Simultaneity 21-117

2021

Suh Seung-Won 서승원

(Korean, b. 1941)

Culture

Korea

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Measurements

162 x 130.3 cm (63 3/4 x 51 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Stephen E. Myers 2024.43

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

The artist Suh Seung-won was one of the founding members of the Korean Avant-Garde Association in the late 1960s.

Description

As one of the founding members of the Korean Avant-Garde Association in the late 1960s, Suh Seung-Won is known for his poetic style that explores subtle geometric forms geometric with large, gently layered brush strokes, blurring and melding edges. According to Suh, this image came from his childhood memory of seeing a silvery beam of moonlight touch the mulberry paper pasted on the windows of a traditional Korean house. This work expresses the artist’s ongoing interest in creating a field in which three-dimensional forms and linear planes appear to float in the middle of the canvas, making a space of wonder where the material of acrylic and immateriality of light lose their distinction.