Following exhibitions at its Paris and New York spaces, Galerie Perrotin brings South Korean modernist Park Seo-Bo’s continuing “Ecriture” series to Hong Kong for the artist’s first solo exhibition in the city.One of the most prominent artists of South Korea’s single-color painting movement, known as Dansaekhwa, Park is sometimes considered a founder of South Korean modernist, minimalist and abstract art.Dansaekhwa (which translates to “monochrome”), is experiencing renewed critical and popular attention since it was the subject of an official collateral event during the 2015 Venice Biennale. The movement first rose to prominence in the 1970s, combining the minimalism prevalent in American art in the 1960s with a decidedly Korean sensibility.These influences can be seen at the Galerie Perrotin exhibition. All Park’s works since the late ’60s have been titled “Ecriture.” Since the ’80s, the series has mostly been created out of hanji, a mulberry-bark derived paper. Layers of watercolor-soaked hanji in a single color are built up on the canvas, which is then molded into repeating patterns either by hand or with tools.This repetition, as well as the use of single colors, is typical of the movement. Where Park differs from other Dansaekwha artists is in his choice of colors. Historically, Dansaekhwa artists have limited themselves to neutral, earth-derived tones like grays, blacks, beiges, and browns. Since the beginning of the new millennium, Park has tended toward bright primary colors that give presence to his methodical minimalism. These colors, he says, are inspired by his home city of Seoul and speak to the other cityscapes that the works have visited on their Galerie Perrotin world tour.“Park Seo-Bo: Ecriture” runs March 21-May 5 at Galerie Perrotin in Hong Kong.
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