JOONG ANG SUNDAY | April 20, 2020

As Dansaekhwa continues to draw attention, the focus shifts from color to perception itself—urging viewers to experience “visual tactility” rather than simply seeing. While often compared to Western monochrome painting, Korean Dansaekhwa is distinguished by its emphasis on material process, repetition, and the physical act of making.

Works by artists including Kim Tae-ho exemplify this approach, where layers of paint are built, scraped, and reworked to create surfaces that must be felt with the eyes. His Internal Rhythm series embodies this idea, transforming color and texture into a sensory experience shaped by time and labor.

Positioned across generations, the exhibition suggests that Dansaekhwa is evolving beyond a fixed style into a broader language of material and perception—one that engages the viewer not through image, but through the accumulated rhythm of process.