한국현대미술의 현상 Phenomena in Korean Contemporary Art

  (left)Forest-Divine No150, 131 × 131 cm, Mixed media, 2022 ⓒ ADAGP. (right) Gallery LAMER exhibition view 2023. Photo=Kwon Dong-chul. Hans Hofmann mused, “ Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates а spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression  through which the artist translates his inner world. ”   Following this credo, Korean artist Ryu Youngsin's abstracted expressionist style illustrates the power and beauty of nature. Focusing on vivid color and integrated texture, her mixed media paintings evoke the visceral power of nature. Impressed and fascinated by the landscape and its elements, Ms. Youngsin's dazzling compositions pulsate with an emotional bravura and are passionate reflections revealing her personal perceptions of nature.   Forest-Divine No149, 130×130 ㎝ , Mixed media, 2022 ⓒADAGP. Rather than re-creating a ...

  (left) Into the forest-19, 91.0 × 116.5 ㎝ Oil on canvas, 2012. (right) Into the forest-When it snows, 103.3 × 130.3 ㎝ Oil on canvas, 2010. Youngsin Ryu is a highly accomplished contemporary painter who for the past five years has focused her attention on representing the formal elegance of birch trees. Like many Korean painters, her point of view is to envision forms in nature that contain the Qi or quiet energy. She discovered the natural movements ofthe trunks, branches, and leaves of these vibrant trees while observing the effect of breezes blowing through the forest glade.   Inspired by what she saw, Youngsin Ryu chose to transform this rhythmic sensation into an epic of wonderment through the art of painting.   It is precisely this sense of wonder that intrigued the artist, thus giving   the artist a necessary focus by which to concentrate and transform her perceptions of nature through her lingering experience in the birch forest.   Why birch t...