Han Unseong and Jeong Jeongyeop Donate Works to Suwon City Museum of Art

Han Unseong's 'Maedeup', oil on canvas, 193.5x130.3cm, 1987.

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The Suwon Museum of Art in Gyeonggi-do announced on the 29th that it has received a donation of a total of 34 works by Western painter Han Unseong and artist Jeong Jeongyeop, who focuses on the theme of women's lives.

Han Unseong, an honorary professor at Seoul National University College of Fine Arts, is recognized as a leading figure in the Korean contemporary art scene. He was the first Western painter and printmaker in Korea to be selected as a Fulbright scholar by the U.S. Department of State. From the 1970s to the 2000s, Han donated 25 representative works to the Suwon Museum of Art. The donated works include 25 pieces such as "Wisdom's Slow Shadow (1977)," "Knot (1987)," and "Fruit Gathering (2002)." Through this donation, the museum has acquired representative works from different periods spanning 40 years of Han Unseong's artistic career.

Jeong Jeongyeop is a prominent artist in the feminist art movement who continues to work on the theme of women's lives. The works donated to the Suwon Museum of Art this time are nine pieces from the "Mirror (2016?2018)" series, which feature images painted on mirrors collected by the artist. These works can be interpreted in various ways through the properties of the mirror. Jeong stated, "I decided to donate because I resonate with the Suwon Museum of Art's clear exhibition and collection focus on feminism."

With this donation, the Suwon Museum of Art has collected a total of 229 pieces in its collection, and regular acquisitions are planned to continue within the year.

Kim Jinyeop, director of the Suwon Museum of Art, said, "The donated collection will be continuously preserved, managed, and researched, and will be utilized as diverse cultural and artistic content resources for exhibitions, education, and for visitors and citizens in the future."

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