{"id":21867,"date":"2024-04-17T21:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-and-why-did-minjung-artists-make-references-to-korean-identity-in-their-artworks\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T21:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:57:07","slug":"how-and-why-did-minjung-artists-make-references-to-korean-identity-in-their-artworks","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-and-why-did-minjung-artists-make-references-to-korean-identity-in-their-artworks\/","title":{"rendered":"How and why did Minjung artists make references to Korean \u2018identity\u2019 in their artworks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dominance of Dansaekhwa continued into the 1970s. However, by the
\n1980s it was seen as being elitist and out of touch. This decade saw the rise
\nof politically active artists, who argued that art should reflect social
\nreality. Their art became integral to the Minjung movement and its call for
\nsocial and political change. Chapter five examines the characteristics of Minjung
\nart and explores its broader significance. In their search for a visual
\nlanguage that spoke for the Korean collective also Minjung artists turned to
\nKorean traditions. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Minjung (<\/span>\ubbfc\uc911<\/span>, <\/span>\u6c11\u8846<\/span>) means the
\npeople or the masses, and the Minjung cultural movement was based on the
\ncommunality of the oppressed masses. Minjung art was initially not an art
\nmovement but a radical reaction to the political dictatorship and the Gwangju uprisings
\nof the 1980s. As such it was the subject matters and messages of the art works,
\nrather than their style and technique that linked the artists. Like Dansaekhwa artists,
\nMinjung artists were interested in expressing Korean identity in art, but in
\ncontrast to Dansaekhwa artists, for them Korean identity was found in folk art
\nfrom pre-colonial times. <\/span><\/p>\n


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