ART–OTH–CHO
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Ha Chong-Hyun
Spatial Construction
Pressure as form
ART–OTH–CHO
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Pressure as form
Ha Chong-Hyun
ART–OTH–CHO
Pressure as form
Index Code:
ART–OTH–CHO
Orgin:
Sancheong, Korea
Field Notes:
pressure as form · resistance as beauty · material as time
Defining Moment:
Early 1970s — resistance as surface; atmosphere took shape

Ha Chong-Hyun

( 
b. 1935
 )
hah chong hyun

Ha built a world from friction.

In his "Conjunction" series, pigment is pushed through hemp canvas from behind, forcing color to emerge as texture.

Process becomes architecture, the struggle of material made visible.

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In his world, pressure creates beauty, and surface records effort as memory.

Structural Focus

Process as Form

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

In Ha Chong-Hyun’s work, this approach appears where repeated physical labor pushes material through the surface.

Position

Process as Form

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

In Ha Chong-Hyun’s work, this approach appears where repeated physical labor pushes material through the surface.
Chromatic Fields
Color fields operate as spatial and structural organizers.
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.
Yun Hyong-keun
Gravity as devotion
Nobuo Sekine
material as perception

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