Day Dream 98-19 (1998)
咸燮 Ham Sup(1942 - 2024, Korea)
韓紙等複合媒材 Mixed Media (Korean Paper)
85 x 62 cm （約25號）
來源：前駐韓國法國大使夫婦收藏
此為90年代《Day Dream 白日夢》系列鼎盛黃金時期的壓軸之作。手抄古書漢字、樹皮古法製作韓紙、天然植物染、純手工撕貼搥打媒材肌理而成。為其撕貼壓塑的精華時期之作。極具國際當代藝術品收藏的份量
承襲韓國單色畫運動（Dansaekhwa）精神的韓紙先鋒
咸燮老師是韓國利用傳統韓紙（Hanji）進行現代抽象創作的靈魂人物。這不是用刷子畫出來的，而是他將古老的手抄桑樹皮古書漢字卷，經過浸泡、染色、撕裂、揉捏後，一層層堆疊在底版上，再經過無數次的搥打、壓印、滾磨才形成的立體肌理。這是把東方的靈魂，揉進了西方的當代抽象。
物質與時間的白日夢：「98-19」 代表 1998 年的第 19 號作品，正是他《白日夢》系列創作能量最飽滿的時期。仔細看，紙張纖維裡還隱隱隱現著百年古書的墨跡與天然植物染料的溫潤色彩，這在現代室內空間的柔和燈光下，會散發出一種非常高級、沉靜的禪意。
畫作構圖：畫面似乎可勾勒出一男與二女的有趣的三人行交集。
Provenance: collection of a former French ambassador to South Korea and spouse.
This work comes from the high point of the Day Dream series in the 1990s. It incorporates handwritten Chinese characters from old books, Hanji made through traditional bark-based methods, natural plant dyes, and fully hand-torn, hammered, and layered textures. It represents a mature phase of Ham’s tearing, layering, and relief-forming technique and carries substantial presence as an international contemporary artwork.
A Hanji Pioneer Carrying the Spirit of Dansaekhwa
Ham Sup is presented in the original document as a central figure in bringing traditional Korean Hanji into modern abstraction. The surface is not simply painted with a brush: old handwritten mulberry-paper book sheets are soaked, dyed, torn, kneaded, and layered onto the support, then repeatedly hammered, pressed, and rolled to build three-dimensional texture. The process is framed as a fusion of an Eastern material spirit with the language of Western contemporary abstraction.
A Daydream of Material and Time
“98-19” denotes the nineteenth work of 1998, a period described as one of the most energetic phases of the Day Dream series. Looking closely, traces of old ink and the warm tones of natural dyes remain visible within the paper fibers. Under soft interior lighting, these details create a refined, quiet, almost meditative presence.
Composition
The composition may be read as suggesting the intriguing intersection of one male and two female figures.