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Bamboos in Wind

바람 속의 대나무

1934

Kim Jin-woo 김진우

(Korean, 1883–1950)
Culture
Korea, Japanese colonial period (1910−1945)
Medium
Ten-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Measurements
Each panel: 128.9 x 33 cm (50 3/4 x 13 in.); Each panel framed: 194.3 x 47.6 cm (76 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2022.91
Public Domain
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The artist’s prolific artistic production were a major part of fundraising efforts to support resistance activities for Korea’s independence.

Description

Active during the Japanese colonial period in Korea (1910–45), the artist Jin-woo Kim earned his artistic reputation for his expressive renditions of bamboo swaying in a strong wind. His piercing bamboo shoots are often compared to an iron spear, and their sharp leaves to a knife. It is believed that he deliberately emphasized sharpness in his brushstrokes to express his strong resistance against Japanese colonial oppression.
A ten-panel folding screen features monochromatic ink paintings of bamboo on cream rectangles. The depictions, varying from thick singular stalks to thin leaning branches, occupy the upper two-thirds of each panel, with a plain brownish-khaki section below. Vertical columns of black calligraphy and small red seal marks are interspersed throughout. The ink varies between fine lines and broad sweeps, contrasting against the light background of each vertical panel.

Bamboos in Wind

1934

Kim Jin-woo

(Korean, 1883–1950)
Korea, Japanese colonial period (1910−1945)

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