Oh Yoon 40th Anniversary
The Blade of the People,
Returning After 40 Years
A short yet powerful life. A spirit of the times carved in printmaking.
Oh Yoon speaks to us again through his work.
Art should be shared by everyone.
Carving the pain of the era
into hope
Oh Yoon (1946–1986) chose woodcut printmaking as a social language. At a time when elite abstraction dominated, he turned toward ordinary people and collective realities. Pressed not by machine but by a spoon rubbed against paper, his prints traveled freely — to poetry covers, workers' leaflets, and children's storybooks. “Art should be shared by everyone,” he insisted, and he meant it.
