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Lee Jungseop--art and man--has been a standard bearer of Korean post-colonialism for fifty years. Dead at forty after acute personal struggles, he is the stuff of legend, but his art has stood the test of time, communing with a poignant past as a modern spirit.
Fighting or fuming bulls are Lee's metaphor for resolve in the face of obstacle. He is said to have been inspired by the animated wall paintings of swirling dragons and beasts in the Goguryeo royal tombs of the mid-sixth century. H (showing 500 of 3091 characters). |
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