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Lot 13: PARK SEO-BO B. 1931 Ecriture No. 070212 2007 signed, titled, dated 2007

Est: $180,000 HKD - $280,000 HKD
BonhamsAdmiralty, Hong KongNovember 21, 2017

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PARK SEO-BO B. 1931 Ecriture No. 070212 2007 signed, titled, dated 2007 and inscribed on the reverse mixed media with Korean paper on canvas 40 x 54cm (15 3/4 x 21 1/4in).

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Provenance Private Collection, Korea 70212 2007 : PARK SEO-BO ECRITURE NO. 070212 2007 S.B. PARK My work is [...] related to the oriental tradition of space, the spiritual concept of space. I am more interested in space from the point of view of nature. Even though my paintings may represent an idea about culture, the main focus is based on nature [...] I want to reduce the idea and emotion in my work to express only that. I want to reduce and reduce – to create pure emptiness. PARK SEO-BO ( 2006) ... ..., -2006 35 Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #6, 1995. Acrylic and graphite on canvas 152.4 x 152.4cm. Credit: Private Collection/Bridgeman Images. ,«6»1995, © 2017 Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 36 Considered one of the leading figures Korean modern art, Park Seobo is also considered one of the foremost members of Dansaekhwa, the Korean Monochrome Movement. Deeply affected by the Korean War (1950-1953), artist of Park’s generation turned away from representational forms and explored instead more introspective practices and philosophies. Park’s Ecriture (meaning, handwriting ) series soon emerged as his response to a search for a dynamic, meditative art, non-traditional and non-representational practice. Works such as the present lot, Ecriture No. 070212 are created in one sitting with the meticulous laying down of paint, which is then incised to create a repeated but dynamic form. The works often have a nearsculptural quality, emphasizing texture, materiality, and mood. As with the works of Lee Ufan, they serve no representational purpose other than the manifestation of the artist’s engagement with his materials, his progression through those materials in a moment in time. As such, the works resonate with an almost organic singularity, with the infinite revelations of the artist as he approaches the unfolding of time and space, just as a monk might approach meditation, discovering that that the fundamental truth in his infinite repetitions are their uniqueness and variability. It is with works like these that Dansaekhwa masters fused an interest in Western oil painting with Korean philosophical traditions, creating an utterly new trajectory for modern art in Asia. , Dansaekhwa ,(19501953), ,«Ecriture»(:) « No. 070212» , 37 38

Auction Details

Modern and Contemporary Art

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Bonhams
November 21, 2017, 03:00 PM HKT

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