Lot 25: Jang-Nyun Park (Korean, 1938-2009) Hemp Cloth 80-29

Jang-Nyun Park (Korean, 1938-2009)
Hemp Cloth 80-29
1980

signed and dated 80, inscribed in Chinese on the reverse
oil on hempcloth

37 x 23.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/16 in)

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Provenance
Private Collection, United States
朴庄年
麻布80-29油彩 生麻布1980年作
簽名：J.N.Park-80
來源
美國私人收藏
Known for his hyper-realistic depiction of fabrics, Park Jang Nyun uses monochromatic paint to portray the creasing of a hemp cloth, drawing our attention to the essence of the material itself. By creating an illusion of three-dimensionality on a flat textural surface, this work interrogates the boundary between the medium and pictorial image.
Born in 1938 in South Korea, Park was active during the heyday of Korean Monochrome movement in the 1970s. This artistic movement, known as Dansaekhwa, produced a loose constellation of paintings in neutral and restrained palettes, exploring themes of tactility and spirituality with reference to Korean aesthetic heritage. Throughout the period of the 1970s, Park Jang Nyun exhibited alongside artists associated with the Dansaekhwa movement such as Park Seo-Bo and Lee Ufan. While his contemporaries approached with abstract expressions, Park focused his practice on a photo-realist treatment of texture.
The Hemp Cloth series, consisting of over sixty works created from mid 1970s until Park Jang Nyun passed away in 2009, demonstrates his interest in this particular material, which is relevant to the social milieu in the post Korean War era. Low-cost and easily accessible, not only was hemp cloth widely used as rice bags and sandbags to build walls around military stations, but also as a choice of art supply materials during the time of economic difficulty.
Park Jang Nyun's works can be found in public collection including National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. His most recent retrospective was held at Sungok Museum, Korea in 2018.  朴庄年以超寫實織物畫而聞名，他用單色顏料鉅細靡遺地捕捉麻布皺褶，將我們的目光導向材料本質。這件作品立體呈現了平坦的表面紋理，構成三維的視覺幻象，藝術家藉此對媒材和繪畫圖像之間的界線提出詰問。
朴庄年一九三八年出生於南韓，在韓國一九七〇年代單色畫運動的全盛時期是活躍成員。此藝術運動締造出許多色調中性和收斂的繪畫，旨在探索觸感和靈性等主題，同時指向韓國傳統美學。在整個七〇年代，朴庄年與單色畫運動其他藝術家如朴栖甫和李禹煥等並肩展出，但是相對於同儕多走抽象表現風格，他的創作更側重以照片寫實... For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website