
White Cube Paris is pleased to present an exhibition of Park Seo‑Bo’s signature ‘Ecriture’ paintings, spanning over 50 years of the artist’s influential practice.
Marking the first time Park’s ‘Newspaper Ecritures’ have been shown in Paris, the exhibition brings together the earliest iterations of this series, conceived in the late 1970s in the city, alongside the final body of work completed shortly before his passing in 2023.









Park Seo-Bo is widely considered one of the leading figures in contemporary Korean art. Credited as being the father of the ‘Dansaekhwa’ movement. Born in 1931 in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk, Park was part of a generation that was deeply affected by the Korean War (1950—53) which divided the country into North and South. After experimenting with Western abstraction, particularly the style of ‘Art Informel’ with which he became familiar during his time in Paris in 1961, Park began to explore a more introspective methodology that had its origins in Taoist and Buddhist philosophy and also in the Korean tradition of calligraphy.




An international art powerhouse, White Cube was established in 1993 in London by art dealer Jay Jopling. In its space on Duke Street, it served as the early exhibition venue for many now internationally acclaimed British artists, including Tracey Emin, Gilbert & George, Rachel Kneebone and Antony Gormley, who still show with the gallery today.

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