Egg tempera on canvas
Germany, 1992
Song Hyun-Sook (born 1952) – South Korean painter
Dated and signed in Latin and Korean on the reverse ‘Oktober 1992 Song Hyun-Sook’
Inscribed on the reverse ‘3/92 Grundierung’
Provenance: Collection Carl Vogel, Hamburg
Dimensions: 124 x 190.4 cm
Very good condition
Paintings by Song Hyun-Sook are characterized by her minimalistic style and their high symbolic value; the auction record for one of her works fetch up to more than €28,000

On a black image the South Korean artist has placed in extremely reduced composition three brush strokes in yellow tones that complement each other in their vertical and horizontal lines to a shape that resembles a table. It is a very typical work by Hyun Song Sook, who make everyday objects of Korean life a subject in her harmonious compositions with a few deliberately set brushstrokes.

The painting is dated and signed in Latin as well as in Korean ‘Oktober 1992 Song Hyun-Sook’ and additionally inscribed ‘3/92 Grundierung’. It shows slight surface rubbing marks and occasional faint scratches on the matte paint layer. It is overall in good condition. The painting measures 124 x 190.4 cm.

Song Hyun-Sook (born 1952)

The South Korean artist Song Hyun-Sook is known for her minimalistic paintings which are usually executed with only a few brush strokes. At the age of 20, Song Hyun-Sook moved to Germany, where she discovered her passion for painting almost accidentally. From 1976 to 1981 she studied at the Academy of Arts in Hamburg, followed by her studies of Korean art history at the Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. She then returned to Hamburg and has since worked as an artist, illustrator and documentary filmmaker. In her paintings, the artist intends to combine Western and Eastern elements of art. For this purpose, she applies materials and techniques of both cultures, rendering their symbolic value to her works. Examples of her paintings are located at the Kunstmuseum in Bern, at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, at the Leeum-Samsung Museum of Modern Art in South Korea and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan. (fea)

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