Finally..

..found what I was looking for. And even though I did not get to see Professor Kim Ho Seok (김호석) today, because I opted to eat lunch instead (the class ran until 1pm, and he was likely to be more concerned with filling his stomach than engaging in a conversation about his art with a foreigner with poor korean-speaking ability), I will likely arrange the opportunity to meet sometime in the future.



From what I understand, he was born in the 50's, and has spent the bulk of his career doing ink drawings of traditional houses, portraits, and peasants. Boring. Then, about five years ago he changed directions, and started interpreting the lives of the people of northern asia in his wonderfully composed, confident, sketches. Remarkable in their absolute mastery of line - the speed, pressure, flow, bleed, colour, consistency, thickness and weight of each is made to look easy and everyday. the works shown here are mostly just details. If you do not click on the images to see the larger versions, you're missing out.