The Korea Times
Korean artist Ha Chong-hyun, celebrated as a pioneer of Dansaekhwa, or monochrome painting, yet defying artistic boundaries, is set to take center stage at the Asian Art Museum (AAM) in San Francisco, a key art institution dedicated to Asian art and culture, in September. The exhibition, "Ha Chong-hyun: Retrospective," will bring together some 50 paintings, including works created as recently as this year, highlighting Ha's artistic trajectory over the past 60 years. Born in 1935, he graduated from Hongik University, majoring in fine art. He later served as a professor there for over 30 years and worked as dean of the school's fine arts department from 1990-94. He assumed the directorship of the Seoul Museum of Art from 2001 to 2006. The artist, 90, is best known for his signature "Conjunction" series, where he forces thick oil paint through the back of coarse canvas, leaving textured traces on the front — a process that emphasizes the material itself and fuses physical labor with abstract expression. "Being labeled a Dansaekhwa master does not do him justice," said Lee So-young, the B
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