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μΌλ¬Ένμμμ μ΄λ¦° 첫 κ°μΈμ μμ βλ΄ μμμ κ±°μ€λ₯Ό μ μμ΄ μμλλ μ΄λ€ μλͺ
λ ₯μ μ΄λλ € μλ€βκ³ μΌλ€. μ΄λ¬ν΄ λ―Έκ΅ μ νλνμμλ μμ°μμ λ°κ²¬ν ννμ μμ μ΄μΌκΈ°νλ©° βμκ³Ό μλ¦¬κ° ν¨κ» μ°μ£Όνλ€βκ³ νλ€. μ΄μ²λΌ λ
Έμ λμκ² μμ μΌμ°λΆν° λ¨μν μ‘°ν μμλ₯Ό λμ΄, μμ°κ³Ό μΈκ³λ₯Ό κ°κ°νκ³ λ΄λ©΄μ μ μμ μμ μλμ§λ₯Ό λλ¬λ΄λ ννμ μΈμ΄μλ€.
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Έμ λμ ννλ νκ΅ μ ν μΆμλ―Έμ μ νλ¦κ³Ό λ§λΏμΌλ©΄μλ μμ μ€μ¬μΌλ‘ λ
μμ μΈ λ°©ν₯μ ꡬμΆν΄μλ€. 1950~60λ
λ μ΅ν¬λ₯΄λ©μ λ¬Όμ§μ±κ³Ό μ 체μ μ μ€μ², 1970λ
λ λ¨μνμ λ°λ³΅μ νμμ μνμ±μ κ·Έμ μμ
κ³Ό μ‘°νμ μ μ μ μ΄λ£¬λ€. κ·Έλ¬λ λ
Έμ λμκ² μ 체μ νμλ λ¬Όμ± μ체λ₯Ό νꡬνκΈ°λ³΄λ€ μμ°κ³Ό κΈ°μ΅, κ°μ μμ λΉλ‘―λ μμ μ 체μ μμ§μμ ν΅ν΄ νλ©΄μ μΆμ νλ κ³Όμ μ κ°κΉλ€.
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λ―Έκ΅μΌλ‘ 건λκ° λ
Έμ λμ μ‘°μ§μ주립λνκ΅μ μΊλ¦¬ν¬λμ주립λνκ΅ λ‘±λΉμΉμμ μννλ©° μλ©΄νν(Color Field Painting)μ λ―Έλλ©λ¦¬μ¦(Minimalism)μ μ νλ€. μ΄λ₯Ό ν΅ν΄ μ μ체μ ννμ κ°λ₯μ±κ³Ό λ¨μνλ νλ©΄ ꡬμ±μ μ£Όλͺ©νκ² λμλ€. ννΈ ν©κΈλΉ κ°μ λ
Όλ°κ³Ό μ₯λΉ μ°λ¬Ό, λ€κ΅νμ κ³Όκ½, λ―Όνμ λͺ©λ¨, μ°μ¬μ λ¨μ²κ³Ό λΆνμ²λΌ νκ΅μμ 체λν μλ€μ μ€λ μκ°μ΄ μ§λμλ κ·Έμ λ΄λ©΄μ μμνκ² λ¨μ μμλ€. μ΄λ¬ν κΈ°μ΅μ μλ€μ μΆμ κΈ°μ¨κ³Ό μ¬ν, μμ°μμ λ°μ κ°κ°κ³Ό κ²Ήμ³μ§λ©° λ
Έμ λλ§μ ννμ νκ²½μΌλ‘ λμ΄μλ¬λ€. κ·Έλ μ΄μ²λΌ μμ ν΅ν΄ νΌμ³μ§λ λ΄λ©΄μ μΈκ³λ₯Ό βλ§μμ νκ²½(Mind Landscape)βμ΄λΌ λΆλ λ€.
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λ νλ° μ΄ν κ·Έμ ννμμλ μκ³Ό μμ κ΄κ³, νλ©΄μ ꡬ쑰μ λν νκ΅¬κ° λμ± λ³Έκ²©νλλ€. μ΄λ¬ν λ³νλ 1990λ
λ νλ° γν©κΈλΆν γκ³Ό γμλμ΄γ μ°μμΌλ‘ μ΄μ΄μ§λ©°, μλ©΄μ λΆν κ³Ό μλ€ μ¬μ΄μ κ΄κ³λ₯Ό νμνλ μμ
μΌλ‘ μ κ°λλ€.
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λ μ€λ°λΆν°λ γμλμ΄-μΈκΈ°γμ γμλμ΄-λ¦κΈ°γ μ°μμ ν΅ν΄ μκ³Ό μ 체μ κ΄κ³κ° λμ± μ§μ μ μΌλ‘ λλ¬λλ€. λΆ λμ λΉμλ£¨λ‘ λ¬Όκ°μ μΈκ³ λ¦μΌλ©° μμ μ¬λ¬ μΈ΅μΌλ‘ μμκ°κ³ , μ΅κ·Όμλ νλ©΄ μμ λ¬Όκ°μ μ§μ λ°μΌλ©° μ¨λͺΈμΌλ‘ μμ
νλ λ°©μμΌλ‘ λμκ°κ³ μλ€. μ΄ κ³Όμ μμ μ°μ°κ³Ό ν΅μ , κΈ΄μ₯κ³Ό μ΄μμ΄ κ΅μ°¨νκ³ , μκ°μ κ°μ κ³Ό λ΄λ©΄μ μλμ§λ νλ©΄μ νμ μΌλ‘ λ¨λλ€. μκ³Ό ν¨κ» μμ§μ΄κ³ νΈν‘ν΄μ¨ μκ°μ μ΄μ κ·Έ μμ²΄λ‘ λ
Έμ λ ννμ μΌλΆκ° λλ€.
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κΈ: μ±κ³‘λ―Έμ κ΄
At her first solo exhibition at the Goethe-Institut Seoul in 1974, Jungran Noh(b.1948) wrote, βI have long been drawn by an irresistible vitality rising from within.β A year later in Atlanta, she described forms and colors found in nature, writing that βcolor and sound play together.β From the beginning, color for Noh was more than a formal element. It became a language through which she could respond to nature and the world, while expressing emotion and the vital energy of life.
Nohβs painting developed in dialogue with postwar Korean abstraction while following its own path centered on color. Her work shares affinities with the materiality and physical gestures of Informel and the repetitive, performative processes of Dansaekhwa. Yet for Noh, repetition is less an exploration of materiality itself than a way of building color through bodily movement, transforming memories of nature and emotion into painting.
After moving to the United States in 1975, Noh studied at Georgia State University and California State University, Long Beach, where she encountered Color Field Painting and Minimalism. Through these experiences, she came to focus on the pictorial possibilities of color itself and simplified compositions. At the same time, colors rooted in her memories of Koreaβthe golden fields of autumn, jade-colored well water, wild chrysanthemums and asters, peonies in folk paintings, and the dancheong and Buddhist paintings of old templesβremained vivid in her memory long afterward. These colors of memory, intertwined with the joys and sorrows of life and sensations drawn from nature, resurfaced as Nohβs distinctly personal pictorial landscape. She called this inner world her βMind Landscape.β
From the late 1980s onward, Noh increasingly explored the relationships between colors and the structure of the pictorial field. This development led to her Golden Section and Colors Play series in the late 1990s, in which she explored the division of color fields and the relationships among colors.
From the mid-2000s, the relationship between color and the body became more directly apparent through her Colors PlayβSweeping and Colors PlayβWiping series. Replacing the brush with a broom, Noh swept and wiped paint across the surface, building up layers of color. More recently, she has moved toward working with her entire body, stepping directly onto paint spread across the surface. Chance and control, tension and release intersect in this process, while the artistβs emotions and inner energy leave their traces on the surface. The decades she has spent moving and breathing with color have now themselves become part of Nohβs painting.
This retrospective traces Nohβs artistic journey with color over more than five decades. Through the life and art of an artist who began with color and moved beyond it, continually exploring new possibilities in painting, the exhibition sheds light on another trajectory within Korean abstract painting.
Text by Sungkok Art Museum