筆墨之間- Korean Paintings and Calligraphic Works

The Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong(KCC) presents - Korean Paintings and Calligraphic Exhibition ‘筆墨之間’.

Period:  July 08-August 08, 2020

Venue:   7/F, Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong

Artists:  30 Korean ink-painting artists

Organizer:  Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong, The Contemporary Art Research Institute of Kyung Hee University

'筆墨之間- Korean Paintings and Calligraphic Works’ is the group exhibition that presents 30 outstanding art pieces that shows the aesthetic of Hangeul, Korean letter Calligraphy and Korean painting. One of the prominent differences between Western and Asian art is that the concept of ‘painting’ in Asia includes not only paintings(畵) but also letters(書). In this exhibition audiences can appreciate both traditional Asian calligraphy and Asian paintings combined with contemporary calligraphy. The common feature of these 30 paintings by 30 renowned Korean ink painting artists is they all carry the aesthetic of Hangeul.

KCC holds various events that promote Hangeul, including a Korean Speech Contest, K-pop Handwriting Challenge and so on. Among them Hangeul Calligraphy Exhibition is a representative content KCC devotes to every year. During the exhibition, KCC will introduce each of the 30 art pieces through SNS and eDM, featuring individual works.

Featured works:

KIM Byeong-gi 金炳基, Ginseng is also a weed in cabbage fields(白菜田裏, 人蔘亦是雜草), 140×60㎝, Hanji, Soomuk, 2020

KIM Sun-doo 金善斗, Slow landscape-Yaksan Road(緩慢的風景-藥山街), 140×60㎝, Hanji, Soomuk, 2020

PARK Jong-gab 朴鐘甲, Coronavirus Curtain - The Way of Mortals(冠狀病毒帳幕–人類之路), 140×60㎝, Hanji, Soomuk, 2020

YOON De-ra 尹大羅, A woman dressed in her dead mother's clothes and walking over Mangyong River with a one-legged rooster(穿着過世的母親的衣服,抱着獨腿公雞走在萬頃江上的女人), 140×60㎝, Hanji, Soomuk, 2020

PARK Won-gyu 朴元圭, Together(一起), 137×60㎝, Hanji, Soomuk, 2020

LEE Sun-woo 李宣雨, Forest(樹林), 113×60㎝, Hanji, Soomuk, 2020