Composition — 이응노

Composition

Yi Eungro’s ‘Composition’ (1968) is a powerful abstract work created during imprisonment. Explore its dense ink strokes, textured surface & Korean-Western fusion. #KoreanArt #AbstractPainting


이응노 (1904 - 1989)

Explore Yi Eungro's (Lee Ungno) innovatif art : koreenisch-fraansch schilder die mengt orientale en occidentaal stijlen, bekend voor abstracte inkt collages & menigte schilderingen. Een kunstenaar die een belangrijke rol speelde bij het diversifiëren van de toepassing van Oostelijke kunstmaterialen in moderne kunst.

Musée Lee Ungno (Daegu, South Korea)

Découvrez le musée Lee Ungno à Daejeon : une célébration de l'art moderne coréen avec plus de 500 œuvres ! Explorez les lettres abstraites et les peintures de prison pour comprendre la vision unique d’Ungro.

In 1967, Lee Ungno was imprisoned for 2 years and 6 months for his involvement in the East Berlin Affair. He suffered most from an inability to continue his practice there; however, as he adjusted to the prison environment, he started painting on tissue using soy sauce as ink and making models with rice paste, which he collected from his meal. This painting shows one example of the Abstract Letter paintings that he made in prison using ink on hanji and then painting over the canvas with soy sauce as if testifying to his imprisonment. Unlike ink, soy sauce is not a proper pigment and thus, its colour is brownish rather than black when it is put on paper; as it is not rich enough to make a long spread, the canvas shows several marks where he had to resume the application of the soy sauce at each moment.