Yoo Youngkuk : Quintessence
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
8891826162
ISBN-13
9788891826169
Publisher
Mondadori Electa
Imprint
Mondadori Electa
Country of Manufacture
IT
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 22nd, 2020
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
2,864 grams
Dimensions
26.50 x 32.40 x 5.20 cms
Product Classification:
Art & design styles: from c 1960Individual artists, art monographs
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This is the first comprehensive monograph on master artist Yoo Youngkuk, one of Korea's most popular modernists and considered a magician of colors.
This is the first comprehensive monograph on master artist Yoo Youngkuk, one of Korea''s most popular modernists and considered a "magician of colors."
Yoo Youngkuk was born and raised in the remote hinterlands of Uljin, South Korea. In the 1930s, he left to study art in Japan and returned to Korea in 1943 amid the turmoil of the Pacific War, when he earned a living as a fisherman and liquor maker while continuing to paint. After 1955, he resumed his art practice in earnest, leading many early avant-garde groups and lecturing. His works later brought him national recognition, drawing much praise from critics and the public alike. From the 1960s onward, he withdrew from group activities and devoted himself entirely to working in his studio, exhibiting every two years. Yoo''s unique compositional approach and formal techniques uncovered a prototype of nature in color palettes and geometric forms. His unshakable belief in the power of abstraction formulated an enduring modernist view of civilization and history.
Showcased for the first time in this beautiful book, his seminal works embody the core philosophy of Korean identity and "national art." Reminiscent of the deep waters, rugged mountains, fertile valleys, and brilliant sun of his Uljin hometown, Yoo''s powerful aesthetic draws viewers into his quintessence of nature in a directly emotional way.
Yoo Youngkuk was born and raised in the remote hinterlands of Uljin, South Korea. In the 1930s, he left to study art in Japan and returned to Korea in 1943 amid the turmoil of the Pacific War, when he earned a living as a fisherman and liquor maker while continuing to paint. After 1955, he resumed his art practice in earnest, leading many early avant-garde groups and lecturing. His works later brought him national recognition, drawing much praise from critics and the public alike. From the 1960s onward, he withdrew from group activities and devoted himself entirely to working in his studio, exhibiting every two years. Yoo''s unique compositional approach and formal techniques uncovered a prototype of nature in color palettes and geometric forms. His unshakable belief in the power of abstraction formulated an enduring modernist view of civilization and history.
Showcased for the first time in this beautiful book, his seminal works embody the core philosophy of Korean identity and "national art." Reminiscent of the deep waters, rugged mountains, fertile valleys, and brilliant sun of his Uljin hometown, Yoo''s powerful aesthetic draws viewers into his quintessence of nature in a directly emotional way.
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