총 8페이지

PAGE8
MAY1,2002
CULTURE
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
PresentsituationandhistoryofMinjungArt
Drawrealityofworldoncanvas
M
ost people think Minjung Art, a
InsaArtCenter
theseniorartists,whowerefirstmembersof
Center ofRho’swind,
Koreanfineartsgenrethatexpresses
Minjung Art in 1980s. In the comparison
the reality of the world, is a kind of
with the works of senior artists, more
unfamiliar art genre. But the negative
sarcasmsareincorporatedintheirworksand
NOSAMO
attitudetowardMinjungArtisnotright,itis
variousmaterialswereused.Alsotheyhold
only a prejudice. How many people would
exhibitions on the Internet as to be familiar
considertheartinapositiveway?Onlyfew
withthepublicandinformtheiractivitiesto
“
D
recognize its real meaning and understand
them.Asmostartistsarenotaccustomedto
oyoumeanthe
thepictures.
usingcomputer,theyscantheirworks,such
reason
of
However, Minjung Art is one of the art
as paintings and formative arts. Although
Rho’s wind? I think that
genres that exists in Korea and it can be
theycannotusecomputerwell,theytryhard
the ruling Millenium
considered as having similar characters as
tolearn.
D e m o c r a t i c
otherKoreanfolkpaintings.Itshowsthereal
Party(MDP)’s adoption
aspectsofthesocietysatiricallyorjustasit
Minjung Art expresses our society
of the primary election
honestly.
looks. This art faces the present figures of
system could be a
society beyond the present situations of
Minjung Art has been disregarded and
motivation, for sure. The
paintings and sometimes it expresses the
prejudgedforalongtime.Onlyfewpeople
emergence of Internet
deephurtofoursocietybypainting.
remember its importance. Though it has
massmediaaffectsusthe
many problems in that the paintings are so
collection of public
ThehistoryofMinjungArt
political that it lost pure artistic character,
interests. In addition,
Minjung Art was first started in 1980s
originalmeaninghastoberememberedand
though many people
“ReunionofPeople21”InstallationArtatKwanghwaGate,byLimOk-sang,in2000.If
against the modernism and existing Korean
any misconceptions must be directly
liked Rho Moo-hyun in
oneunderstandstheMinjungArt’smeaning,itwon’tbedreadfulanymore.
fine arts which are mostly based on
corrected.
our society, they had no
abstractionism.KimYun-soo,anartist,first
As stated above, Minjung Art needs to
chance to help him
framedthetheoryofMinjungArtandmany
exhibitedopenly,thusstayingapartfromthe
thecurrentsystemoffineartsinKorea.Itis
notify people through the Internet and
directly. However, the
other young artists put the theory into
public.
said that the exhibition was a remarkable
exhibitions.Artistsalsoshouldtrytochange
advant of NOSAMO, an
practice.
event as Minjung Art intended to get
theirdrawingstylesanddevelopetheirown
assembly of who loves
“TheActualityandSpeaking”wasthefirst
MinjungArtin1990s
involved in the existing Korean fine arts,
new characters. The styles in Artmov.com
Rho Moo-hyun, caused
groupwhostartedMinjungArt,drawingthe
Even though Minjung Art had a good
meeting the public in over-ground places.
are certainly different and their works have
the sharp increase of the
actual views on canvas. Since then, many
intentiontoinformtherealisticviewsofthe
Afterthat,MinjungArtstartedtoparticipate
more wit and humor that people can
number of members. I
ParkHyun-a(C-00)
othergroups,whowereinvolvedinMinjung
society,asithadbeenfarfrompeoplefora
inmoresocialactivitiesandholdexhibitions.
appreciate them more comfortably and
suspect that it might win
Art genre, acted briskly, participating in
longtime,generalpeoplehadnegativeviews
Theystilltrytoinformabouttheiractivities
easily.
popularity
of
the
HaKyung-hwan/TheArgus
manyothersocietyandpoliticalmovements.
of it. Minjung Art, however, had many
throughconferencesandacademies.Inthese
ItiscertainthatmostKoreanfineartsare
candidate,Rho.”
Thethemesoftheirartworkswererelatedto
problemsitselfthattheirdrawingstyleswere
days, people, who miss 1980s, collect
basedonabstractionism,ignoringthereality
TherelationshipbetweenParkHyun-a(C-00)andNOSAMOwastracedbackto4.11
the politics and civilizations in Korea as
too realistic, ignoring artist’s unique
Minjung Art works and appreciate
of our society. Minjung Art is just the
general election, 2000. The fact that the candidate, Rho couldn’t cross a hurdle of
MinjungArtwasbornagainsttheformalism
character and creation. In addition, they did
exhibitions.
different side of Korean fine arts that
regionalismdisappointmanypeople.Sosomenetizensproposedtomakeafan-clubon
intheexistingKoreanfinearts.
nottryhardtoenterintotheorbitofcommon
completestheotherpart.Thereisnoneedto
theinternetforRhoMoo-hyun.Hyun-awhowasalsodisappointedwithdefeatingin
BecauseofsuchcharacterofMinjungArt,
Korean fine arts - they still needed
MinjungArtisontheInternet
be afraid of Minjung Art and people just
electioninPusanparticipatedinNOSAMO.
based on Realism and expressing the
opportunities to communicate with the
Moreover, they also extended their
need to appreciate the works and have
“At first, NOSAMO was a friendly meeting. Most of the members talked about
politicalandsocialproblemsinKorea,many
public.
movements on the Internet sites, opening a
sympathyonthem.
privatelifestoryratherthanpoliticalissues.Sometimeswewentonapicniconafine
artistswereinrisksofbeingarrestedortheir
When Minjung Art was legalized by the
site,www.artmov.com.Thissitehasbeenin
day.Wecelebratedabirthdayforeachother.Yet,afterRho’sutterancewhichstressed
workswereconfiscatedbythepolice.Artists
government in 1993, the artists got to have
operation since March and on-line
theneesofthepressreformation,thenumberofmemberssharplyincreased.Westarted
hadnorighttoexpressorcriticizethesociety
more chances to exhibit their works freely.
exhibitions are held. Most artists who take
tohaveadeeplydiscussionastohowtohelpourreaderandtofindawaytosolvethe
realistically at that moment. As a result,
TheworksofMinjungartistswereexhibited
part in the homepage are in their 30s and
problemsinvolvedwithKoreapolitics.
ByLeeSo-jung
MinjungArthadtoexistasanunderground
inNationalMuseumofContemporaryArtin
havepassionsonMinjungArt.
A series if movement, of NOSAMO were successful draw a great deal of interest
AssociateEditorofCultureSection
genre and they had rare chances to be
1994, it was the debut exhibition, entering
The works on the site are different from
frommanynewspapersandapoliticalsphere.Therehavebeenheatingdebatesabout
theirdirectionafterMDP’selection.Somememberssaid“Let’sacttogetherasaguard
dogtobeonalookoutforillegalelectioneeringorE-partyforthepoliticalpurposeto
helpthecandidate.Rhohascourageandconfidencetobepresident.
Artistwhopaintssunshine,Gogh
However, it is self-evident that they would be supporters who desire the harmony
betweenYongnamandHonamandreformationofKoreaonthewhole.
“ItwasmyfirsttimetomeetRhointhemeetingofthePusanNOSAMO.Atthat
time they held a one day HOF for helping an disabled person. A constitute of
March30,1853,inZundert,thesouthofthe
Gogh. The picture is also recognizable to
NOSAMOwholivedinPusanhadtakencareofhim,butrecentlypatient’sillnesswas
Netherlands,astheoldestsonofTheodorus
people that it was drawn in passionate and
moreserious.Sothateventwasdesignedtoraiseafund,whereRhocame.Actually,I
van Gogh, a preacher and Anna Cornelia
strong yellow color along with the broken
was shaking with excitement before meeting, but when I met him, he seemed like a
Carbentus. He worked in the Hague at a
brushwork.
neighbor who lived in the next door to me. The first impression was so unaffected.
branch gallery established by his uncle. He
Vincentdrewthispicturewhenhewasin
Afterthatmeeting,Ihadseveralchance,tomeethimduringtheeventofdistrictparty
was once a preacher, but he finally decided
Arles,in1888.Heheardthathisfriend,Paul
chapter.Iwasmuchimpressedbyhisspeech.WhenIheardhisspeech,Ithoughtthat
tobeanartistin1880.Inearly1886,Vincent
Gauguin,wascomingtohimsohebeganto
noonewhocouldtellthatkindsofstoriesthatway.“
moved in with Theo in Montmartre from
draw these sunflower series for his friend.
Now,ParkHyun-aisarepresentativeresponsibleforJonglo-gu.Shehaveworkedin
“VasewithTwelve
Paris. This was a crucial period for
Gogh had rented a studio to live with him
the center office located in Yeouydo and took part in the district festival. “ We
Sunflowers”,byVincentVan
developinghispaintingstyle.Atthattimehe
and painted the house with yellow and
concentrated our power to support a MDP’s primarily election by sending a letter or
Gogh,1889,inPhiladelphia
saw for himself how the Impressionists
preparedanotherbedroomwherePaulcould
internet.Wewouldattributetheparticipationthroughinternettobeatraitofourgroup.
handledtheuseoflightandcolor,andhow
stay. In anticipation of his arrival, Vincent
Somememberswereactuallypickedupasavoter,whichhelpedcreateagreatresultin
MuseumofArt,Philadelphia.
theytreatedthetownandcountryasthemes.
painted sunflowers to decorate Gauguin’s
favorforRho.ThereporterwonderthatifherfriendsknowthefactHyun-alikesRho
Thispaintingexpressesthe
He began to meet the city’s modern artists,
room. Finally when Gauguin arrived in
verymuch.“WhenIpresentareportaboutachangingifregimeinTurkey,Icompared
charactersofGoghbest.
includingPaulGauguin,HenrideToulouse-
Arles, he discussed and painted in the
KemalPashawithKimDae-jung.IstartedaslimofhopesymbolizedbyRhoMoo-
Lautrec, and Camille Pissarro. Vincent’s
“Yellow House” for 9 weeks with Gogh.
hyun.Atthattime,therewasnoonewhohadaninterestinapoliticianRho,butafter
Paris work was an effort to assimilate the
However, Gauguin soon became bored
MDP’s election many friends started to be interested. I feel that the awareness of
influences around him; his palette becomes
living in a country and the relationship
studentshaschangedverymuch.“
brighter, his brushwork even more broken.
between the two men gradually flew apart.
Few pollsters had predicted Rho, once a dark horse, would eventually obtain the
HewasgreatlyinfluencedbyImpressionism,
Atlast,Goghevengottothepointwherehe
MDP’s presidential ticket before the party started its presidential primaries March 9.
buthisstylesaresomehowdifferentfromit.
cut his left ear off with a razor after the
PoliticalanalystsattributedRho’striumphtothepublicdemandforfreshfacesinKorea
Actually he is Post-Impressionism that
argument with Paul. He is admitted to a
politics,whichhasbeentaintedbyregionalrivalry,corruptionandfactionalfeudsfor
pursued the insides of the world in the
hospital in Arles and stayed there,
decades.“Peoplearesickandtiredofpoliticianswhohavebeenonthepoliticalscene
I
n the middle of the picture, there is a
withtheyellowtableandthesunflower,this
comparisonwiththeImpressionists.
completing his works of sunflowers.
foralongtime,andRho’sriserepresentstheirardentwishforpoliticalreform,“said
great number of largely-bloomed
color contrast makes the wall seem cooler
Thisworkisoneofthefamoussunflower
Gauguinsaidthatthesunflowerserieswere
ParkHyun-a.
sunflowers which makes the vase look like
and the yellow color even hotter. This
seriesofvanGogh.Itiseasytodistinguish
“completelyVincent.”Likehiswords,“The
it’sgoingtobreakanyminute.Notonlythe
paintingmakestheviewertoappreciateand
Gogh’spaintings.Inotherwords,hisworks
Sunflowers” is expressing the various and
ByHaKyung-hwan
colorsofthesunflowerbutthewholepicture
to feel the hot sunshine of southern France
are very characteristic to recognize them
eccentric inner aspects of Gogh, that he
withbrightlightsmakesusthinkofthehot
and also feel fresh breeze in such a warm
among others’ pictures. Bright and strong
followsthesunaswellassunflowers.
AssociateEditorofNewssection
weather and strong sunlight of the early
andbrightdayinMay.
colors and strong brushwork are his unique
summer. The sky-blue wall is in contrast
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on
feature whoever can notice they are by
ByLeeSo-jung/TheArgus
CHAFS
ChoYun-jeong/CartoonistofTheArgus
CHAT+HUFS
It’snotstill
enough!!
Seoul International Animation Festival
www.anifestival.seoul.kr
ThePinocchio’slie
Wecanseeit
HUFS,yourlie,
Itcanalsobeseen

현재 포커스의 아래내용들은 동일한 컨텐츠를 가지고 페이지넘김 효과및 시각적 효과를 제공하는 페이지이므로 스크린리더 사용자는 여기까지만 낭독하시고 위의 페이지이동 링크를 사용하여 다음페이지로 이동하시기 바랍니다.