8 Youn Bummo, Director’s Foreword
12 Kang Seungwan, “On The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900-2019”
Part I. 1900-1950
22 Kim Inhye, “The Role of Artists in Times of Darkness”
27 1. Records of the Righteous
29 Choi Youl, “The Struggle of Symbols: The Patriot’s Soul and the Flame of Modern Times”
65 2. Art and Enlightenment
67 Kim Mee Young, “Challenge and Resistance: Korean Art and Culture after the March 1st Movement until the 1930s”
111 3. Sound of the People
113 Hong Jisuk, “Ideology and Development of Korea’s Proletarian Art Movement in the Japanese Colonial Period”
159 4. Mind of Korea 161 Kim Hyunsook, “The Trajectory of the Paintings Presenting Joseon”
Part II. 1950-2019
196 Kang Soojung, “The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900-2019 Part II. 1950-2019: Opposing Chronic Historical Interpretation Syndrome”
209 Kwon Boduerae, “The Public Square Set Forth in The Square: Firm Individuals and Flexible Community”
215 1. Blackened Sun
231 2. Han-gil (One Path
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Held at MMCA Deoksugung, Part I considers the role and relationship of Korean art with the liberation movement during the Japanese colonial period. Considering the overall theme of how historical conditions influence the art of a given era, this part is divided into four sections: “Records of the Righteous,” “Art and Enlightenment,” “Sound of the People,” and “Mind of Korea.” “Records of the Righteous” recalls the individuals who found their own ways to bravely uphold the nation’s honor and autonomy during Japan’s initial encroachment into Korea and eventual colonial rule: literati scholars who vehemently asserted the need to maintain Confucian tradition and the isolationist policy; members of the resistance militia; people who risked everything to join the front line of the independence movement; people who chose to go into hiding to nurture future generations; and the martyrs who made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their life to the cause. Through Chae Yongshin’s magnificent portra
