Artists
송수련
Soong Soo-Ryun
Introduction
오랜 시간 동안 송수련은 ‘내적 시선’을 중심으로, 존재의 본질을 향한 조형적 탐구를 지속해왔다. 그의 작업에서 내적 시선은 사물의 외형을 포착하는 물리적 시선이 아니라, 지워지고 남겨진 흔적, 시간의 층위, 정서적 결을 통해 대상의 기원과 본질에 도달하려는 사유의 과정이다. 종이와 수성 안료의 물성이 맞물리며 생성되는 긁힘, 얼룩, 반복적 점들은 형태를 제거하는 행위 속에서 오히려 새로운 생명력을 획득하고, 그 과정은 작가 내부를 통과해 응축된 감각으로 전환된다. 이러한 조형 언어는 한국화의 전통적 지지체와 물성을 기반으로 하면서도 미니멀리즘적 전면성과 현대적 감수성을 동시에 품고 있으며, 이번 전시가 제안하는 세계는 관람자가 자신의 내면적 사유와 감정을 투사하며 ‘본질을 향한 시선’의 여정에 동참하도록 이끄는 감각적·정신적 공간으로 확장된다.
For many years, Soong Soo-Ryun has pursued a visual language grounded in the notion of an “inner gaze”—a mode of seeing that moves beyond the physical appearance of things to reach the origin and essence of existence. In her work, the inner gaze operates through erasure, trace, residue, and the temporal grain embedded in paper and water-based pigment; what disappears gives rise to a new form of vitality. Scratches, stains, and repeated points become condensed decisions filtered through the artist’s emotion and time, allowing form to emerge with quiet but compelling presence. Rooted in the material sensibility of traditional Korean painting yet resonating with the all-over structures and restraint of minimalism, her work offers a contemplative space in which viewers project their own reflections and join the journey toward essence that her practice evokes.
Biography
1945 Born in Seoul, Korea
Present Emeritus Professor, Choong-Ang University
Award
2004 Awarded 15thSukjooArtPrize
2002 Awarded a Special Prize at MANIF International Art Exhibition
1976 Selected in the 3rd Korean Fine Art Grand Prix Exhibition
1966 Selected in the 5thArtFestivalforNewFaces
1971 Selected in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Chung-Ang FineArt
~ 81 GrandExhibition etc.
Personal Exhibition
2022 Art Museum Ryeo
2019 Gallery Artecelsi, Seoul
2018 Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul
2015 White Hall Gallery, Seoul
2014 Gallery Zein Xeno, Seoul
2013 Gallery I, Seoul, Gallery Jireh, Gyeonggi-do
2011 Ahn Sang Chul Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do
Gallery Scandia (National Medical Center), Seoul
Selected Group Exhibition
2018 Women's ART NOW, Yangpyeong Art Museum
2017 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale, Mokpo Culture and Arts Center
2016 Contact - Reflection and Margins, Icheon Art hall Art Gallery
Six Korean Abstract Artists-Then and today,
Ann Sang Chul Museum
2015 Beyond the Borders (Seoul Museum of History)
2014 2014 Woman + Attraction (W Museum)
2013 Co-exhibition of Taipei, China and Korean art
2012 Co-exhibition of East and West (Hankook Meseum)
2010 5070 New Discoveries of Korean Contemporary Art (Gallery Korea of Korean Culture Service, NY) etc.
Public Collections
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Seoul Museum of Art Ho-Am Art Museum
Embassy of Czech
Pusan Museum of Art Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan
Government Management Service Republic of Korea
Ewha Women University Museum
Kumho Art Museum
Kyung-nam Province Art museum
National museum of Contemporary Art Bank
Plaza Hotel, Seoul
Selected Works
Window-Sunset
81x106x5cm, Etching ink on Hanji paper, 2012
103
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypaper
103
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypaper
105
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypaper
105
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypaper
Window-Sunset
81x106x5cm, Etching ink on Hanji paper, 2012
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Artists
송수련
Soong Soo-Ryun
Introduction
오랜 시간 동안 송수련은 ‘내적 시선’을 중심으로, 존재의 본질을 향한 조형적 탐구를 지속해왔다. 그의 작업에서 내적 시선은 사물의 외형을 포착하는 물리적 시선이 아니라, 지워지고 남겨진 흔적, 시간의 층위, 정서적 결을 통해 대상의 기원과 본질에 도달하려는 사유의 과정이다. 종이와 수성 안료의 물성이 맞물리며 생성되는 긁힘, 얼룩, 반복적 점들은 형태를 제거하는 행위 속에서 오히려 새로운 생명력을 획득하고, 그 과정은 작가 내부를 통과해 응축된 감각으로 전환된다. 이러한 조형 언어는 한국화의 전통적 지지체와 물성을 기반으로 하면서도 미니멀리즘적 전면성과 현대적 감수성을 동시에 품고 있으며, 이번 전시가 제안하는 세계는 관람자가 자신의 내면적 사유와 감정을 투사하며 ‘본질을 향한 시선’의 여정에 동참하도록 이끄는 감각적·정신적 공간으로 확장된다.
For many years, Soong Soo-Ryun has pursued a visual language grounded in the notion of an “inner gaze”—a mode of seeing that moves beyond the physical appearance of things to reach the origin and essence of existence. In her work, the inner gaze operates through erasure, trace, residue, and the temporal grain embedded in paper and water-based pigment; what disappears gives rise to a new form of vitality. Scratches, stains, and repeated points become condensed decisions filtered through the artist’s emotion and time, allowing form to emerge with quiet but compelling presence. Rooted in the material sensibility of traditional Korean painting yet resonating with the all-over structures and restraint of minimalism, her work offers a contemplative space in which viewers project their own reflections and join the journey toward essence that her practice evokes.
Biography
1945 Born in Seoul, Korea
Present Emeritus Professor, Choong-Ang University
Award
2004 Awarded 15thSukjooArtPrize
2002 Awarded a Special Prize at MANIF International Art Exhibition
1976 Selected in the 3rd Korean Fine Art Grand Prix Exhibition
1966 Selected in the 5thArtFestivalforNewFaces
1971 Selected in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Chung-Ang FineArt
~ 81 GrandExhibition etc.
Personal Exhibition
2022 Art Museum Ryeo
2019 Gallery Artecelsi, Seoul
2018 Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul
2015 White Hall Gallery, Seoul
2014 Gallery Zein Xeno, Seoul
2013 Gallery I, Seoul, Gallery Jireh, Gyeonggi-do
2011 Ahn Sang Chul Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do
Gallery Scandia (National Medical Center), Seoul
Selected Group Exhibition
2018 Women's ART NOW, Yangpyeong Art Museum
2017 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale, Mokpo Culture and Arts Center
2016 Contact - Reflection and Margins, Icheon Art hall Art Gallery
Six Korean Abstract Artists-Then and today,
Ann Sang Chul Museum
2015 Beyond the Borders (Seoul Museum of History)
2014 2014 Woman + Attraction (W Museum)
2013 Co-exhibition of Taipei, China and Korean art
2012 Co-exhibition of East and West (Hankook Meseum)
2010 5070 New Discoveries of Korean Contemporary Art (Gallery Korea of Korean Culture Service, NY) etc.
Public Collections
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Seoul Museum of Art Ho-Am Art Museum
Embassy of Czech
Pusan Museum of Art Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan
Government Management Service Republic of Korea
Ewha Women University Museum
Kumho Art Museum
Kyung-nam Province Art museum
National museum of Contemporary Art Bank
Plaza Hotel, Seoul
Selected Works
102
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypaper
103
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypaper
내적시선, Internal insigt
227.3 X 181.8 (150F) oil on mullberrypaper
105
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypaper
106
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypaper
107
40.9 X 31.8 (6F) mullberrypape
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