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* Source: Multilingual Glossary of Korean Art. Korea Arts Management Service
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Sincheje
Sincheje is a group formed in 1970 by Western-style painters who graduated from the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. Its founding members were Kim Changjin, Yun Geoncheol, Lee Kangso, and Jeon Changun. They held an exhibition in celebration of the establishment of Sincheje at Shinsegae Gallery from June 2 through 6 in 1970. Sincheje was composed of young artists who pursued visual art concepts after abstraction, and most of them created works inclined toward geometric abstraction or Optical Art. Among the artists who joined Sincheje other than its founding members were Kang Hwajin, Kwun Suncheol, Kim Jungheun, Park Hakbae, Park Hangryul, Park Heeja, Park Sunam, An Boseon, Oh Sufan, Chong Jaekyoo, Jo Yonggak, Choi Sangchul, and Ha Dongchul. Due to the collapse of a common ideology and the departure of its members, Sincheje was dissolved with its eleventh exhibition held at the Korea Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center from July 10 through 16 in 1976 as the last exhibition. Sincheje is considered to have contributed to the opening of the art scene in the 1970s, along with the ST and Esprit, which were founded to establish contemporary art departing from the overheated Art Informel style of the 1960s.
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Deoksugung Museum of Art
A term that refers to two separate art museums that have existed in the grounds of Deoksugung palace at different times. First, the Yi Royal Family Museum, which was built in 1938 and renamed the Deoksugung Museum of Art after independence in 1948. This iteration of the Museum was merged with the National Museum of Korea in 1969. Separately, in 1998 a branch of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (now MMCA) was established at this location, and also named the Deoksugung Museum of Art. In 2013, the official name of the branch was changed to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung but some people still use the previous name, Deoksugung Museum of Art.
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Mook Lim-Hoe
A Korean art group founded in 1960 by several alumni of the Seoul National University College of Fine Arts. The group was active until 1964. The name of the group derives from the Korean pronunciation of Molin, the frequent professional and literary soubriquet of the Ming Dynasty art collector Xiang Yuanbian. The group is noteworthy for its experimentation with abstract and semi-abstract works in the classical literati style of colored ink paintings.
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