한국 작품의 수집과 관심이 국제적으로 높아짐에 따라 요구되는, 한국미술에 대한 이해를 돕기 위한 영문 책이다. 영국 대학에서 한국미술사를 가르치는 저자는, 최근 2년여 동안 쓴 글을 바탕으로 19세기 후반부터 현재까지를 통해 오늘 한국미술의 형성 원인과 과정을 추적한다.

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국제적으로 관심이 높아지는 근현대 한국 미술에 대한 이해를 돕기 위한 영문책이다. 영국 대학에서 한국미술사를 가르치는 저자가 19세기 후반부터 현재까지의 한국미술의 형성 원인과 과정에 대해 심도있게 체계적으로 서술하였다.

Korean artists are a permanent fixture on today’s international art scene, as interest in modern and contemporary art from South as well as North Korea has grown in strength. Museums and individual collectors eager to tap into this rising market are acquiring many more Korean artworks. But how are we to understand Korean art and its cultural significance? What has led to the formation of Korea’s cultural scene as we know it today, and what role have artists played in this process? These are some of the questions that frame the narrative in this richly illustrated history of Korean art from the late nineteenth century to the present day – a period which coincided with enormous and rapid political, social and economic change. 

From artists’ first encounters with oil paintings in the late nineteenth century to the varied and vibrant creative outputs of the 2000s, the book covers a critical and, from a cultural perspective, revolutionary period, signified by the breakdown of earlier artistic conventions and the rise of new art forms. Within this historical trajectory, Charlotte Horlyck explores artists’ interpretations of new and traditional art forms ranging from oil and ink paintings to video art, multi-media installations, ready-mades and performance, and their questions about the role of art and the artist’s position within society. This book will appeal equally to general and specialist readers wanting to explore this rich and fascinating epoch in Korea’s cultural history.

지은이 | 샬럿 홀릭 (Charlotte Horlyck)

Charlotte Horlyck is Lecturer in Korean Art History at SOAS, University of London, where she teaches on Korean art from pre-modern to contemporary times. She has published widely on Korean material culture.

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NOTE TO READERS 1

PREFACE 8

1 ART AND ITS DISPLAY IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA 13

2 IN SEARCH OF THE NEW: PAINTERS OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD 41

3 ART NATIONALISM AND IDEOLOGY: THE FORMATION OF SOCIALIST REALIST ART IN NORTH KOREA 71

4 ABSTRACT PAINTINGS OF THE 1950S TO 197OS 97

5 ART AND POLITICS OF THE 1980S AND MID-199OS 133

6 CONTESTING FORM AND CONTENT: ART OF THE 199OS AND 2000S 165

GLOSSARY 201

REFERENCES 207

BIBLIOGRAPHY 222

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 246

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 247

INDEX 255