Kwonjungho<br>권정호
| Kwonjungho 권정호 | |
|---|---|
| File:Kwonjungho portrait.pngKwonjungho portrait.png | |
| Born | April 28, 1944 Chilgok, South Korea |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Korean |
| 🏫 Education | Pratt Institute New York, United States |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Movement | Neo-Expressionist, Modernist and Post-modernist |
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Kwonjungho (Korean: 권정호; born April 28, 1944) is a Korean painter, sculptor and educator.[1] His father was a hospital doctor, and his brother went to the College of Medicine, Seoul National University[2], exposing the artist to questions of life and death from a young age.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
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Kwonjungho was born on 28 April 1944 in Chilgok, South Korea. He entered Suchong Primary School in 1950 and his family fled to Milyang (Yeonjeong) to avoid the Korean War.[4] In 1956 he graduated from Jongno Primary School and attended Gyeseong High School from 1959-1963. In 1964 he enrolled in the Department of Civil Engineering at Cheonggu University, and graduated in Western Painting from Kalmyung University College of Art in 1972. From 1966-69 he completed his military service. In 1973 he enrolled in the MEA programme at Keimyung University. Between 1983-86 he studied at the Pratt Institute in New York, majoring in painting.[5]
Career[edit]
Kwonjungho taught art at Kyungmyung Girls Middle School from 1973-81 and, between 1979-82 he was instructor at Hyonsung Women’s University, Keimyung College, Hansa University and Shinil University, South Korea.[6] In 1982 he was appointed Professor at Daegu University[7], a post he held until 2009, and between 1996 and 1999 he served as President of the Daegu Metropolitan City Council of the Korean Art Association[8] In 2002 he became President of the Korea Federation of the Arts and Culture Organizations at Daegu City council.[9]
Practice[edit]
Kwonjungho is known for being a painter and sculptor. He was influenced by avant-garde Neo-Expressionist, Modernist and Post-modernist movements.[5] His work is categorised as being both figurative and abstract and influenced by their historical context.
He is particularly known for his monochrome canvases, Point Series, Sound Series and Skeleton series.[10][11]
Kwonjungho was very active and involved with both the Daegu and Korean art scenes, including Ijip-Hoe, Sinjo-Hoe, DCAA and Sinzo[5] – which he has attended continuously since 1972 spent time studying in New York in the 1980s was a formative experience[12]. His work has been compared with Western artists including Anselm Kiefer and Jean Dubuffet, both of whom are Kwonjungho’s contemporaries[13]. He was also influenced by Jasper Johns, who was active in New York during Kwonjungho’s time studying at the Pratt Institute, as were Jean Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol.[14]
The themes of Death and associated imagery – including skulls and skeletons as well as more abstract themes of overcoming the primal trauma of existence – recurs in Kwonjungho’s work. These include Accident (1984) and Skeleton II (1985), among numerous artworks, which have explored the concept of death through neo-expressionism.[11]
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Kwonjungho often uses Dak paper to construct his skulls as symbolic of death[15]. The material has a similar quality to hemp cloth which is used on dead bodies. Kwonjungho’s work has been influenced by real-life events[16], including the 2003 Daegu Jungangno Subway Station Fire, which killed 192 people[17] and the 1995 Sangin-dong subway gas explosion which claimed 101 lives[18] and following which he exhibited the works Skeletons Installment and Skeletons-5 (both 1995)[11]
In February 2018, a major outdoor sculpture of a skull, made primarily from wood, was exhibited on Gyeongpo Beach in Gangneung, South Korea as part of Fire ArtFesta, an art festival which ran alongside the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang.[7][19] Each of the artworks was deliberately set alight as a performance.
Selected solo exhibitions[edit]
- 2019 KWON JUNG-HO: 1971-2019 - Daegu Arts Center, Daegu
- 2019 KWON JUNG-HO - Shirota Gallery, Tokyo
- 2017 KWON JUNG-HO and Coscun, The Sacred Space and the High Flow[20] - Suseong Art Pia, Daegu
- 2014 Time Shift - Daegu Photo Biennale, SPACE129 Daegu
- 2013 The Mirror of Death, shining on a Life'[6], Cyan Museum, Youngchun
- 2010 A door through the future - Gallery KUNSTDOC, Seoul
- 2010 Look at that mysterious and wonderful sky – Gallery Soheon Contemporary, Daegu
- 2009 A Happiness of Death – Suseong Art Pia, Daegu
- 2007 The Pain, Anguish and Hope of Basin – INSAart Center, Seoul
- 2006 Reduction of Modernism- Daegu Arts Center, Daegu
- 2005 KWON JUNG-HO – Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
- 2000 Stroke Sky Skeletons – Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray
- 1998 KWON JUNG-HO – Gallery Sigon, Daegu
- 1991 KWON JUNG-HO – Gallery Mack Hyang, Daegu
- 1987 KWON JUNG-HO – Gallery DooSon, Seoul
- 1987 KWON JUNG-HO – Gallery Mack Hyang, Seoul
- 1986 KWON JUNG-HO - Skeleton, Sound – Gallery Muramazu, Tokyo[21]
Selected group exhibitions[edit]
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- 2018 Fire Art Festa 2018 – PyongChang Winter Olympics Five Cultural Festival, Gangneung
- 2017 Sea Art Festival[22] - Busan Biennale, Busan
- 2017 Look into the flow of contemporary art – Yeosoo Expo Art Gallery, Yeosoo
- 2017 Barcode – Yangpyeong Museum of Art, Yangpyeong
- 2016 Daegu Art Encompass – Seoul Arts Center and Hangarum Art Museum, Seoul
- 2016 Life Painting Artists – Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu
- 2016 AUX! Germany France Place, Herd – Wuzong Art Museum, Bosung
- 2015 BongSan Art Street, Daegu Modern Artists Association - Bongsan Culture Street, Daegu
- 2015 A skeleton burned with hatred - Chonbuk Culture & Arts Center, Jeonju
- 2014 I have three eyes - Deoksugung National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
- 2014 Exhibition of 11th anniversary of Daegu subway tragedy (CMCP) - Subway Station, Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu
- 2013 Fashion with Pattern Special Planning Exhibition / 63 - Sky Art Museum, Seoul
- 2011 Dynamic Communication - KANG IK JOONG _KWONJUNGHO_ JHEON SOO CHEON / Soosung Artphia, Daegu
- 2011 Light and Spirit of Daegu Art - IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011, Anniversary Exhibition / (formerly)Commercial Bank Daegu Branch, Daegu
- 2002 Shanghai in the Eyes of world Artists 23 artists invited from 23 countries - Shanghai city hall, Shanghai
- 2001 An Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art - KoreaTimesGallery. Toronto, Canada
- 1999 An Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art - Gallery Arium, America
- 1999 Confluence of Cultures "Sound- Gallery Korea, New York
- 1997 Daegu, Asia Art Festival - Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu
- 1997 Daegu Art-Exhibition of 70 years’ history - Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu
- 1993 Nine Artists Painting Exhibition, "sky" - Gallery Kukje, Korea
- 1991 7th Korean Taiwanese Exchange Exhibition - Daejung City Culture and Arts Center, Taiwan
- 1987 The 13th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival "Skeleton" - Culture & Art museum of ChungAn, Seoul
Awards[edit]
- 2012 Grand Prize for Arts and Culture - (The Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations of Daegu)[23]
- 2003 A distinguished service medal for contribution to regional Arts development - The Minister of Arts and Tourism of Korean Government
- 2001 Arts & Culture Prize - Metropolitan City of Daegu
- 1982 Changjak Art Association Competition Specialization[21]
Selected public collections[edit]
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea
- Busan Metropolitan Art Museum
- Daegu Arts Center, South Korea
- Daegu Opera House, South Korea
- Daegu University Museum, South Korea
- Daegu Health College, South Korea
- Murray State University Museum, Kentucky, United States
- Shanghai City Hall, China
- Cyan Museum of Art, South Korea
- Kim Dae-gun Cathedral
- Bulkwang Buddhist temple
- ChunCheon Animation Museum, South Korea[15]
Publications[edit]
- 1986 A Photographic Record of An Exhibition of Painting, Drawing and Printmaking with a corollary Statement - Pratt Institute M.F.A.
- 1982 Jasper Johns, written by Maxcozlov, translated by Kwon Jung-ho, Heremsa
- 1981 The Meaning of the Object Expression in Jasper Johns - Graduate School of Education at Keimyung University[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Korean Artist Project".
- ↑ Chung, Yeonshim (2019). "Kwon Jungho's Odyssey, Death to Life: Individual and Societal Journey". In Park, Minyoung. Kwonjungho 1971-2019. Daegu: Daegu Arts Center. p. 26–29. Search this book on
- ↑ "봉산문화회관 기억공작소 '권정호 전' - 매일신문".
- ↑ Park, Minyoung (2019). Kwonjungho 1971-2019. Daegu: Daegu Arts Center. p. 252. Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "권정호 작가 회고전 다음달 21일까지". 18 August 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "권정호 (Kwon jung ho)". daarts.or.kr.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "권정호 대구대 명예교수, 발전기금 3억 기탁…소장 작품도 기증 - 매일신문".
- ↑ "권정호 前 대구예총회장 전업작가 선언 후 첫 개인전". 11 November 2010.
- ↑ Park, Minyoung (2019). Kwonjungho. Daegu: Daegu Arts Center. p. 252. Search this book on
- ↑ "Skeletons 87 - Kwon, Jung-ho".
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "포스트모더니즘 권종호 작가 작품세계 변화과정 '한눈에'". 15 August 2019.
- ↑ "Google Translate".
- ↑ Bokyoung, Dr. Kim (2019). "Eyes upon Dissolution or Absence - Life and Art of Kwon Jungho". In Park, Minyoung. Kwonjungho 1971-2019. Daegu: Daegu Arts Center. p. 45–48. Search this book on
- ↑ http://basquiat.guggenheimbilbao.eus/en/collaborations/#win-$-1%C2%B4000%C2%B4000
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "해골이 말을 건다, 끝이 아닌 시작이라고…". 25 July 2013.
- ↑ ""현대사회 구조적 모순 비판한 화업 50년 총정리"…원로화가 권정호 대규모전시회". 28 August 2019.
- ↑ "The 10th Anniversary of the Daegu Subway Fire".
- ↑ "100 die in hail of steel after Korea gas blast". 29 April 1995.
- ↑ "권정호 화백의 평창 '파이어 아트페스타 헌화가' - 매일신문".
- ↑ "Korean Artist Project".
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Korean Artist Project".
- ↑ "부산 비엔날레 BUSAN BIENNALE". blog.busanbiennale.org.
- ↑ "2012 대구예술상 부문별 선정자 발표…권정호 대구미협고문 대상 수상 - 매일신문".
External Links[edit]
Youtube videos[edit]
- One man show 2007 Insa gallery Daegu, May 25, 2019
- Exhibition #7 artsnews, Daegu, August 24, 2019
- 아름다운사색 Daegu, March 30, 2010
- FAF2018 -염원
- PyeongChang Winter Olympics' 5th Cultural Festival Fire Art Festival 2018 July 8, 2019
- Daegu Art 2 Interview by visiting the MBC broadcasting PD, 2014
- Lecture (in Korean) on Kwonjungho by Laurance D’ist 10 May, 2017
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