Korean, born 1932. Pioneer of Korean experimental art (실험미술). “Non-sculpture”: tied and bound objects, knots in stone, smoke and wind and fire as material. Predates and runs parallel to Mono-ha across the strait.
First met at (Un)Bound, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, 2022. My own find, not from where Namjoon pointed.
Grows from
- Mono-ha - runs parallel to it across the strait. My own find, not where Namjoon pointed.
The door - why it matters
The way he plays with different materials. Rocks are supposed to be hard and stiff, but yet in his work it’s malleable by a string that is soft.
Branches
- Godret Stone (encountered) - stone bound under rope, matter put under tension.
Related
- Sekine Nobuo · Lee Ufan - Mono-ha kin across the strait.