The South Korean Minjung Art in 20th century: A multidisciplinary framework for the way people saw the political agenda

The South Korean Minjung Art in 20th century: A multidisciplinary framework for the way people saw the political agenda

In 1980`s, Korean painters began to represent these terrible scenes in their arts. The movement is called ``Minjung Art``. This research explores the characteristics and meanings of the Minjung Art, primarily considering the relationship between art and Korean political situation in the 80`s. Minjung Artists thought that Korea has become a new colony of American economy, culture, art and politics. That is why Minjung Art was strongly motivated by the anti-colonial, and anti-American ideas. Minjung Art is a Socialist Art based on the Marx-Lenin theories. An influential literary and art critic of the twentieth century was a Post-Marxist who pointed out the capability of Realist Art to confront an objective reality that exists in the world. Art was a work. Bataille believed that the making of tools and weapons was the departure point for that early faculty of ration, which humanized the animals we once had been. It is obviously work that made him a human being, the reasonable animal we are. Bataille thought that if it is true that work is our origin, if it is true that work is the key to humanity, human beings would eventually distance themselves completely from animalist through work. Minjung Art did not aim at the revolution of social reality but to be an ideological art seeking for the reforms of the society that grants freedom for the people. The import of “culture” for understanding human activity and the history of its many uses provide the initial basis of Cultural Studies, an interdisciplinary field formed over forty years ago, primarily in the US and UK. Since then, interest in the field has grown exponentially. Incorporating a diverse range of new theoretical inputs, methodological innovations and objects of inquiry, Cultural issues takes up a number of issues related to contemporary culture while being aware of their specific historical formations.

In 1980`s, Korean painters began to represent these terrible scenes in their arts. The movement is called ``Minjung Art``. This research explores the characteristics and meanings of the Minjung Art, primarily considering the relationship between art and Korean political situation in the 80`s. Minjung Artists thought that Korea has become a new colony of American economy, culture, art and politics. That is why Minjung Art was strongly motivated by the anti-colonial, and anti-American ideas. Minjung Art is a Socialist Art based on the Marx-Lenin theories. An influential literary and art critic of the twentieth century was a Post-Marxist who pointed out the capability of Realist Art to confront an objective reality that exists in the world. Art was a work. Bataille believed that the making of tools and weapons was the departure point for that early faculty of ration, which humanized the animals we once had been. It is obviously work that made him a human being, the reasonable animal we are. Bataille thought that if it is true that work is our origin, if it is true that work is the key to humanity, human beings would eventually distance themselves completely from animalist through work. Minjung Art did not aim at the revolution of social reality but to be an ideological art seeking for the reforms of the society that grants freedom for the people. The import of “culture” for understanding human activity and the history of its many uses provide the initial basis of Cultural Studies, an interdisciplinary field formed over forty years ago, primarily in the US and UK. Since then, interest in the field has grown exponentially. Incorporating a diverse range of new theoretical inputs, methodological innovations and objects of inquiry, Cultural issues takes up a number of issues related to contemporary culture while being aware of their specific historical formations.