Collaboration of Three Art Masters Revealed! N
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- Date : 2019.02.14 10:40
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‘24m masterpiece landscape painting with Indian ink’ created by the top painter, poet and calligrapher in the 1970s
Painter Min Gyeong-gap passed away recently leaving this as the only piece worked on by three masters
Recently restored and reproduced after 48 years since being exhibited at YU... Samil Spinning Co. Chairman Noh Hee-chan paid for entire cost
[January 11, 2019]
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[<Nakdonggang-Cheollido> (original) put on display at the YU Central Library Reading Room 2]
<Nakdonggang-Cheollido>, a masterpiece by Yusan Min Gyeong-gap (1933-2018), a master of traditional Korean painting, will once again see the world.
<Nakdonggang-Cheollido> is a massive Indian ink landscape painting with a length of 2,360cm and width of 105cm and is currently possessed by YU. It contains the 510km long Nakdonggang (Riv.) and its surrounding scenery from the source of Nakdonggang to the Nahmhae estuary in a total of nine paintings.
<Nakdonggang-Cheollido> is a massive Indian ink landscape painting with a length of 2,360cm and width of 105cm and is currently possessed by YU. It contains the 510km long Nakdonggang (Riv.) and its surrounding scenery from the source of Nakdonggang to the Nahmhae estuary in a total of nine paintings.
YU possessed this piece since 1970 and it recently completed restorations and reproductions. This process took a whole six months. The restored original was put on display at the YU Central Library, while the replicas were hung at the YU Cheonma Art Center (Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk) and the YU Medical Center Respiratory Center (Daemyeong-dong, Daegu).
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In particular, this painting was a collaboration of the most famous painter, poet and calligrapher at the time. The painting was completed by Min Gyeong-gap, and the ‘Nakdonggang’ poem made by Nosan Lee Eun-sang (1903-1982) was written at the brush of calligrapher Iljung Kim Chung-hyeon (1921-2006). Poet Lee Eun-sang is Korea’s most noted sijo poet who wrote Gagopa, Dongmu Saenggak, and Bomcheonyeo. Calligrapher Kim Chung-hyeon left behind his works in the April 19 Memorial Tower and Declaration of Independence and has been assessed to have played a leading role in spreading calligraphy in Hangul. With the death of Min Gyeong-gap on December 30 of last year, <Nakdonggang-Cheollido> became the only piece that was collaborated on by these three masters of arts.
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[<Nakdonggang-Cheollido> (replica) on display at the Cheonma Art Center lobby]
The <Nakdonggang-Cheollido> contains the ambitious vision and hopes of YU back in the 1970s when it was aiming to build a global campus. This masterpiece was first unveiled during an exhibit held at the YU Daemyeong-dong Campus Library in April 1970. In August 1976, it was moved to the west wing of Reading Room 3 of the Central Library of Gyeongsan Campus, which was a main symbol of YU. In February 2005, upon the completion of the renovation of the Central Library, it was moved to its current location at the northern part of Reading Room 2.
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[<Nakdonggang-Cheollido displayed at the Central Library Reading Room 3 in 1981]
YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “I believe that this work created through the collaboration of the greatest artists of the time will be a cultural asset for not only our university, but our entire country. We restored and are preserving the original and we also made replicas and placed them in areas where many people visit so that many members of our school as well as visitors can enjoy and appreciate the piece.”
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In March of 2018, the <Nakdonggang Cheollido> restoration/reproduction project steering committee was organized, and the first course of action was meeting with the painter, Min Gyeong-gap in order to listen to stories behind the production of the work before conducting restoration work. Mr. Min, in his last interview in March of last year before his death, said, “The idea for this painting was made by the second YU president and former Minister of Culture and Education Lee Seon-geun. I went on a helicopter to look around Nakdonggang. Together with photographer Sung Nak-in, who was a professor at Hongik University, we traveled taking photos and making sketches for two weeks. It was such a big project that it took six months to complete. After completing the work, all I did for an entire week was sleep.”
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YU recently held an unveiling ceremony to commemorate the restoration of <Nakdonggang Cheollido> in the lobby of the Central Library at 3 p.m. on the 10th. In attendance were Chairman Noh Hee-chan who sponsored this restoration project, Yeungnam School Foundation Chairwoman Han Jae-sook and Executive Director Kim Jin-sam, YU President Sur Gil-soo, former YU President Lee Hyo-soo, YU General Alumni Association Chairman Jung Tae-il, Korea Kolmar Chairman Yoon Dong-han, Daegu Foundation for Culture President Park Young-seok, eldest son of the late Min Gyeong-gap – Min Ji-hong, art critic Shin Hang-seop, Restoration and Reproduction Project Steering Committee Chairman Park Jong-moo, Museum Curator Jung In-sung, and YU School of Fine Arts Lim Nam-soo and College of Liberal Arts Professor Jung Doo-hee (major in art preservation and restoration) who worked on the actual restoration.