In the 1990’s, Ha Dong Chul (1946-2006), a leading Korean abstract artist, sought to represent the essential nature of creation through an examination of “light.” The resulting series of paintings bear his trademark synthesis of Western Modernism and native Korean technique. Ha used the “plucked ink line,” the age-old tool of the Korean carpenter and stonemason, to mark his canvasses with diagonal stripes. His bold, primary colors come directly from the obangsaek, the spectrum of red, blue, yellow, white, and black used to represent the cardinal directions in Korean tradition.
A painter, print-maker, and educator, Ha Dong Chul received the 1974 Prize at the Korean National Art Exhibition and a 1977 Fulbright Scholarship to the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. He served as Chairman of the Korean Contemporary Print Association from 1990 to 1991 and Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University from 2000 after teaching there for over two decades. His work is in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Japan, the Cincinnati Museum of Art, and the British Museum.
Ha’s daughter, Ha Won, uses projections and reflections of light to compare subjective and objective reality. Her installation, “A Drop of Sky,” invites viewers to an “experience of space” and, through video, adds the element of time. Ms. Ha is a professor at Ulsan University, and her works are in the permanent collections of the Gwangju Museum of Art, the Honolulu Academy of Art, and the British Museum.
This exhibition was presented in collaboration with the Dongwha Cultural Foundation.
Monday, July 13, 2015 | 6 PM
Gallery Opening
The Korea Society Gallery
Gallery Open Daily, M-F, 10 AM-5 PM
For more information, please contact Jahee Yu
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.
The Van Fleet Golf Tournament returned to the beautiful Alpine Country Club in Demarest, New Jersey, on September 15, 2008. The 80 men and women, playing in 20 teams, tested their skill on the challenging, A.W. Tillinghast-designed course. Preceded by a sumptous breakfast, the day’s play produced some remarkable scores, as well as an opportunity for friends and supporters of The Korea Society to network and strengthen relationships. Top players and teams were recognized at teh dinner awards ceremony that bought the tournament to a close. Each winner (listed below) received valuable prizes from The Korea Society’s generous sponsors. As per tradition, Hyundai’s hole-in-one prize—a 2009 Hyundai Genesis—went unclaimed.
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