July 11, Korean professor Lee Man Soo contemporary artist was invited to lecture in our college, share their experiences and the development of modern art in Korea.

In recent years, the development of modern art in Korea gradually reflect their own unique, contemporary artists in Korea beyond the traditional art forms and attempt to rediscover the spirit of traditional art various conversions between these two methods. Lee Man Soo is one of the representative figures of modern art, was born in the 1950s in Korea, the Korean War has experienced historic changes mainly Korea several times, grew up in a South Korea's uncertain times that experiences growing influence and laid him after style.

Return to the heart of quiet and clean, Lee Man Soo's work exudes a purest and clean, simple and quiet, but not thick and heavy. His idea is to let his paintings reflect a natural desire to clean and not a state. The demonstration of most of the works are mixed pigment and kaolin ore powder coating to complete. In Lee Man Soo opinion, it was chosen as a coating kaolin pigments because everywhere earth comes from the earth, kaolin earth like a gift, but also includes the land of his simple and natural emotions. In the process of creation of his show, a spoonful of soil, two spoonful of gum, a spoonful of flour, the amount of each transfer a color difference is not impartial to follow the golden ratio in his mind. Step painting may seem complicated, but it works reflects the absolute simplicity.

Turning to the evolution of his own painting style and manner of the time, Lee Man Soo showed some of his early paintings. Compared to the current calm in fresh, early works it appears dark obscure, it is depicted more about the depths of the inner self young loneliness and anxiety. For now, it works, he said, just want to bring the viewer more cheerful and positive mood. Picture simple characters and life everywhere items are from his childhood in the village life memory. When every morning in the yard broom sweeping across the ground traces left, courtyards grow lush bamboo branches texture, and now have become his inspiration.

When he introducing his work, Lee Man Soo note Mandala several times. The word comes from the Sanskrit, has a magical circle of meaning, is a sacred geometry. The looming circle usually appear in Lee Man Soo’s works. Express his understanding of Mandala that the relation between lives and identity, and religious flavor.

Lee Man Soo said he now Oriental style by style influences include Chinese painting. Many of his works appeared in Plum image that is portrayed by many Chinese paintings. His casual tone, this series of works, not only reflects the sense of space and oriental painting techniques, but also reflects the unique Zen Oriental painting.

10ART, Zhang Mingliang