In the mid-70s, Chung Changsup’s adoption of Hanji (Korean traditional paper) became a critical juncture in his work. The artist began to incorporate his aesthetic sensibilities into a traditional paper to create abstract art. It allowed his painting materials to thinly spread and permeate into the paper- the style of painting akin to naturalism.

Chung along with artists, such as Park SeoBo, Yun HyongKeun, Chung SangHwa, and Ha ChongHyun, played a pivotal role as the first generation of Korean monochrome painters. In the 1970s, the artist, through a series titled Returning, explored deeper into a traditional medium, the Hanji paper. He attached rice papers onto the surface of the canvas to naturally sp...