박수근 미술의 전개와 확장: 미술 단체 활동을 중심으로

Abstract

The art of Park Soo-keun(1914~1965) was known only for his art entries submitted to and awards received from the Joseon Art Exhibition and National Art Exhibition of the Republic of Korea before and after the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule. Since there aren't many records or materials on other artistic activities, an in-depth understanding of the formative source of the artist's work has been limited. Furthermore, the artistic exchanges between the artist and the art circles of the time have not been revealed sufficiently including the very basic information to an extent that he was introduced as a ‘pure independence artist’ in the press release related to the exhibition of Park Soo-keun’s posthumous work. The fact that Park Soo-keun, who had never received art education in a professional institution, joined and participated in the art associations four times during his lifetime is relatively unknown. To this end, this study aims to review how the art association activities that Park Soo-keun joined influenced the development and expansion of his artwork. The study first reviewed the artist’s activities in Joo Ho-hoe during Park Soo-keun’s Pyongyang days, a period of exploring his art. Next, this study reviewed the artist’s activities in the Korean Art Association and Korea Prints Association during Park Soo-keun’s Seoul days, a period of establishing and expanding his art after the Korean War. Finally, this study reviewed the artist’s activities in the Contemporary Prints Association, where Park Soo-keun participated during a final period of his art, a few years before his death. Through the above, this study confirmed that the exchange with the art circles of the time cannot be overlooked in the process of establishing and expanding Park Soo-keun’s art. In particular, Park Soo-keun’s Joo Ho-hoe activities laid the ground for the formative foundation of the artist’s work, which practices the aesthetics of Korea. The activities in the Korean Art Association provided Park Soo-keun an independent driving force for his work based on the psychological stability of becoming a member of the South Korean art circles. The activities in the Korea Prints Association served as an opportunity for the full-scale experiment paying attention to the potential of printmaking as an expressive medium, while the activities in the Contemporary Prints Association provided an opportunity to realistically consider the present state of his artistry.