Kim Chungsook, Bronze Line and Stained Glass, 1956, Bronze-welding, glass, 84.5×34.5×30cm. MMCA collection
Welded sculpture
* Source: Multilingual Glossary of Korean Art. Korea Arts Management Service
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Kim Chungsook
Kim Chungsook (1917-1991) was taught by Yun Hyojoong and Yoo Jinmyeong at Hongik University until graduating in 1953. She moved to the U.S. and studied painting from professor Leo Spot at Mississippi State University and attended the graduate program of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan. After her return to Korea in 1957 she worked as a professor at Hongik University. She introduced welded sculpture to Korean students and artists and expanded the scope of sculptural metal work in Korea. She went back to the U.S. to study industrial design and metal craft at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio from 1958 to 1959. She served as the Dean of sculpture in the Fine Art department of Hongik University and the director of the Plastic Arts Research Institute. Kim Chungsook’s style has been described as one of love and affection, as her work reflected both her strong Christian beliefs and her feminine sensibility. Her series Wings is considered as representational of her interests in diverse techniques and materials. In the context of modernist sculpture in Korea she is considered a pioneer who worked in the tradition of Plasticism to introduce a new lyrical approach.
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