• 미술이론과 현장
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• 제16호
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• pp.71-103
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• 2013

This paper explores the key figure of minjung misul ("the people's art"), Kim Bongjun, and the art collective Dureong in the relationship between 'dialogue' and the dissidents' structural critique of Korea's modernities. During the 1980s' prodemocracy movement, the minjung artists and other dissident intellectuals used the notion of dialogue as metaphor for and allegory of democracy to articulate not only Koreans' experience of modern history, which they saw as "alienating" and "inhumane," but also the discrepancies between Koreans' predicaments and their political aspirations and their working toward the fulfillment of those ideals. Envisioning alternative forms of modernities, Kim Bongjun and other Dureong members paid attention to the fundamental elements of art, which consist of art as a modern institution, as well as the everyday lives of people as the very site of Koreans' modernities. They endeavored to create "art of life," which presumes its being part of people's lives, based on the cultural and spiritual traditions of the agrarian community. They also participated in the national culture movement, the minjung church, and the alternative-life movement to radically envision everyday lives through the indigenous reinterpretation of democratic values. Despite the significant role played by the church mission and its community involvement, its effects on minjung misul have received little attention in the relevant studies. Thus, I consider in particular the minjung church's and the alternative-life movement's confluence of multiple cultural and social constituencies in relation to Kim and the Dureong collective's vision of a new art and community.

• 미술이론과 현장
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• 제7호
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• pp.7-36
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• 2009

This paper intends to examine the significance of the "Minjoong Misool(People's art)" of the 1980s emerged in Korea in its social, cultural, and art historical context. This paper also aims to provide an analysis of the meaning and form of the individual artist's works, which have been overlooked under the dominant discourse that has emphasized their political role as a collective group. In particular, this paper scrutinizes the work of "Critical Realists" by examining the way in which they perceived Korean society in the early 1980s and visualized their experiences of the period. The figurative art newly emerged in the early 1980s challenged the formalist Modernism, which was adopted into Korea and translated into monochrome paintings and the work of the conversative academicism of the 1970s. The figurative art encouraged a social communication and moreover it intended to criticize the conflicts in the political, economical, and social domains in Korea. The targets of its critique include the unavoidable results of the unprecedented development of economy, various social phenomena of the post-industrial society, and the growth of the commercialized kitsch culture. Along with Shin, Hak-chul's work that incorporates collage technique since the 1980s, the work of some members of "Reality and Utterance" and "Im- sul-nyun" exemplify their critical interests in disclosing the false dream of wealth and happiness by both referring to and drawing on the utopian fantasy manipulated and distributed by mass media and commercial advertisements. This paper pays particular attention to Nouvelle Figuration emerged in France and Europe during the 1960s, which is comparable to the new figurative art emerged in Korea during the 1980s. Nouvelle Figuration criticized the autonomy in art isolated itself from political and social reality after WWII, in particular the indifference of Informel and abstract art as well as American abstract art. Moreover it became rather politicized around May of 1968. Given that French Nouvelle Figuration was introduced in Korea in 1982 and made a significant contribution to the formation of figurative art in Korea, it should be noted that the new figurative art emerged in the 1980s in Korea cannot be categorized merely in relation to People's Art. This paper intends to critically redress the notion that People's art was formed in the particular political, economical, and cultural context of Korea independent of the contemporary artistic practices outside Korea. It will provide a critical examination and analysis of the content and form of the new figurative art, from which People's Art was germinated, in the global context.

• 만화애니메이션 연구
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• 통권50호
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• pp.327-347
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• 2018

18세기말부터 19세기말까지 한 세기를 아우르는 조선 후기 민중 예술은 조선의 상층민과 하층민의 신분격차에 반(反)한 새로운 예술의 한 장르였으며, 조선 후기 시대상과 사회계층의 변혁을 시도한 서민문화이기도 하였다. 한국 민중 미술의 발원이라 해도 과언이 아니듯 대중 미술의 개념으로 시작된 민화는 그 기능과 장식적 호사가 여느 도상(Iconography)의 이미지에 굴하지 않는 화려한 기법을 구사한다. 그러나, 이러한 화법은 결국 하층민이 시도한 그림이라하여 도상의 개념이 아닌 세속화(世俗畵)의 개념으로 그 의미를 격하시키기도 하였다. 그러한 시대적 상황의 격변을 거치면서 현재까지 어렵게 이어져오고 있는 조선 후기 문자도(文字圖)는 저잣거리에서 하층민이 속화(俗畵)로 그리던 혁필화에 이르기까지 민중미술의 대변자로서 그 명맥을 어렵게 이어오고 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 민중 예술의 독특한 장르인 효제도(孝悌圖)를 중심으로 효제도(孝悌圖)의 의미와 다양한 시각적 표현, 그 시대의 생활상을 고찰하고자 한다. 또한, 이를 영상 미디어 매체로 활용한 키네틱 타이포그래피를 제안함으로서 전통문자도의 아날로그적 스토리텔링을 영상기술이 융합된 새로운 기법의 문자도(文字圖)로 연출함이 어떤 홍보적 영향을 미치는지에 대해 제안하고자 한다. 이러한 시도는 한국의 전통 콘텐츠를 세계에 알리고 다양한 미디어정보를 통해 아름다운 겨레글자를 알리는 국가 상징적 키워드로 재탄생 할 수 있을 것이다. 또한, 효제문자도(孝悌文字圖)를 통해 젊은 차세대들에게 전통문화의 고귀한 가치를 전승하는 데 의의가 클 것이며, 현대 표현 기법으로의 재해석을 통해 선조들의 시대정신을 계승하고 이해시키는데도 상당한 의미가 있을 것으로 예측한다. 이를 통해 한국의 전통 콘텐츠의 여러 아이템들을 영상미디어와 융합한 뉴미디어 콘텐츠로 재구성할 수 있는 다양한 시도를 엿볼 수 있을 것이다.

• 미술이론과 현장
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• 제7호
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• pp.37-64
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• 2009

The theories of Korean Public Art originated by the artists who were against dictatorship and they associated with democratic politicians. They criticized the Fine art that were supported by the dictatorship and gave their efforts for restoration of 'resistance paintings(against dictatorship)', 'proletarian painting', 'realism painting'. In addition, they participated new social ideology(democracy) movement and demonstrated for their rights in arts. These became the main kernel the public art theory was initiated. The public artists splitted into several different parts and participated in the democratic social movement as well as the art movement for freedom. They opened various art exhibitions within different genre, diverse space for various art section such as an exhibition hall, a factories, a university, or a congregation square. Furthermore, the public art theorists published their divergent views through newspaper/broadcasting or unauthorized printed materials. Most of the public artist and the theorists kept their relationship strongly until 1985, the time when 'National Arts Association' started. In 1983 and 1984, they were clearly separated into two parts; artists(move only in art museums) and activists(move in public spaces like school, convention square etc). Their ideological separation also took out national problems. The division; professional artists and armatures, became the social issue as a social stratification matter. And in creating method, there are also other conflicts; critical realism, and public realism as well as western painting and traditional one. These kinds of separation and conflicts made different Public artists associations, under divergent names; 'Reality and Speak'(R&S), 'KwangJu Art Association', 'Durung', 'Dang(Land)', and 'Local Youth Students Association'. In addition, their ideology and pursuit toward art movements were very difference. However, the differences and conflicts weakened When the oppression of democratic education from new dictatorship(Pres. Jun, Doo Hwan) came out. In August. 1985 the government opened to the public so called, 'The draft of School stabilization law'(Hankwon Anjung Bup) to control the teachers' rights and that initiated bigger street demonstration and conflicts between police and educators. In November.1985, assembly meeting of National Arts Association in democracy opened as 'ONE' combined organization. In this presentation, I'd like to summarize the stream of art movement until 1984, and clarify the main art theories that lead the Public Art Movements in 1980s. The main theories in 1980s are crucial because they become the origin of public art theories. This presentation started with O,youn's "Hyunsil Dong In the first declaration" and explained the absent of practice in 1970s. In addition, Won, Dong Suk 's theory was mentioned as all over struggles in theories before 1980s. GA and R&S 's founding declarations in 1970s were the start of public art theorists' activities and this article reported the activities after the declarations. First, realism base on the consciousness of reality. Second, practice art democratization based on the ideology. Third, the subject of public art movement based on understanding people's social stratification structure. Fourth, the matters of national forms and creative ways in arts based on showing reality. Fifth, the strong points in arts that the practitioners accepted. About the public art theories around 1984, I discussed the dividing point of public art theories that were shown in 'generation theory', 'organization theory', and 'popularization theory' by the practitioners. The public realism theory that subjects the contradiction of reality and point out the limits of critical realism not only showing the new creative ways but also giving the feeling of solidarity to the public art activist groups. After that, public art movements expressed 'Dismentlement of Capitalism' and 'Public revolution'. In addition, the direction of public art movements were established strongly. There were various opinions and views during the start and formation of the public art theories. The foundation of theorists activities derived from the practitioners who had the concept based on stratification and nationalism. The strong trend of group division spreaded out by practitioners who opened art work together in factories, universities, squares and rural areas. Now many lively active practitioners are gone to the other field not related with arts, and others join into professional art field not public art one with unknown reason. The theorists have the same situation with the practitioners. It means to me that theory always have to be based on the practice.

• 미술이론과 현장
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• 제6호
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• pp.101-121
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• 2008

An artist, Oh Yun(1946~86)'s theory of people's art during his final period is summed up in his essay 'Expansion of Artistic Imagination and World' (1985). Emphasizing the mystic and traditional characteristics of Oh Yun's artistic oeuvre during his final period, some critics focus on Oh Yun's experience of medical treatment and shamanistic custom at Jin Do island, and his belief in Jeung San Do, the dao of Jeung-san, the Ruler of the Universe. However, they forget the practical intention and implication of his theory of art during his final period, which aimed to overcome the contradiction of revelation itself. Oh Yun's essay criticized the loss of artistic imagination and the ignorance of traditional culture that resulted from the elevation of science to a religion, and insisted that the stereotyped idealism, scientism and elitism in art should be overcome in order to recover the full reality in realism and to continue traditional cultures. The essay is comprised of 18 paragraphs. Oh Yun criticized monochromatic art, conceptual art, hyper-realistic art, objet d'art, and neo-dadaist art, saying that they were simply mechanical forms of modern art derived from scientism and a fetishistic lens culture. In addition, he criticized naturalism in art, which had continued as a tendency in the development of western art, for the same reason. He pointed out that even the world of realism had been diminished by elite stereotypes and diagrams. He declared the need to overcome the imitation of shells or stereotyped propaganda, and recover full realism, which seems to have started with a reflective examination of current problems in 'Reality and Utterance', in which he participated. Especially, he thought that universality and the extension of full realism could be achieved by building on the views of traditional cultures, which is meaningful. This logic is same as the theory of epic theatre that Bertolt Brecht(1898~1956) has developed under the ancient Greek masque and Pieter Bruegel the Elder(1525~69)'s story-like picture style. The universality of realism and the extension of acquisition to include incantation art, rather than move toward incantation art, is what Oh Yun intended to propose in 'Artistic Imagination'. This attitude is same as Bertoh Brecht's aesthetic viewpoint in the 1930s. But regrettably, Oh Yun's style wording, which seems covert and far-sighted, is often misunderstood as 'mysticism'. In the flow of people's art in the 1980s, Oh Yun was a traditionalist in a narrow sense, and an realist in a broad sense. However, his critical mind, which comprehends tradition and reality, was attempting to expand universality and extend full realism, and this attempt found many sympathizers and had an influence on the next generation of people's artists, such as "Levee" which is field-centered, to which we should pay attention. This means that while their works thought about 'tradition', we should be careful not to connect them with 'aesthetic conservatism' or 'classical art'. This is the why the meaning of Oh Yun's theory of art during his final period should be closely examined again.

• 미술이론과 현장
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• 제5호
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• pp.43-80
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• 2007

PASKYULA was formed in September, 1923 through the union of artists involved in two art groups: Kim Ki-Jin, Kim Bok-Jin, Yeon Hak-Nyeon who had previously participated in the ToWolHoi, and Park Young-Hi, Lee Sang-Hwa, An Seok-Ju, former members of the BaeckJo. After its founding, the PASKYULA artists had been searching for the social function of art to reform the harsh reality of Minjung and the nation with criticism toward society as well as art world. Their art theory for MinJung could grow relatively ease in relation to changing social and political conditions in the early 1920s. In August, 1925, PASKYULA organized the Korea Artista Proletaria Federatio with the YeomGunSa, and laid the groundwork for Proletariat art movement which was regularized in the late 1920s. From PASKYULA up to the early state of KAPF, the theory of art advocated by Kim Bok-Jin and An Seok-Ju could be summarized as "art for MinJung". At that time, widely ranging discourses on MinJung, however, was spawned in art theory, because many intellectuals-including artists and writers-begun to pay more attention to MinJung, who emerged as one of the social forces after the Samil Independent Movement. Sometimes, MinJung was construed as the target of enlightenment from a negative viewpoint. On the other hand, several intellectuals under the influence of individualism asserted that the discussion itself on MinJung exerted an evil influence on art. In contrast of these cases, the PASKYULA artists including Kim Bok-Jin, An Seok-Ju perceived that MinJung had the potential to change society, and regarded them as "a creator of genuine civilization and art". In the PASKYULA artist's writings, the concept of MinJung was often overlapped with the meaning of the Choson nation suffering under colony. Although their concept of MinJung was transformed gradually into the proletariat as they were under the strong influence of socialism, it did not change that they grasped the realities of the whole Choson Peninsula through the proletarian consciousness. In the early state of PASKYULA, the methodology for social function of art was presented in a twofold manner. First of all, Kim Bok-Jin emphasized on the necessity of education to improve MinJung's way of life through art, and it was embodied by the organization of ToWol Art Workshop and public lecture. Also, he championed "the popularization of art", which was one of methods to distribute art to MinJung. According to the PASKYULA artists, art should be not art for art' sake but art for MinJung. That was why they advocated the convergence of art and MinJung's life. Especially Kim Bok-Jin affirmed a link between art and industry because he considered industry the field inextricably linked with MinJung's life. In this context, his idea could be read as the generalization and equalization within the framework of possession. Kim Bok-Jin thought that the social ramifications of capitalism deprived MinJung of their right to enjoy art, and emphasized the artist' social role to return the right to them. That is, the even distribution of art was mainly discussed than the contents of art in the half of 1920s. By 1925, the contents of art itself became an issue in the PASKYULA art theory, and it was based in realism. Kim Bok-Jin and An Seok-Ju insisted that art should be reflection of real life. At that time, realism acquired the representation of MinJung and the nation's realities not realistic style. In fact, the various Western art styles including Futurism, Constructivism, Cubism etc. were exploited in the PASKYULA's visual images. Western art, target of criticism on theory, was selectively adopted in the works which were produced by Kim Bok-Jin and An Seok-Ju. Kim Bok-Jin's MoonYeUnDong cover design was conceived of as the example in which Western art was adopted with it's ideology under the influence of MAVO, while Western art shown in An Seok-Ju's illustrations served as a decorative function in many cases. Especially, An Seok-Ju attempted the various styles of Western art simultaneously, which may be seen as representing that PASKYULA did not have a firm ideology for their style. Also, it can be read as showing his hasty zeal to overcome Western art rapidly. The wish to establish "art for MinJung" as soon as possible was accompanied with the will to jump over the all steps of Western art though it was superficial. This aspiration of PASKYULA was expressed through the mass media, which had the potential for communicating to MinJung. At this point, there was a significant disparity between PASKYULA and another art groups in the first half of 1920s. However, the PASKYULA's method on the basis of the mass media could not but have a certain limitation because of the medium's properties. Nevertheless, PASKYULA' attempts may be considered to be valuable in sense that they expended the boundaries of Korean modern art into the commercial art questioning the matter of the distribution for art.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제10권10호
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• pp.152-160
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• 2010

근대만화의 출발점은 만화의 기본적인 형태 즉, 글과 그림의 완전한 결합 형태로 풍자화의 전통에서 출발했으며, 동아시아 3개국은 근대미술과 서양의 새로운 서구의 만화형식인 카툰과의 결합을 통해 '만화'라는 매체가 본격적으로 자리 잡기 시작했다. 각 나라에 사정에 맞게 진화된 근대만화는 초기 체제와 외세, 그리고 내부 부패에 관한 풍자로부터 점차 일반 민중의 계몽의 수단으로 발전해 왔다. 그러나 체제비판은 탄압으로 이어졌고 근대 동아시아를 둘러싼 제국주의의 발호로 이들 나라의 근대만화는 모두 체제선전, 전쟁참여, 식민찬양 등의 과정을 겪어야만 했다. 세계만화의 큰 부분을 근대에서 현재에 이르기까지 상당부분을 과점하고 있는 동아시아의 만화의 토대가 바로 근대만화에서부터 출발하고 있으며, 따라서 근대 동아시아 만화가 가지는 특징들은 그런 의미에서 매우 의미가 크다 하겠다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2018

웹툰의 영화화가 한국 영화의 주요 트렌드로 자리 잡고 있는 시점에서 웹툰을 원작으로 한 영화의 장 단점 및 대중 예술 작품으로서의 예술성을 분석하는 것은 현 한국 영화산업의 모습에 대한 분석임과 동시에 미래 발전방향에 대한 지표가 될 것이다. 현 대중문화가 본능적 감성에만 집중, 소모적인 콘텐츠들을 쏟아내고 있으며, 과거 문학, 미술, 역사, 민중의식 등의 반영 등으로 소수고급예술을 전승했던 대중문화예술에 대한 경험과 지식이 없는 젊은 세대는 무조건적으로 답습, 추종으로 일관하고 있는 것이 안타까운 현실이다. 본 연구에서는 영화 '신과 함께'를 중심사례로 웹툰의 구조 및 산업 분석, 영화 포맷으로의 전환과정에서 장, 단점 분석을 통해 이상적인 웹툰의 영화화 과정에 대한 방법론을 고찰할 것이다. 미디어와 테크놀로지의 빠른 변화에도 관객과 소통하고자 하는 본질은 불변할 것이며 그 본질의 설정과 표현에 있어 앞서 언급한 인문학적인 진정성에 입각한 고찰, 이상을 추구하는 작가의 전위적인 내적 필연성, 관습과 충돌함으로써 새로움을 창조하는 고급문화의 독창적인 성격의 반영 등이 대중문화에 있어 예술성을 함유시킬 수 있는 명제라고 할 수 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.61-72
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• 2015

대부분의 근대예술영역에서 시도된 자본주의적 저항운동은 예술과 기술의 융합, 즉 상징적 경계의 새로운 형성을 통해 진행되었다. 러스킨과 모리스로 대표되는 이러한 저항운동은 수공예 장인의 부활을 통한 장인적 예술의 복원이 목표였지만 결과적으로 예술의 계급화를 초래하게 되었고 자율적인 노동을 배제하게 되는 탈장인적인 예술이 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 장인적 노동의 복원을 위한 노력으로서 유일하게 기계제대공업이 가져온 조건을 적극 활용하는, 즉 '기술과 예술 그리고 기계와 산업의 융합'을 통해 상징적 경계의 해체와 새로운 융합을 시도하였던 바우하우스에 주목하여 그것의 '행위자들actors'을 중점적으로 살펴보고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 16세기 르네상스 예술부흥운동, 19세기 미술공예운동, 그리고 바우하우스의 예술적 사조가 역사적으로 연계되어 있다는 것을 전제로 <생산으로서의 장인적 예술, 예술소비로서의 민중의 권리, 표현방식으로서의 근대기술>의 교량역할을 수행했던 바우하우스 실천가들과 그들 사이의 협력과 갈등에 대한 고찰을 통해 바우하우스가 디자인 민주주의 이념을 구현하려 하였다는 점을 주장하고 있다. 더 나아가 현대 메타기술의 시대가 디자인과 기술의 융합을 통한 민주주의로의 이행을 추동하고 있어 바우하우스의 '협력과 갈등'그리고 '위기와 해체'로부터 반면교사해야 함을 보여주고 있다.

• 기록학연구
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• 제74호
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• pp.45-78
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• 2022

남아프리카공화국은 인종분리정책인 아파르트헤이트를 1948년부터 1994년까지 시행했다. 이 정책의 주요 내용은 백인과 인도인, 혼혈인, 흑인 등 인종을 계급화하고, 계층에 따라 거주지와 개인 재산 소유, 경제적 활동 등 모든 사회적 행위를 제한하는 것이었다. 백인을 제외한 모든 인종이 피부색이 다르다는 이유로 차별받았고, 탄압받았다. 남아프리카공화국 시민들은 무차별한 폭력을 일삼는 정부에 저항하였고, 이들을 지탄하는 여론은 지역 사회를 넘어 세계 곳곳으로 확대되었다. 이를 가능하게 한 것 중 하나는 폭력 현장을 자세히 기록한 사진 이미지들이다. 민중 탄압을 포착했던 외신 기자들은 물론 남아프리카공화국 출신의 사진작가들은 개인의 차원에서 소외되고 고통받는 사람들의 삶을 기록하는데 몰두했다. 이들이 현실을 알리려는 의지가 없었고 실제로 이를 사진으로 기록하지 않았다면, 많은 사람이 인종 차별로 기인한 사태의 참혹함을 알지 못했을 것이다. 이에 본 논문은 아파르트헤이트의 여러 단면을 포착해 그와 관련한 여러 기록을 전시한 『Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life』를 주목하고, 사진에서 묘사된 남아프리카공화국에서 자행된 인종 차별의 면면을 살펴보고자 한다. 이 전시는 아파르트헤이트가 시작된 1948년부터 넬슨 만델라가 대통령으로 선출된 후, 잘못된 역사관을 바로잡으려는 진실화해위원회가 출범한 1995년까지의 시기를 다룬다. 전시에 출품된 수많은 사진은 대중에게도 잘 알려진 피터 마구베네(Peter Magubane), 이안 베리(Ian Berry), 데이비드 골드블라트(David Goldblatt), 산투 모포켕(Santu Mofokeng) 등이 촬영한 것으로, 다양한 아카이브를 비롯한 박물관, 미술관, 언론 매체의 소장품이다. 전시에 출품된 사진들은 일차적으로는 사진작가들의 작업 결과물이다. 사진 작품인 동시에 1960년대 이후 남아프리카공화국의 과거를 증명하는 매체이지만 역사학이나 기록학적인 관점보다는 사진사와 미술사의 영역에서 주로 다루어졌다. 하지만 전시된 사진들은 기록물로서의 특성이 있고, 그 안에 담긴 맥락 정보는 역사를 다양한 시각으로 되짚어볼 수 있는 특징이 있다. 따라서 기존에 연구된 영역에서 확대하여 다양한 시선으로 당대를 살펴보고, 이를 새롭게 해석하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 전시에서 선보인 사진 작품들은 남아프리카공화국의 공식 기록에 포함되지 않은 사건과 사람을 증명하고 서술한다. 이런 점은 보통 사람들의 기억, 개인의 기록을 통해 사회적으로 소외된 인물과 사건을 역사적 공백으로 편입시키고, 여러 매체로 재생산되어 기록 생산의 맥락을 강화하고 확산시킨다는 점에서 그 의의를 찾을 수 있다.