Nung-Saeng PARK

Professor Neung-Saeng Park interprets in a modern way, the landscape painting tradition of the Joseon period in the 18th century , through his experiences of everyday life, and the landscapes he observes both around downtown Seoul, and in famous locations in Europe.

Neung Saeng Park is one of Korea's most prominent landscape painters. Based on the "true" classical landscape painting dating  back to the Joseon period in the 18th century, his work reflects  the pictorial traditions, reminiscent of the Korean representation of perspective: The artist breaks free from linear perspective familiar to us. Unlike Western painting, the rendering of perspective of the 3 vanishing points introduced by Bruneleschi in the 15th century, it depicts the atmosphere of the place in a panoramic and playful way while respecting the tradition of the so-called "Eastern" or even "Korean" perspective, simultaneously superimposing 3 points of view: Top, middle and bottom. 

“Rather than an image in perspective, I prefer an image in synesthesia. It is neither illusion nor perspective representation. It describes what I feel through my body and my eyes. It is not just the simple reproduction of an object. Rather, it is the manifestation of a sensuous landscape that brings together the eyes and the mind that pursue all of the real landscape down to the smallest detail. It is a kind of pictorial book and a recreation of visible reality in the form of a panorama.” - Nung-Saeng PARK

Neung Saeng Park was born in 1973. He lives and works in Seoul and Changwon. Near Busan, He studied fine arts at National Chungnam University (BFA and MFA) and Shungshin University (Ph.D.). He is currently a professor in the Fine Arts Department of National Changwon University. His works are part of about twenty collections, including 10 museums in Korea and China, 4 universities, banks, cultural centers, companies.