China And South Korea In The 1980 S The Art Movement Of The Surrealist Art Language Comparative Study

This thesis compares Art Movement (New Wave Art) in China with that in Korea in1980s. Although both of them arise around the same time, there are huge differences between them in that Abstract Expressionism and Realism, and a ideological emancipation and a pro-democracy movement.Art movements of the two countries reflect reality and oppose to existing traditional art. Comparing character, space and time in work of a Chinese artist whose name is Wang Guangyi, Frozen North Pole No.1and work of a Korean artist whose name is Min Junggi, Conversation, it turns out that they have western surrealism language in common.Surrealism language which is represented by Giorgio De Chirico, Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali is manifested by artists of China and Korea not only in expressions of character and space-time but also in application of collage. Focusing on this point, this paper deals with how surrealism could be absorbed and presented in painting of China and Korea, what the similarities and differences are and what roles of the times and surrealism language.Artists of China and Korea intend to show the reality that is being faced by using surrealism language. They express their thought about reality, either directly or indirectly. Although aspect of visual language has changed, it is the result of following the stream of times. Artists who reflect reality into their works contribute to establish a basis of modernity of contemporary art.This study examines whether the common denominator which is found in Art Movements of both countries in1980s is certainly surrealism language, and finally ruminates on the modern essence of contemporary art through painting of Art Movement.