묵림회 화가들이 말하는 묵림회 (Mukrimhoe as Mukrimhoe Painters Talk about)

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초록

This article is about a traditional painting group, Mukrimhoe, which lasted only for 5 years in Korea. Mukrimhoe was founded in 1961 by Se Ok Suh and his alumnus and they announced to the press that they were a young avant-garde group and after that, many articles described them as such. However, I propose that the articles about Mukrimhoe as a young avant-garde group could be different from the truth. I also focus that the leader, Suh dominated the Mukrimhoe and it made he and the group members be separated.
The basic sources of this article were from two different kinds of oral history interviews. One was the group interview of Mukrimhoe members in 2001. The other one was interviews from 28 people in the project, ‘Transformation and Modernization of Paintings and Calligraphic Works in the 20th Century Korea’ in 2008-2009. In each chapter, I compared and analyzed the interviews with Se Ok Suh, the leader of the group and the group members. Based on those I tried to newly interpret with my own view about the historical group, Mukrimhoe. However, this writing is just one of many interpretations of them.
In chapter one, I described that foundation and progress of Mukrimhoe were deeply related to the leader, Se Ok Suh’s own ambition and opinion. He declared a boycott of National Exhibition of Korea, which was the most important event in fine art at that time. He also tried to gather young artists of influence to reform the old traditional painting and the leader group. In chapter four, I stated that Mukrimhoe was a hierarchical group between the leader, Suh, who was a charismatic professor, and his disciples and younger alumni. Suh suggested to create the abstract painting of Modernists, which used oriental brush and ink, to young members, who worried about how to revive the old traditional painting. He basically led the young artists by giving some suggestions. I found that many articles mentioned the group of Mukrimhoe created abstract paintings but this was not true. Even though they tried to break some rules of old painting, they created only two abstract, non-objective paintings through their entire career. I confirmed this fact after investigating twenty of their artworks that remain only in newspaper’s pictorial archive.
By 1963, Suh had gained influence in the artist community with his innovative idea in Mukrimhoe and it made the group become more political. Finally, Mukrimhoe was disassembled due to disagreement between the leader, Suh and the group members in 1965.
The focus of this writing was whether or not Mukrimhoe was actually an avant-garde group. There was significant divide between opinions of the leader and the group members. The leader, Suh emphasized that they were an avant-garde group. He also stated how their group focused on the modern style and reinforced abstraction of painting in the interview about 35 years after the group broke up. In contrast, although the group members agreed that Mukrimhoe played an innovative role in rethinking traditional painting, they said that the core of their work was not abstraction. Se Ok Suh led art historians to confuse the truth while giving wrong information to them. Therefore, the questioning Mukrimhoe’s art will continue and many newer interpretations about them will appear constantly.

영어초록

This article is about a traditional painting group, Mukrimhoe, which lasted only for 5 years in Korea. Mukrimhoe was founded in 1961 by Se Ok Suh and his alumnus and they announced to the press that they were a young avant-garde group and after that, many articles described them as such. However, I propose that the articles about Mukrimhoe as a young avant-garde group could be different from the truth. I also focus that the leader, Suh dominated the Mukrimhoe and it made he and the group members be separated.
The basic sources of this article were from two different kinds of oral history interviews. One was the group interview of Mukrimhoe members in 2001. The other one was interviews from 28 people in the project, ‘Transformation and Modernization of Paintings and Calligraphic Works in the 20th Century Korea’ in 2008-2009. In each chapter, I compared and analyzed the interviews with Se Ok Suh, the leader of the group and the group members. Based on those I tried to newly interpret with my own view about the historical group, Mukrimhoe. However, this writing is just one of many interpretations of them.
In chapter one, I described that foundation and progress of Mukrimhoe were deeply related to the leader, Se Ok Suh’s own ambition and opinion. He declared a boycott of National Exhibition of Korea, which was the most important event in fine art at that time. He also tried to gather young artists of influence to reform the old traditional painting and the leader group. In chapter four, I stated that Mukrimhoe was a hierarchical group between the leader, Suh, who was a charismatic professor, and his disciples and younger alumni. Suh suggested to create the abstract painting of Modernists, which used oriental brush and ink, to young members, who worried about how to revive the old traditional painting. He basically led the young artists by giving some suggestions. I found that many articles mentioned the group of Mukrimhoe created abstract paintings but this was not true. Even though they tried to break some rules of old painting, they created only two abstract, non-objective paintings through their entire career. I confirmed this fact after investigating twenty of their artworks that remain only in newspaper’s pictorial archive.
By 1963, Suh had gained influence in the artist community with his innovative idea in Mukrimhoe and it made the group become more political. Finally, Mukrimhoe was disassembled due to disagreement between the leader, Suh and the group members in 1965.
The focus of this writing was whether or not Mukrimhoe was actually an avant-garde group. There was significant divide between opinions of the leader and the group members. The leader, Suh emphasized that they were an avant-garde group. He also stated how their group focused on the modern style and reinforced abstraction of painting in the interview about 35 years after the group broke up. In contrast, although the group members agreed that Mukrimhoe played an innovative role in rethinking traditional painting, they said that the core of their work was not abstraction. Se Ok Suh led art historians to confuse the truth while giving wrong information to them. Therefore, the questioning Mukrimhoe’s art will continue and many newer interpretations about them will appear constantly.

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