Ink and gouache on Korean paper
20th Century

Kwon YoungWoo’s career was marked by a personal quest to bring new forms of abstraction into Korean painting. An early pioneer of the dansaekhwa movement, his works on ripped or punctured paper explored its diverse interactions with ink, and the natural effect of the materials themselves.

Archival pigment print
2014

This black and white print is a work from Korean photographer Koo Bohnchang’s renowned “Vessels” series, in which the artist has captured some of Korea’s rare and precious white porcelain treasures.