN WEEKLY IN CHINA
DANSAEKHWA_VENICE BIENNALE COLLATERAL EXHIBITION   pdf DODOOBA
Paralēlā biennāle. Ceļvedis satelītizstāžu programmā   pdf Arterritory
DANSAEKHWA – LA FORZA DEL MONOCROMO NELL’ARTE COREANA   pdf 1F mediaproject
[문화내시경]기이한 ‘단색화’ 열풍   pdf 주간경향
The best of the Venice Biennale 2015   pdf Financial Times
56. BIJENALE U VENECIJI – SVE (UGLAVNOM TMURNE) BUDUĆNOSTI SVIJETA   pdf Kultur istra
작품 하나하나에 무한 에너지 관객 향해 소리없는 아우성   pdf S Magazine
Biënnale 2015, een wandeling    pdf Artupdate
DANSAEKHWA BIENNALE ARTE VENEZIA 2015   pdf RIBELLA
I futuri del mondo a Venezia   pdf iPOST
FIELD TRIP: VENICE BIENNALE PART 3—COLLATERAL EXHIBITIONS   pdf ArtAsiaPacific
Photo Gallery: Dansaekhwa with Lee Ufan   pdf The Collecter Tribune
LO SPAZIO, LA FORMA, IL COLORE. DANSAEKHWA   pdf arskey
Pavilion party: the best 20 artistic offerings from the Venice Biennale 2015   pdf Wallpaper
'미술 마라톤' 반환점 도는 선수 위해… 나도 같이 달릴 겁니다   pdf 조선일보
The Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia   pdf OCULA
Three Not-To-Miss Painting Shows in Venice During the Biennale   pdf artnet
La Venezia della Biennale tra profumi della finanza e “cadute” di potere   pdf ArtsLife
Venice Gave Me a Superpower: My 2015 Biennale Experience   pdf Sabina Andron
'세계의 미래' 여러대 TV로 동시에 보듯   pdf 경향신문
베니스로 간 한국의 단색화… 국제무대 첫 시험대 오르다   pdf 서울신문
La 56. Biennale di Venezia secondo ziguline   pdf Ziguline
‘암중모색’ 골목 지나…‘물오른’ 한국미술 고동치다   pdf 한겨레
單色·파격… 한국이 만들어낸 스펙트럼   pdf 조선일보
Biennale di Venezia, 10/05/2015 La moschea delle polemiche   pdf Art Directory
베니스 비엔날레   pdf SBS뉴스
Tutti i miei appunti sulla Biennale di Venezia che visiterò a Maggio   pdf Biennale di Venezia
베니스 비엔날레서 한국 단색화 알린다   pdf 연합뉴스
[Post It] 단색화   pdf FN genii
전시장으로 95분짜리 장편영화가 들어왔다   pdf 조선일보
SF영화 같은 한국관...백남준도 기뻐하겠네    pdf 중앙일보
'축지법과 비행술' 물의 도시를 관통하다   pdf 세계일보
Dansaekhwa a Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Biennale 56   pdf RadioCapod’Istria
Newsletter   pdf My Art Guides
Biennale de Venise, l'Asie en force   pdf LE FIGARO
Venice Biennale, Asia strength   pdf LE FIGARO
Ed è già Biennale   pdf INSIDEART
56th Venice Biennale - Dansaekhwa (Collateral Event)   pdf Asiart Archive
‘베니스 비엔날레’ 9일 개막 한국관 문경원, 전준호 전시   pdf 아주경제
베니스 비엔날레 특별전 단색화 개최   pdf CA
미술 한류의 미래 '물의 도시' 서 묻다   pdf 서울신문
Venezia, da Biennale a Prada Le dieci cose da non perdere   pdf Veneto
"DANSAEKHWA". LA SCUOLA DEL BIANCO   pdf exibart
현대미술축제 '베니스 비엔날레' 6일 시작   pdf 연합뉴스
Venezia capitale dell'arte contemporanea   pdf la tribuna di treviso
Venezia capitale dell'arte contemporanea   pdf la Nuova di Venezia e mestre
Venezia capitale dell'arte contemporanea   pdf il mattino di Padova
Venezia capitale dell'arte contemporanea   pdf Corriere delle Alpi
DANSAEKHWA   pdf ART NOISE
제 56회 베니스비엔날레 9일 개막…`세계의 미래`와 미술한류가 만난다   pdf 매일경제
한국 현대미술, ‘물의 도시’에 핀다   pdf 국민일보
Dansaekhwa – a Biennale collateral event in Venice, 7 May – 15 Aug   pdf London Korean Links
Dansaekhwa   pdf Il Pensiero Artistico
The Art Newspaper's guide to the Venice Biennale's collateral events   pdf The Art Newspaper
DANSAEKHWA   pdf Champ Magazine
DANSAEKHWA WITH LEE UFAN - LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA   pdf Aujourd hui
The Art Newspaper's guide to the Venice Biennale's collateral events   pdf The Art Newspaper
Best of Venice Biennale   pdf Architectural Digest
제 56회 베니스 비엔날레 특별전   pdf 미술시대
 [PREVIEW] KOREAN ARTISTS IN VENICE   pdf 월간미술
Dansaekhwa   pdf OK ARTE
"Dansaekhwa", l'arte nella Corea del dopoguerra   pdf Virgilio Italy
"Dansaekhwa", l'arte nella Corea del dopoguerra   pdf Virgilio
Dansaekhwa   pdf Agenda Venezia
"Dansaekhwa", l'arte nella Corea del dopoguerra   pdf Tuttocitta
DANSAEKHWA   pdf Artribune
Dansaekhwa   pdf My Art Guide
opening   pdf ARTFORUM
VENEZIA CONTEMPORANEA - DANSAEKHWA   pdf Architectural Digest
Venice Biennale 2015: Our Favorite Under-the-Radar Art Exhibits   pdf Condé Nast Traveler
Dansaekhwa, Korean Abstract Painting   pdf art in ASIA
The pick of the 2015 Biennale - by 15 top art-world insiders   pdf Ocula
Venice features emerging Korean artists   pdf The Korea Herald
Abstract paintings make splash at auctions   pdf Korea Joongang Daily
신세미의 미술산책 40년만에 단색화 열풍   pdf 문화일보
Modern art to dominate Venice Biennale   pdf The Korea Times
베니스 비엔날레 한국관 20주년 … '물에 잠긴 가상 미래' 미술로 묻다   pdf 중앙일보
종말이 와도 예술 이어질까   pdf 서울경제
축지법으로 세상 잇고, 인류의 염원 묻는다   pdf 경향신문
한국 예술 전사들 베니스 출격…”K아트 참맛 보여주마”   pdf 한국경제
Dansaekhwa   pdf Art Agenda
단색화   pdf DODOOBA
Skin & Surface   pdf frieze
한국의 단색화, 국제무대 선보인다   pdf 서울신문
한국의 단색화, 베니스 물들인다   pdf 서울경제
‘절제의 미학’ 한국 단색화 베니스로…   pdf 세계일보
5월 베니스, 한국의 단색화를 실험하다   pdf 헤럴드경제
한국 단색화 '베니스 비엔날레'서 대규모 전시   pdf 연합뉴스