Park Seo-Bo, Key Figure in Dansaekhwa Movement, Dies at 91
Park Seo-Bo, Key Figure in Dansaekhwa Movement, Dies at 91
Park Seo-Bo, a key figure in South Korea’s Dansaekhwa Movement, has died at the age of 91. The artist died of lung cancer, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday.
Park revealed his advanced diagnosis and decision to not seek treatment in February 2022. His gallery, Perrotin, confirmed the news, writing “[Park] saw painting and the repetitive gesture from which his monochromes emerged as a catharsis.”
Park came onto the art scene in the late 1950s, as part of an avant-garde movement of young Korean artists that emerged during a period of political upheaval. Park first presented his work in New York in 1957, as part of an exhibition of contemporary Korean art. That showcase put Park and the little-known Korean art scene on the map internationally.