Hoon Kwak (b.1941) Autumn Garden 1988 Mixed Media On Laminated Rice Paper 58x33

There are very few of Kwak's paintings available from his early works in the 1980s. This is a beautiful example of his work during that period. Hoon KWAK (b.1941), as one of the pivotal figures in Korean abstract painting, constitutes unparalleled aesthetic mainstay of contemporary Korean art along with Nam June Paik, Lee Ufan. In 1969, Kwak cofounded a group called ‘A.G. (Avant-garde) and spearheaded Korea’s avant-garde movement. His relocation to the U.S. in 1975 is the period when he began working on abstract and primal paintings. Reaching beyond his personal identity and extending out toward the origin of humanity, In 2000, Kwak became the first Korean artist to hold a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Art in Beijing. His persistent interest in reviving mythologies, shamanism, and folklores that have been long-suppressed by modernity finds embodiment in his artistic perseverance. It is the viewers’ role to identify and bestow meaning to these imageries

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Used (normal wear)