Suh Se Ok

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Suh Se-ok (Korean: 서세옥; Hanja: 徐世鈺; 1929 – 29 November 2020) artist known for his nonfigurative Oriental ink paintings. He is also known by the names Sanjeong (산정, 山丁) and Seo Se-ok. He incorporated the use of spots and intense inkwash techniques to shape the field of contemporary Korean abstract ink paintings.서세옥 2014 기증작품 100, 5. In the 1960s, he formed an artist group ‘Ink Forest Group’ (Mungnimhoe, 묵림회, 墨林會, 1959–1964) with fellow Seoul National University (서울대학교) art school graduates including Park Se-won (박세원, 朴世元, 1922–1999), Chang Un-sang (장운상, 張雲祥, 1926–1982), and Chun Young-wha (전영화, 全榮華, 1929-), and led the reinvention of ink paintings through modern abstraction in South Korea. From the 1970s, he focused on his ‘People’ series, in which he depicted crowds of stick figures with simple brushstrokes and effectively expressed movement and creative use of composition. He is known for his usage of traditional Eastern materials, dynamic inkwash techniques, the utilisation of negative space, and simple yet effective brushstrokes. His eldest son, Do Ho Suh, is also a renowned contemporary Korean installation artist based in London. His younger son, Eul Ho Suh, is a well established architect, founder of SUH Architects.