RT Article
T1 Visualizing Buddhism Today: The Works of Jeong Hwa Choi, Kimsooja, and Do Ho Suh
JF Religion and the arts
VO 27
IS 5
SP 613
OP 644
A1 Kim, Mina
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1876724722
AB Since Buddhism appeared around the fifth century BCE, it has established itself as a discipline that gives philosophical teachings to many people beyond religion. After the twentieth century, Buddhism has gone beyond being a representative ideology of the East and continues to be a social and cultural inspiration for many people worldwide. By focusing on the artworks of three Korean artists, Jeong Hwa Choi, Kimsooja, and Do Ho Suh, this study explores in detail how Buddhism inspires artists to visualize self-reflection and transnational identity and how traditional Buddhism contributes to the universalization, conceptualization, and communication of contemporary art. It also discusses how Buddhism is being reinterpreted and visualized by contemporary artists today, becoming a work of art for the public, not art for the few. Their artworks, inspired by Buddhism, show how contemporary art shows humanist, participatory, empathic, diverse, and global aspects and conveys multilayered messages.
K1 Do Ho Suh
K1 Kimsooja
K1 Jeong Hwa Choi
K1 contemporary Korean art
K1 Buddhism
DO 10.1163/15685292-02705002