2004 10th Anniversary Exhibition of Artist Park Young-seon
A rare 10th anniversary memorial exhibition of Park Young-sun (1910-1994), a senior artist known as a nude artist. Born in Pyongyang, Park Young-sun’s nudes evoke the urge to touch the woman’s milky skin, which is so sweet. The women’s statues, or the naked women lying on sofas or beds, painted with lyrical brushstrokes, look like young Korean women. However, as art critic Lee Gu-yeol points out, the side faces are mostly pretty, with a slender appearance and a straight nose, like Western women, who are his ideal type of beauty. […]