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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 11, 2020 | Est-Ouest Auctions | Tokyo | 2020 HONG KONG - TOKYO JOINT AUCTION | 232 | $****** - ****** | UNTITLED 91-3-B |
paintings
22 x 16 cm (8.66 x 6.3 in)
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated on the reverse
private collection, Japan
Chung Sang-Hwa (b. 1932) is one of the leading artists of the Dansaekhwa movement. After studying Western painting in Paris in the 1960s, he settled in Kobe, Japan, where he developed his ‘rip' and ‘fill' paintings, creating complicated grids of horizontal, diagonal and vertical lines and adding depth to the flat surface of the canvas. At first glance, Chung Sang Hwa's abstract paintings appear deceptively simple. Largely monochromatic in composition, each work is scored with patterns of grids and lines, precise yet organic, each oblong shape delineated by tiny ridges of paint. Yet, when standing before his work one cannot help but lean in for a closer look, as the infinite nuances of light and shade that make up the painted surface reveal the painstaking labor that went into the creation of each unique work. Not only do Chung's works inspire close observation on the part of the viewer, but they also serve as a visual testament to the contemplative duration that he invested during the creative process. "I think Chung approached painting not just as an object, but as a question of time: the labor he invested was a way of making that very clear,” says Joan Kee, a scholar of Dansaekhwa art. “It takes a long time to produce a single work. Not only is there repetition, but there are long periods of waiting - waiting for paint to dry, to peel, to chip away, and so forth. There is density of material, but also density of duration." Chung Sanghwa (born 1932, Yeongdeok County, North Gyeongsang, Korea) is a South Korean minimalist and Dansaekhwa (monochromatic) painter. After receiving his BFA from College of Fine Arts in Seoul National University in 1956, Chung briefly moved to Paris in 1967. Coming from a generation of post-war artists, Chung's reductive process of painting consists of repetitive application and removal of the paint on canvas. Chung held national and international exhibitions, including FROM ALL SIDES: TANSAEKHWA ON ABSTRACTION at Blum & Poe Gallery in Los Angeles. In 2015, Chung Sanghwa's paintings were included in Frieze New York Art Fair. Chung's works are in permanent collection of the Samsung Leeum Museum of Art, the Seoul Museum of Art in Seoul, the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.
