Suh Seung-Won - Artist Info

About Suh Seung-Won

  • Biography

    SUH SEUNG-WON
    Born in 1941
    Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

    EDUCATION
    1964 BFA, Department of Painting, Hongik University
    1970 MFA, Department of Painting, Hongik University

    One of the early members of the Dansaekhwa art movement, Suh Seung-Won (b. 1941), set the foundations for modernism in Korea. For over fifty years, Seung-Won has explored the concept of simultaneity, using geometric patterns to delineate his aesthetic understanding of time and space. His unique usage of layered brushstrokes separates his work from that of other Dansaekhwa artists, giving his work a tethered sense of depth.

    Seung-Won is a master at illuminating the purity of a composition, reducing its state without losing the balance of ...

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