'There are many "min-joong" artists [artists of people's art] who have lived through the 1980s and Shin Hak-Chul is oen of its biggest names. Some of his works (for example, "The History of Modern Korea -July and August Labor Struggles" and "The History of Modern Korea-Rice Planting") can be compared to the altarpiece hung highest in the site of the social struggle of that period. He was a "public artist" on the barricade, history painter, peasant painter, and labour movement artist who engaged firmly in the turmoil of people's movements for democratization from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, painting the joys, sorrows, and hopes of the people and inspiring the future perspective of people's history.' - excerpted from Sung Wankyung's essay.
The present exhibition catalogue also includes artist biography.
The present exhibition catalogue also includes artist biography.
Access level
Onsite
Location code
MONL.SHC
Language
English, 
Korean
Keyword
oil painting,  printmaking,  collage,  Minjung Art,  activist art,  history,  solo exhibition
Publication/Creation date
2003
No of copies
2
Content type
artist monograph, 
catalogue
Chapter headings
History as a Site - SUNG Wankyung, 성완경
The Great Statue we have created - BECK Jeesook, 백지숙
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