The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Ecriture No. 22–77
1977
(Korean, 1931–2023)
130.2 x 195.3 cm (51 1/4 x 76 7/8 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2023.48
© Park Seo-Bo
Location: 236 Korean
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Park Seo-Bo drew inspiration for his Écritures series by watching his three-year-old son attempting to write a word inside a grid.Description
Écriture No. 22-77 by Park Seo-Bo represents one of the most important modern and contemporary Korean abstraction called Dansaekhwa, meaning monochrome painting in Korean. In this work, Park repetitively incised the tip of the pencil into a surface still wet with whitish paint, marking the ebb and flow of the drawing process. Then, he added the pencil mark, removing paint. Park considers this a process of erasure.According to the artist, Écriture series was born by watching his three-year-old son attempting to write a word inside a grid. Growing frustrated by his failure to fit within the lines, the boy abandoned his initial pursuit, and instead decided to create his own form of writing, a kind of repetitive scribbling. Park often compared the repetitive process of drawing lines to his way of practicing meditation in the time of frustration.
- ?–2023(White Cube, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)2023–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 21, 2025-May 3, 2026).Material and Immaterial in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 28, 2023-February 25, 2024).
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