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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Aesthetics. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com
- ISSN
- 0021-8529
- eISSN
- 1540-6245
- DOI
- 10.1093/jaac/kpac032
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
In this essay, I discuss Korean artists’ multi-layered, internal motives for engaging in artistic practices: their artistic devotion derives from their desires for moral self-cultivation, self-enjoyment, and self-forgetting. I speculate that these tendencies were intensified in Korean cultural traditions by distinctive sociopolitical circumstances of the Joseon period under the dominance of Neo-Confucianism, such as a fixed social hierarchy and Sino-centrist perspectives. This interpretation provides a useful lens for better understanding contemporary Korean artistic practices in both the fine and popular arts.
Journal
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism – Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 15, 2022