7 Youn Bummo_Korean Art: Dynamism and Expansion
PART 1 FROM “CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTING” TO “FINE ART”
15 Kim Inhye_Introduction
21 Kang Mingi_A Transformation in Traditional Korean Painting
39 Mok Soohyun_The Emergence of New Art Forms and the Reorganization of the Art
Institutions During the Colonial Period
53 Seo Yuri_The KAPF Movement: Art for People and Art for Social Revolution
65 Kim Hyunsook_The Acceptance of Modern Art and the Indigenization of Oil Painting
85 Kwon Heangga_The New Visual Culture of Photography and Print Media
PART 2 ART IN A TIME OF WAR AND DIVISION
101 Liu Jienne_Introduction
105 Shin Soo-kyung_Art in an Era of Reform: Beyond the Crisis of Liberation and the Korean War
125 Hong Jisuk_Socialist Realism and Juche Art: The Formation of North Korean Art in 1945?67
137 Park Soojin_Art of the Korean Diaspora
153 Cho Eunjung_The National Art Exhibition and the Development of the Art World After
Korean Independence
PART 3 THE TRADITION/MODERNITY
Chapter 1, titled “From ‘calligraphy and painting’ to ‘art,’” covers the period from Korea’s opening in the late 19th century through the first part of the 20th century and Korea’s liberation in 1945. It examines the ways in which modernity was introduced into the traditional Korean painting world in a time of social and cultural upheavals. In particular, it focuses on changes to traditional painting and the artistic establishment with the advent of the new “art” concept, as well as the new visual culture ushered in by advancements in popular media.
Chapter 2, titled “Art in a time of war and division,” examines the process of Korean art transforming and acquiring its own independence during a time of revolution and chaos extending from liberation until shortly after the end of the Korean War. By also including trends in North Korean art during this time, the book attempts to expand the focus of art history research to the artistic diaspora brought about by the Japanese occupation a
