This work belongs to Park Seo-Bo’s hallmark Ecriture series, which he first began developing in 1967. Ecriture began as a series of monochromes in which Park covered his canvas with a single color and then manipulated the still-wet surface with repetitive carving gestures—actions that resemble the writing of a script and draw from Eastern calligraphic traditions. In this earlier phase of the series, he used a pencil to create these repetitive marks, imbuing the canvas with intricate, rhythmic lines that evoke both the texture of handwriting and the process of meticulous craftsmanship.

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