Lee Hangsung, Conception, 1958, Lithograph on paper, 95.5×57.5cm. MMCA collection
Lee Hangsung
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Korea Prints Association
An art association formed in January 1958 to stimulate the discipline of printmaking and to popularize the concept of printmaking. Members included Yoo Kangyul, Choi Youngrim, Park Sungsam, and Lee Hangsung. The group held its inaugural exhibition from March 18 to 24, 1958 at the Korean Information Service Gallery, and it held regular shows—once or twice per year—until 1968. The association held contests for upcoming artists from 1964 to 1975 in order to expand the base for printmaking. In 1969, the association held a printmaking contest for children. It also notably sought to achieve the internationalization of Korean art through the Korean Print Exhibition in 1968 in the Philippines. The association became less active after several young artists left the association and the Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association (Hanguk hyeondae panhwaga hyeophoe) in 1968.
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Chung Kyu
Chung Kyu (1923-1971) was born in Goseong, Gangwon-do. He graduated from Gyeonggi Public Commercial School in 1941 and moved to Japan to attend the Department of Western Painting at Teikoku Art School. He returned to Korea in 1944 and stayed in Busan during the Korean War, moving to Seoul to be a researcher at the Korean Visual Art Research Institute from 1954 to 1962. He studied prints and ceramics in Rochester, New York, USA on a one-year invitation from the Rockefeller Foundation. After he came back, he expanded his art from painting to prints and ceramics. He was a founding member of the Korea Art Critics Association in 1956, the Korea Prints Association [Hanguk panhwa hyeophoe] in 1958, and the Korean Art Critics Association in 1960. He established the Institute of Korean Traditional Ceramics Craft in 1960. He contributed his prints to the Contemporary Art Exhibit sponsored by Chosun Ilbo and created ceramic murals at Oyang Building and Namsan Liberty Center, leaving an important mark on the development of public art in Korea. He worked as an art lecturer at Ewha Woman’s University from 1955 to 1961, at the department of craft, Hongik University from 1960 to 1963, and as a professor of the Department of Ceramics at Kyung Hee University from 1963 to 1971.
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Sinmisul
The first Korean art magazine published in 1956 by printmaker and Western-style artist Lee Hangsung. The first issue featured articles written by Do Sang-bong and Kim Byungki, as respective representatives of the Daehan Art Association (Daehan misul hyeopoe) and the Korean Artists Association (Hanguk misulga hyeopoe). The two organizations shared a rivalry that centered on the National Art Exhibition (Gukjeon). Other writers included Choi Soonwoo, Kim Chungup, Park Kosuk, Ahn Byeongyong, Kim Youngjoo, and Kim Sou. Most of the writers for the first issue were also the founding members of the Korean Art Critics Association, which was established in November. This suggests that Sinmisul was influential in the development of a national culture of critique. Until the 12th issue in July 1962, however, the magazine featured no direct critiques, and the magazine was discontinued after the 13th issue in 1963.
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