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Lot Essay
Born in 1932, Chung Sang-Hwa is one of the most important artists for Dansaekhwa, the Korean monochrome painting movement during the 1960s and 1970s. After receiving his BFA from College of Fine Arts in Seoul National University in 1956, Chung briefly moved to Paris in 1967. Chung spent his career in France and Japan for 30 years and returned to Korea in 1990.
In the 1970s, he had been developing his own method of 'rip' and 'fill,' creating numerous grids with horizontal, diagonal and vertical lines, adding depth on the flat surface of the canvas. Untitled (2011-3-6) (Lot 492) revealed Chung's emphasis on the working process. In this way, the process itself becomes the meaning for the work and the tradition of Asian literati that emphasizes the spiritual cleansing and mind discipline is transmitted into Chung's meditative painting.
In the 1970s, he had been developing his own method of 'rip' and 'fill,' creating numerous grids with horizontal, diagonal and vertical lines, adding depth on the flat surface of the canvas. Untitled (2011-3-6) (Lot 492) revealed Chung's emphasis on the working process. In this way, the process itself becomes the meaning for the work and the tradition of Asian literati that emphasizes the spiritual cleansing and mind discipline is transmitted into Chung's meditative painting.