2023 아트피아회 회원展 (11) -◇권의철(權義鐵) 作 단색화(Dansaekhwa) 김 효 선 독립큐레이터 이화여자대학교 미술사학과...

권의철(權義鐵)의 단색화(Dansaekhwa)
평면성과 반복성
김 효 선 독립큐레이터,
이화여자대학교 대학원 미술사학과

-◇2023. 10. 18. wed ~ 10. 24. tue
       opening - 10.18.wed.  pm 4:00~
-◇인사아트프라자 Gallery 4F

-◇www.artkwon.co.kr

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▲ traces of time 2305 -72.7×72.7㎝ Mixed media  on canvas, 2023

The Dansaekhwa of Euichul Kwon is clean and transparent as his appearance. And we face his beautiful painting.
He is the 2nd generation of Dansaekhwa artist, he makes his painting with print and letter of remains stone.
Dansaekhwa is the tendency of Korea, from 70’s to early 80’s. It emphasizes the flatness of canvas.
So we can compare it with western minimalism, but minimalism is the products of rationalism, and Dansaekhwa
is the products of spiritualism. It is based data-on the oriental view of nature, to return to the nature. So the
Dansaekhwa of Euichul Kwon also is dyed by spirituality.
As it, the Korean Dansaekhwa is similar to the western minimalism by influence of form, but the substance is
different each other. The western minimalism is analytic and systematic, but Korean Dansaekhwa is intuitive
and transcendental, so it’s spiritual world is based data-on the oriental view of nature, to return to the nature. It is
Dansaekhwa from late 70’s to early 80’s that the stream of oriental conciousness is appeared well. So
Dansaekhwa is the first tendency not to go back and to connect with Korean traditional esprit.
The first character of Kwon’s painting is the “flatness”. In his painting, the meaning of “flatness’ is not
”to actualize of thing’s illusion“, but ”to show the conceptual method“. The first character of modernism is
the denial about the traditional art, the escape of the illusion of painting and abstraction. In Kwon’s Dansekhwa,
the painting ”flatness“ is about the self regulation, and self reduction of modernism.
The second character of Kown’s painting is the “repeatability”. He arranges the certain shape of a canvas
repeatedly, it leads the canvas to all-over composition. It is 20th century that accept the repeatability method in
the pure painting. He approaches to the stage of meditation by repetitive action of his body. It is the example to
show the non-materialization of material by the interaction of material and action. Here, he border between
material and non-material removed. Namely the unity of object and subject is emblematic of the untied world.
It is the similarity and deference with minimalism.
Kwon’s Dansaekhwa is meaningful because he seek the clean and transparent spiritual world. He is the junior,
2nd generation artist to follow the first generation of Dansaekhwa. So in the world of art, his role and state is so
high. Now let’s leave to the far-beyond world to be led by him. And let’s gain the calmness and peace of mind at there by him.

▲ 권의철 발췌

권의철(權義鐵)의 단색화(Dansaekhwa)
평면성과 반복성
김 효 선 독립큐레이터,
이화여자대학교 대학원 미술사학과