Park Seobo
b.1931 ~ 2023
λ°μ보λ νκ΅ μ ν μΆμλ―Έμ μ νμ±κ³Ό λ¨μνμ μ κ°μ ν΅μ¬μ μΈ μν μ ν μκ°μ΄λ€. 1931λ κ²½μλΆλ μμ²μμ νμ΄λ νμ΅λνκ΅μμ ννλ₯Ό 곡λΆνμΌλ©°, 1950λ λ νλ° νκ΅ μ΅ν¬λ₯΄λ© μ΄λμ μ°Έμ¬νλ©° 본격μ μΈ μν νλμ μμνλ€. μ΄ν ννμ ννμ μ±κ²©κ³Ό μ μ νμμ λν μ§μμ μΈ μ±μ°°μ λ°νμΌλ‘ λ μμ μΈ μ‘°ν μΈμ΄λ₯Ό ꡬμΆνμΌλ©°, νκ΅ νλλ―Έμ μ μ λμ Β·λ΄λ‘ μ νμ±μλ μ€μν μν₯μ λ―Έμ³€λ€.
μ΄κΈ° γμνμ§(Primordialis)γ μ°μμμ λλ¬λλ κ²©λ ¬ν λ¬Όμ§μ±κ³Ό λΉμ νμ νλ©΄μ 1960λ λ νλ° γλ¬λ²(Γcriture)γ μ°μμΌλ‘ μ΄μ΄μ§λ©° κ·Όλ³Έμ μΈ μ νμ λ§λλ€. 1967λ λΆν° μ κ°λ γλ¬λ²γμ λ°λ³΅μ μΈ μ μ κΈκΈ°μ μ§μ°κΈ°, νλ©΄μ κ°ν΄μ§λ μ§μμ μΈ νμλ₯Ό μ€μ¬μΌλ‘ νμ±λλ€. μκ°μ μ£Όκ΄μ ννμ μ μ νκ³ νμμ λ°λ³΅κ³Ό μνμ κ³Όμ μ μ§μ€νλ μ΄λ¬ν μ κ·Όμ μ΄ν κ·Έμ μμ μ λ°μ κ΄ν΅νλ ν΅μ¬μ μΈ μ‘°ν μλ¦¬λ‘ μ리νλ€.
1980λ λ μ΄ν νμ§λ₯Ό μ κ·Ήμ μΌλ‘ λμ νλ©΄μ γλ¬λ²γμ μ¬λ£μ νλ©΄μ κ΄κ³λ₯Ό μ€μ¬μΌλ‘ μλ‘μ΄ κ΅λ©΄μ μ μ΄λ λ€. λ¬Όμ μ μ νμ§λ₯Ό νλ©΄μ λΆμ°©νκ³ λ°μ΄λ΄κ±°λ κΈμ΄λ΄λ κ³Όμ μμ νμ±λλ μ κ³Ό μμ² μ ννμ νλ©΄μ ꡬ쑰μ 물리μ κΉμ΄λ₯Ό λΆμ¬νλ€. μ΄λ¬ν λ³νλ λ°λ³΅μ νμμ μ§μμ΄λΌλ μ΄κΈ°μ λ¬Έμ μμμ μ μ§νλ©΄μλ, λ¬Όμ§μ μ νκ³Ό μΆμ , νλ©΄μ ꡬ쑰μ λν νꡬλ₯Ό λμ± μ¬νμν¨λ€.
νκΈ° μμ μμλ μμ°μμ λΉλ‘―λ μμ±κ° μ κ·Ήμ μΌλ‘ λμ λλ©° γλ¬λ²γμ μ‘°νμ λ²μκ° νμ₯λλ€. μ΄κΈ°μ 무μ±μκ³Ό μ μ λ ꡬμ±μμ μΆλ°ν κ·Έμ ννλ μμ±μ λ¬Όμ§, λ°λ³΅λλ νμ μ¬μ΄μ κ΄κ³λ₯Ό μ§μμ μΌλ‘ λ³μ£Όνλ©΄μλ μΌκ΄λ μμ μ νλλ₯Ό μ μ§νλ€.
λ°μ보μ μμ μ μ ν νκ΅ μΆμλ―Έμ μμ λ¨μνμ μ΄λ₯΄λ μμ¬μ μ νμ κ΄ν΅νλ©°, λμμμ νλλ―Έμ μ λ μμ μΈ λ―Ένμ λ΄λ‘ μ νμ±νλ λ° μ€μν μμΉλ₯Ό μ°¨μ§νλ€. λ°μΈκΈ° μ΄μ μ΄μ΄μ§ γλ¬λ²γ μ°μμ ννμ λ¬Όμ§μ 쑰건과 μ μ νμμ λν μ§μμ μΈ νꡬμ΄μ, νκ΅ νλλ―Έμ μ κ΅μ μ μμμ νμ±ν μ£Όμν μ€μ²μΌλ‘ νκ°λλ€.
Park Seo-Bo was a pivotal figure in the development of postwar Korean abstract art and a leading practitioner of Dansaekhwa. Born in Yecheon, Korea, in 1931, he studied painting at Hongik University and began his artistic career in the late 1950s as a participant in the Korean Art Informel movement. Through a sustained examination of painterly expression and the act of making, Park developed a distinct artistic language while playing an influential role in shaping the institutional and intellectual foundations of Korean contemporary art.
The gestural intensity and expressive materiality of his early Primordialis series underwent a fundamental transformation with the emergence of Γcriture in the late 1960s. Initiated in 1967, the series centered on repetitive gestures of marking and erasure, emphasizing the continuity of physical action over individual expression. This shift toward repetition, restraint, and process established the underlying principles that would inform his practice for the following decades.
From the 1980s onward, Park's increasing engagement with hanji (traditional Korean paper) marked a significant development in Γcriture. By applying layers of water-soaked paper to the surface and manipulating them through repeated gestures of pushing, scraping, and pressing, he introduced a pronounced physical dimension to the pictorial field. While maintaining the repetitive processes characteristic of his earlier works, these paintings extended his investigation into material resistance, accumulation, and the structural possibilities of the surface.
In his later works, Park introduced an increasingly expansive palette inspired by colors observed in nature. Moving beyond the restrained monochromatic compositions of his earlier practice, these paintings explored variations in color, material, and rhythmic structure while retaining the procedural consistency that defined Γcriture.
Spanning more than five decades, Park's Γcriture series traces a sustained inquiry into the material conditions of painting and the relationship between gesture, repetition, and time. His practice occupies a central position in the historical trajectory of Korean abstraction, from the postwar avant-garde to Dansaekhwa, and remains a significant contribution to the broader discourse of contemporary art.
Selected works
Ecriture, mixed media with Korean hanji paper on canvas, 195x130cm, 2008
Ecriture No.030306, mixed media with Korean paper, 45.7x53.2cm, 2003
Ecriture No.180113, mixed media with Korean hanji paper on canvas, 38Γ45.3cm 2018
Ecriture No.150615, mixed media with korean Hanji Paper on canvas, 130x200cm, 2015
Ecriture No.120310, mixed media with Korean hanji paper on canvas, 64x82cm , 2012
Ecriture No.020210, mixed media with Korean paper on canvas, 130x195cm, 2002