Behind on Books…Again

July 23, 2023

It’s that time of year again…I am clearing out my photos on my phone. And I see a bunch of books that I said I would check out…but didn’t. Or did but didn’t finish…

Book List

The Thief’s Journal by Jean Genet

South Korean Golden Age Melodrama by Kathleen McHugh and Nancy Abelmann

Access to Contemporary Korean Art 1980-2010 by Sohyun Ahn, Binna Choi, Seewon Hyun, Gim Jonggil, Heejin Kim, and Hyunjin Kim (access via university library)

The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

Korean Book on Scrolls (Korean Title) from university library

When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions by Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Anna C. Wilson

Book Notes

Access to Contemporary Korean Art: 1980-2010

Collective essays on Korean art criticisms

Art Space Pool in Seoul – oldest alternative, artist-run spaces in Korea

What is Realism” A Genealogy of its Evolution

Gim Jonggil

  • Japanese Colonization period in Korea (1910-1945)
  • Korea Artista Proleta Federacio (KAPF) was established in August 1925 during the Japanese colonial era. Kim Bok-jin drafted the 1st Manifesto and was seen as the de facto leader of KAPF. (11)
  • The title of the manifesto – “Draft for the Nahyeong (naked form) Manifesto” in 1927. Manifesto was seen as a “socialist art theory.” (emphasis on social not socialist) (11)
  • minjung minsul = people’s art
  • yangban = “two groups”, the highest social class of Choseon Dynasty (1392-1910) which consisted of civilian and military officials.

Women, Art, and Society by Whitney Chadwick

Two female artists part of the British Royal Academy in 1768 – Angelica Kauffmann and Mary Moser. However, Johann Zoffany painted The Academicians of the Royal Academy (1772), and the two female founding members were excluded from the painting. All the other male artists and male models existed in the painting. Well, they were painted as busts in the back of the room. (9)

“The striking paradox of Zoffany’s painting focuses attention on the dissimilar positioning of men and women in art history. … In the early 1970s, feminist artists, critics, and historians began to question how categories

Korean American Archive

I’ve also been interested in using the Creative Studio more at my local library. In fact, I am in the beginning stages of working with a friend to start an interview on Korean American stories from the adult children’s perspective….stay tuned.

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