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Gyeongbuk Art Exhibition

Gyeongbuk Art Exhibition

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The Gyeongbuk Art Exhibition was a group exhibition organized by the Gyeongbuk Culture Construction Federation [Gyeongbuk munhwa geonseol yeonmaeng] and held from March 1 to 10, 1946 at the Daegu Public Hall. A Gyeongbuk regional branch of the Central Committee for the Construction of Korean Culture [Joseon munhwa geonseol jungang hyeobuihoe], the Gyeongbuk Culture Construction Federation was formed in early September of 1945 and included literary, art, and music alliances. Chu Kyung served as the chairman of the art alliance, and its members included Choi Hwasu, Park Myungjoe, Seo Dongjin, and Kim Byeonguk. They held the Gyeongbuk Art Exhibition in 1946 at the Daegu Public Hall in commemoration of the March First Independence Movement under the auspices of the Education Department of Gyeongsangnam-do Province and Daegu sibo newspaper company. The exhibition featured more than 100 works by artists who were active primarily in the Gyeongsangbuk-do region. In November of the same year, the art alliance of the Gyeongbuk Culture Construction Federation renamed itself as the Gyeongbuk Art Research Association and continued its activities. In April 1947, the second exhibition co-hosted by the Gyeongbuk Art Research Association and Daegu sibo was held with Eastern-style painting, oil painting, watercolor, drawing, and sculpture sections. However, no specific information about the duration of the exhibition or participating artists remains. After Korea’s liberation from Japan, in the art scene, both leftist and rightist prioritized the establishment of national art, joined in the formation of cultural federations centering around young artists, and held exhibitions by region. The Gyeongbuk Art Exhibition was one such example and a major group exhibition in the Gyeongbuk region that resumed after a period of stagnation during the Japanese occupation era in the early 1940s.
* Source: MMCA

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