SONGZIO X BTS
LYRICAL ARMOR
MAKING
JUNBEOP
BRUSH STROKES OF HISTORY
IN THE LATE JOSEON PERIOD, PARTICULARLY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, JINGYEONG SANSUHWA (TRUE-VIEW LANDSCAPE PAINTING) EMERGED AS A DISTINCTLY KOREAN STYLE OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING. UNLIKE EARLIER IDEALIZED LANDSCAPES, IT WAS BASED ON DIRECT OBSERVATION OF KOREA’S ACTUAL MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS, CAPTURING THE SCENERY AS ARTISTS EXPERIENCED IT IN REALITY USING INNOVATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE BRUSH TECHNIQUES. USING THE VERTICAL STROKES TO DEPICT RUGGED ROCK MOUNTAINS (AMSAN) AND THE PIMAJUN BRUSH TECHNIQUE TO REPRESENT EARTHEN HILLS (TOSAN), PAINTERS VIVIDLY CONVEYED THE SPIRIT AND TEXTURE OF KOREA’S NATURAL LANDSCAPE.
THIS COLLECTION DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE JUNBEOP, TEXTURAL BRUSH TECHNIQUES, FOUND IN TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE PAINTING. THE BRUSH IS LAYERED, SCRATCHED, AND REPEATEDLY DRAGGED ACROSS THE SURFACE. AT TIMES, A DRY BRUSH IS RUBBED OVER THE PAPER MULTIPLE TIMES SO THAT THE GRAIN OF THE INK REMAINS VISIBLE. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, PAINTERS VISUALLY EXPRESSED THE TEXTURES OF NATURE—SURFACES WORN DOWN AND WEATHERED BY THE PASSAGE OF TIME. THE PAINTERLY METHODS USED TO DEPICT THE ROUGH SURFACES OF MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS ARE TRANSLATED INTO INTENTIONALLY DISTRESSED FABRICS.
SPECIAL EXHIBITION
SONGZIO’S COLLABORATIVE COLLECTION WITH BTS, ‘LYRICAL AMOR’
27 MARCH 2026 – 31 MARCH 2026
GALERIE NOIR
DOSAN PARK, SEOUL