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Chung Sang-Hwa 鄭相和
Work 73-1-9 作品73-1-9
1973
Work 73-1-9 exemplifies Chung Sang-Hwa’s long engagement with repetition, ritual, and process. It is one of the first paintings for which he used the technique of priming the canvas with kaolin, a soft white clay traditionally used for manufacturing porcelain. Chung peeled off the hardened clay layer in large, irregular-shaped fragments and then applied acrylic paint in a palette of whites, greys, and blues, sometimes leaving small areas of blank canvas underneath. The result is an abstract composition that suggests the topography of the earth or the patterns of the sky. Chung’s highly systematic yet intuitive approach is indicative of his early experiments with colour and textural painting as well as his meditative practice, which corresponds with the introspective processes of his contemporaries in the Dansaekhwa movement in South Korea.
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