Insik Quac, Art Magazine
Good vintage condition - minor wear on edges and spine.
“One of the most innovative and influential artists in postwar Japan was, remarkably, a Korean. Quac Insik (1919-1988), a Korean artist who was educated in Tokyo, is best known as an artistic mentor to fellow Korean expatriate artist Lee Ufan, leading theorist of the Japanese Mono-ha(School of Things) movement…..
….Fascinated by the concept of the “cosmos” and the endless array of substances within it, he strove to relate to and articulate the essence of matter in new ways. Working with a variety of media, including glass, iron, stone, steel, brass, clay, ceramic and, most famously, paper, Quac concerned himself throughout his career with questioning the dichotomies between surface and plane, substance and space.”
-Cho Soon Chun
Insik Quac, Art Magazine
Good vintage condition - minor wear on edges and spine.
“One of the most innovative and influential artists in postwar Japan was, remarkably, a Korean. Quac Insik (1919-1988), a Korean artist who was educated in Tokyo, is best known as an artistic mentor to fellow Korean expatriate artist Lee Ufan, leading theorist of the Japanese Mono-ha(School of Things) movement…..
….Fascinated by the concept of the “cosmos” and the endless array of substances within it, he strove to relate to and articulate the essence of matter in new ways. Working with a variety of media, including glass, iron, stone, steel, brass, clay, ceramic and, most famously, paper, Quac concerned himself throughout his career with questioning the dichotomies between surface and plane, substance and space.”
-Cho Soon Chun
