In 1967, Lee Ungno was imprisoned for 2 years and 6 months for his involvement in the East Berlin Affair. He suffered most from an inability to continue his practice there; however, as he adjusted to the prison environment, he started painting on tissue using soy sauce as ink and making models with rice paste, which he collected from his meal. This painting shows one example of the Abstract Letter paintings that he made in prison using ink on hanji and then painting over the canvas with soy sauce as if testifying to his imprisonment. Unlike ink, soy sauce is not a proper pigment and thus, its colour is brownish rather than black when it is put on paper; as it is not rich enough to make a long spread, the canvas shows several marks where he had to resume the application of the soy sauce at each moment.
Q&A
李웅Noによる「Composition」はパブリックドメインに含まれますか?また、その理由は何ですか?
李웅Noによる「Composition」は著作権の保護対象ですです。著作権の保護期間は作者の没年から起算されますが、李웅Noは1989年に亡くなっています。
「Composition」全体の明るさはどの程度ですか?
李웅No作「Composition」の視覚的な明るさはbrightです。設置する空間の光の加減に合わせて調整することが可能です。
「Composition」には、李웅Noの他の作品群とどのような共通点が見られますか?
李웅Noの作品群において、「Composition」はKorean Expressionism様式に属しており、east asian calligraphy, sumi-e techniques, prisoner's testimony, korean expressionism", political imprisonment, abstracted landscape, symbolic narrative, artist's resilienceというテーマを共有しています。