ART–OTH–SAN
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Chung Sang-Hwa
Spatial Construction
Repetition as clarity
ART–OTH–SAN
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Repetition as clarity
Chung Sang-Hwa
ART–OTH–SAN
Repetition as clarity
Index Code:
ART–OTH–SAN
Orgin:
Yeongdeok, Korea
Field Notes:
repetition as clarity · subtraction as creation · surface as breath
Defining Moment:
Early 1970s — erasure as structure; form became language

Chung Sang-Hwa

( 
b. 1932
 )
choong sahng-hwah

Chung built a world of methodical erosion.

Each canvas is peeled, folded, and repainted in grids of whitened order — repetition as revelation.

He treats the surface as a living system, paint removed to clarify its own architecture.

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In his world, subtraction is creation, and discipline becomes light.

Structural Focus

Process as Form

The method of making defines the structure. Repetition, accumulation, or procedure becomes the visible logic of the work.

In Chung Sang-Hwa’s work, this approach appears where monochrome surfaces are built through repetitive physical labor.

Position

Process as Form

The method of making defines the structure. Repetition, accumulation, or procedure becomes the visible logic of the work.

In Chung Sang-Hwa’s work, this approach appears where monochrome surfaces are built through repetitive physical labor.
Constructed Surfaces
Surfaces are built through layering, joining, and controlled fabrication.
Systems of Clarity
Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.
Structure
Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.
Material
Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.
Art
Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.
Dansaekhwa
Repetition and material restraint generate surface through duration and labor.
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Structual Relations
The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

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How are these related?
Quiet Modernism relates practices through how form is organized rather than how it appears. Connections emerge through shared structural conditions — such as repetition, constraint, spatial organization, material behavior, or duration — even when outcomes differ.

A single grouping may reflect multiple overlapping structural concerns.
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