Artists that Draw: Suh Se-ok

For this assignment I chose the artist Suh Se-ok, and his work titled "People". In the 1950s, Suh Se-ok began to encourage other artists inside and outside of the Mungnimhoe movement, which he was the leader of, to break free from the traditional styles and let their work become more abstract.  This abstractness is present in much of Se-ok's works, especially in the pieces such as "People"; he uses a blend of traditional ink painting and calligraphy to create this work, which seems to depict a chain of people linked by holding each other's hands.  The work was made by the drawing of the Chinese character for people with a bamboo brush and ink from traditional ink painting styles from Asia.  I believe that he uses the element of drawing in drawing the characters to help bring a more abstract feel to his work that might have been lost if he pursued another medium and not drawing.