Representative work by Chung Sang-Hwa
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Artist

Chung Sang-Hwa

b. 1932, Yeongdeok, Korea under Japanese rule · South Korean · Based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

  • College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul
  • Painting
  • Dansaekhwa
  • Kaolin Clay

Chung Sang-Hwa developed a labor-intensive painting process based on folding, cracking, peeling and refilling grids of acrylic paint on canvas. Repeated cycles build pale surfaces whose apparent simplicity depends on sustained physical work.

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Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1972Untitled 72-11
  • 1973Untitled 73-12
  • 1977Untitled 77-3
  • 1981Untitled 81-3
  • 1986Untitled 86-5
  • 1990Untitled 90-2
  • 1996Untitled 96-6
  • 2005Untitled 05-3
  • 2012Untitled 12-5-7
  • 2017Untitled 17-9-5

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