Park Seobo

b.1931 ~ 2023

λ°•μ„œλ³΄λŠ” ν•œκ΅­ μ „ν›„ μΆ”μƒλ―Έμˆ μ˜ ν˜•μ„±κ³Ό λ‹¨μƒ‰ν™”μ˜ μ „κ°œμ— 핡심적인 역할을 ν•œ μž‘κ°€μ΄λ‹€. 1931λ…„ 경상뢁도 μ˜ˆμ²œμ—μ„œ νƒœμ–΄λ‚˜ ν™μ΅λŒ€ν•™κ΅μ—μ„œ νšŒν™”λ₯Ό κ³΅λΆ€ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, 1950λ…„λŒ€ ν›„λ°˜ ν•œκ΅­ 액포λ₯΄λ©œ μš΄λ™μ— μ°Έμ—¬ν•˜λ©° 본격적인 μž‘ν’ˆ ν™œλ™μ„ μ‹œμž‘ν–ˆλ‹€. 이후 νšŒν™”μ˜ ν‘œν˜„μ  성격과 μ œμž‘ ν–‰μœ„μ— λŒ€ν•œ 지속적인 성찰을 λ°”νƒ•μœΌλ‘œ λ…μžμ μΈ μ‘°ν˜• μ–Έμ–΄λ₯Ό κ΅¬μΆ•ν–ˆμœΌλ©°, ν•œκ΅­ ν˜„λŒ€λ―Έμˆ μ˜ μ œλ„μ Β·λ‹΄λ‘ μ  ν˜•μ„±μ—λ„ μ€‘μš”ν•œ 영ν–₯을 λ―Έμ³€λ‹€.

초기 γ€Šμ›ν˜•μ§ˆ(Primordialis)》 μ—°μž‘μ—μ„œ λ“œλŸ¬λ‚˜λŠ” κ²©λ ¬ν•œ λ¬Όμ§ˆμ„±κ³Ό λΉ„μ •ν˜•μ  화면은 1960λ…„λŒ€ ν›„λ°˜ γ€Šλ¬˜λ²•(Γ‰criture)》 μ—°μž‘μœΌλ‘œ 이어지며 근본적인 μ „ν™˜μ„ λ§žλŠ”λ‹€. 1967λ…„λΆ€ν„° μ „κ°œλœ γ€Šλ¬˜λ²•γ€‹μ€ 반볡적인 μ„ μ˜ 긋기와 μ§€μš°κΈ°, 화면에 κ°€ν•΄μ§€λŠ” 지속적인 ν–‰μœ„λ₯Ό μ€‘μ‹¬μœΌλ‘œ ν˜•μ„±λœλ‹€. μž‘κ°€μ˜ 주관적 ν‘œν˜„μ„ μ ˆμ œν•˜κ³  ν–‰μœ„μ˜ 반볡과 μˆ˜ν–‰μ  과정에 μ§‘μ€‘ν•˜λŠ” μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 접근은 이후 그의 μž‘μ—… μ „λ°˜μ„ κ΄€ν†΅ν•˜λŠ” 핡심적인 μ‘°ν˜• μ›λ¦¬λ‘œ μžλ¦¬ν•œλ‹€.

1980λ…„λŒ€ 이후 ν•œμ§€λ₯Ό 적극적으둜 λ„μž…ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ γ€Šλ¬˜λ²•γ€‹μ€ μž¬λ£Œμ™€ ν‘œλ©΄μ˜ 관계λ₯Ό μ€‘μ‹¬μœΌλ‘œ μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ ꡭ면에 μ ‘μ–΄λ“ λ‹€. 물에 적신 ν•œμ§€λ₯Ό 화면에 λΆ€μ°©ν•˜κ³  λ°€μ–΄λ‚΄κ±°λ‚˜ κΈμ–΄λ‚΄λŠ” κ³Όμ •μ—μ„œ ν˜•μ„±λ˜λŠ” μ„ κ³Ό μš”μ² μ€ νšŒν™”μ˜ 평면적 ꡬ쑰에 물리적 깊이λ₯Ό λΆ€μ—¬ν•œλ‹€. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ λ³€ν™”λŠ” 반볡적 ν–‰μœ„μ˜ μ§€μ†μ΄λΌλŠ” 초기의 λ¬Έμ œμ˜μ‹μ„ μœ μ§€ν•˜λ©΄μ„œλ„, 물질의 μ €ν•­κ³Ό 좕적, ν‘œλ©΄μ˜ ꡬ쑰에 λŒ€ν•œ 탐ꡬλ₯Ό λ”μš± μ‹¬ν™”μ‹œν‚¨λ‹€.

ν›„κΈ° μž‘μ—…μ—μ„œλŠ” μžμ—°μ—μ„œ λΉ„λ‘―λœ 색채가 적극적으둜 λ„μž…λ˜λ©° γ€Šλ¬˜λ²•γ€‹μ˜ μ‘°ν˜•μ  λ²”μœ„κ°€ ν™•μž₯λœλ‹€. 초기의 무채색과 절제된 κ΅¬μ„±μ—μ„œ μΆœλ°œν•œ 그의 νšŒν™”λŠ” 색채와 물질, λ°˜λ³΅λ˜λŠ” ν–‰μœ„ μ‚¬μ΄μ˜ 관계λ₯Ό μ§€μ†μ μœΌλ‘œ λ³€μ£Όν•˜λ©΄μ„œλ„ μΌκ΄€λœ μž‘μ—…μ˜ νƒœλ„λ₯Ό μœ μ§€ν•œλ‹€.

λ°•μ„œλ³΄μ˜ μ˜ˆμˆ μ€ μ „ν›„ ν•œκ΅­ μΆ”μƒλ―Έμˆ μ—μ„œ 단색화에 이λ₯΄λŠ” 역사적 μ „ν™˜μ„ κ΄€ν†΅ν•˜λ©°, λ™μ•„μ‹œμ•„ ν˜„λŒ€λ―Έμˆ μ˜ λ…μžμ μΈ 미학적 담둠을 ν˜•μ„±ν•˜λŠ” 데 μ€‘μš”ν•œ μœ„μΉ˜λ₯Ό μ°¨μ§€ν•œλ‹€. λ°˜μ„ΈκΈ° 이상 이어진 γ€Šλ¬˜λ²•γ€‹ μ—°μž‘μ€ νšŒν™”μ˜ 물질적 쑰건과 μ œμž‘ ν–‰μœ„μ— λŒ€ν•œ 지속적인 νƒκ΅¬μ΄μž, ν•œκ΅­ ν˜„λŒ€λ―Έμˆ μ˜ ꡭ제적 μœ„μƒμ„ ν˜•μ„±ν•œ μ£Όμš”ν•œ μ‹€μ²œμœΌλ‘œ ν‰κ°€λœλ‹€.

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 Γ‰criture 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 Γ‰criture. 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 Γ‰criture.

Spanning more than five decades, Park's Γ‰criture 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

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Lee Jinwoo