Park Seo-Bo (1931-2023) was a pioneering figure in Korean contemporary art and a leading artist of the Dansaekhwa movement (1960s-1980s). Dansaekhwa emerged in postwar Korea, blending elements of Korean artistic heritage with Western abstraction and gaining international recognition for its emphasis on materiality, process, and meditative repetition.

 

Park’s steadfast commitment to pushing boundaries and embracing new vocabularies of expression has consistently resulted in new and influential bodies of work. His renowned Écriture series (1967-2023) reflects this dedication and has profoundly shaped his artistic journey and contributions to contemporary art. 

 

His works have been exhibited at the prestigious Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York (2019-2020), the Langen Foundation in Neuss, Germany (2019-2020), and at the Venice Biennale in 1988 and 2015. 

 

Over his career, he received several prestigious accolades, including the Asia Society Asia Game Changer Award in 2018 and the Silver Crown Cultural Medal in Korea in 2011.

“ I want to reduce the idea and emotion in my work to express only that. I want to reduce and reduce — to create pure emptiness. „

—Park Seo-Bo