[Colloquium] Kim Tschang-Yeul (1929-2021), an asceticism caught in the turmoil of History
September 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm KST
Seoul Colloquium in Korean Studies
(Organized by the Seoul Center of the ÉFEO and RAS Korea)
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Kim Tschang-Yeul (1929-2021), an asceticism caught in the turmoil of History
SPEAKER: Simon Kim, (Kim Tschang-Yeul’s son)
DATE: Thursday, September 9, 2021. 6:00PM (Seoul)
Summary:
Kim Tschang-Yeul has become internationally known as the Waterdrops master for the motive he used over and over again in his paintings since the early 1970s to his death. Joining painting techniques from the Western pictural tradition (hyperrealism, oil painting, aso) to Eastern imagery (water, Chinese characters, Chinese calligraphy, aso), his body of work impresses by both its hyper-realistic form and its orientalist content. When asked about the meaning of his painting, Kim Tschang-Yeul often related his practice to his past, a past deeply rooted in the History of Korea from Japanese occupation to the Korean War. There is yet another dialogue going on in his work that links him as well with the history of art of the late 20th century.
Simon Kim:
Associate Professor at the French Language and Literature Department of Korea University, specializes in comparative approaches to Literature, Culture and Arts. As a translator and editor, translated novels and short stories into French, most notably a selection of Kim Dong-in’s short-stories (Les recherches du professeur K et autres nouvelles) and Park Sang-ryung’s 죽음의 한 연구 (De morte). Is currently chief editor of a collection on Korean short-story writers at the Atelier des Cahiers publishing company.
