Shapes, Lines & Colors opens up a subtle dialogue in the visual arts between Asia and the West, in the way in which forms that represent abstraction are approached: geometric or not. Lines can be straight or curved, broken or interrupted, sinuous or short, coloured or black, narrow or wide, textured or smooth, free or structured, separated or intertwined.
The works on display, on paper or canvas, provoke deep reflection on the place that art should occupy in the world and in society. It's not just about creating a simple composition. For the artists, spirituality finds its source in earthly life. In many ways, the composition that occupies a central place in the works inevitably leads them towards a sacred dimension.
Nam Tchun-Mo is characterized by his monochrome approach and his relationship with matter. He is a member of the Dansaekhwa movement, the artistic movement which joins the aesthetics of the Western avant-garde movements of the 60s and 70s. In this regard, he integrates elements such as the involvement of the body and the intellect that belong to ancestral Korean culture, leading to processes of repetition and meditation.
Since his childhood, when he lived with his parents in the mountains of South Korea, the vision of furrows in the tobacco fields has haunted him. The landscapes he sees then, will mark him forever: the traces in the earth will become lines that capture the ligh. They will be the true three-dimensional feature in his first period when he produces an art that celebrates networks.
This exhibition mainly brings his recent works, in which chopped strips and thick lines intersect all-over in the foreground. They are painted with frank, free gestures and materials, done mainly in one or two dominant colors.
Shapes, Lines & Colors opens up a subtle dialogue in the visual arts between Asia and the West, in the way in which forms that represent abstraction are approached: geometric or not. Lines can be straight or curved, broken or interrupted, sinuous or short, coloured or black, narrow or wide, textured or smooth, free or structured, separated or intertwined.
The works on display, on paper or canvas, provoke deep reflection on the place that art should occupy in the world and in society. It's not just about creating a simple composition. For the artists, spirituality finds its source in earthly life. In many ways, the composition that occupies a central place in the works inevitably leads them towards a sacred dimension.
Nam Tchun-Mo is characterized by his monochrome approach and his relationship with matter. He is a member of the Dansaekhwa movement, the artistic movement which joins the aesthetics of the Western avant-garde movements of the 60s and 70s. In this regard, he integrates elements such as the involvement of the body and the intellect that belong to ancestral Korean culture, leading to processes of repetition and meditation.
Since his childhood, when he lived with his parents in the mountains of South Korea, the vision of furrows in the tobacco fields has haunted him. The landscapes he sees then, will mark him forever: the traces in the earth will become lines that capture the ligh. They will be the true three-dimensional feature in his first period when he produces an art that celebrates networks.
This exhibition mainly brings his recent works, in which chopped strips and thick lines intersect all-over in the foreground. They are painted with frank, free gestures and materials, done mainly in one or two dominant colors.
