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'''Park Chan-su''' (a.k.a. '''Park Changsoo''', '''Moga''') is a [[Koreans|Korean]] sculptor in wood, and a museum curator. He is the primary exponent of the Korean style of wood-carving known as ''mokjogakjang''.
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'''Park Chan-su''' ({{Korean|hangul=박찬수}}; a.k.a. '''Park Changsoo''', '''Moga''') is a [[Koreans|Korean]] sculptor in wood, and a museum curator. He is the primary exponent of the Korean style of wood-carving known as ''mokjogakjang''.
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Park began wood-carving at the age of 12 to supplement his family's income. A decade or so later he became interested in [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] sculpture, and began to specialise in the rediscovery of the traditional ''mokjogakjang'' carving techniques used in Buddhist art.<ref name=arirang>{{cite web|title=Engraving the Korean Spirit into Wood|url=http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=109759&category=2|publisher=Arirang News|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref> He took the Buddhist name Moga, meaning "a tree in bud".<ref name="Radio Korea">{{cite web|title=Take a spring time stroll in one of the cherished gardens of Buddha|url=http://world.kbs.co.kr/archive/tour/archive/archive_e/e_t030219.htm|work=Welcome To Korea|publisher=Radio Korea International/KBS|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref>


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Park began wood-carving at the age of 12 to supplement his family's income. A decade or so later he became interested in [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] sculpture, and began to specialise in the rediscovery of the traditional ''mokjogakjang'' carving techniques used in Buddhist art.<ref name=arirang>{{cite web|title=Engraving the Korean Spirit into Wood|url=http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=109759&category=2|publisher=Arirang News|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref> He took the Buddhist name Moga, meaning "a tree in bud".<ref name="Radio Korea">{{cite web|title=Take a spring time stroll in one of the cherished gardens of Buddha|url=http://world.kbs.co.kr/archive/tour/archive/archive_e/e_t030219.htm|work=Welcome To Korea|publisher=Radio Korea International/KBS|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref>
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In 1989, he founded the Moga Museum (later the Moga Buddhist Museum) in [[Yeoju County|Yeoju]] to display traditional handicrafts and Buddhist sculptures and relics. The museum has over 6,000 pieces in its catalogue, many of them Park's own work.<ref name=arirang/><ref name="Korea Newsreview">{{cite book|title=Korea Newsreview|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=O3O6AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=10 April 2013|year=1991|publisher=Korea Herald, Incorporated|page=3}}</ref>

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In 1989, he founded the Moga Museum (later the Moga Buddhist Museum) in [[Yeoju County|Yeoju]] to display traditional handicrafts and Buddhist sculptures and relics. The museum has over 6,000 pieces in its catalogue, many of them Park's own work.<ref name=arirang/><ref name="Korea Newsreview">{{cite book|title=Korea Newsreview|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3O6AAAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Korea Herald, Incorporated|page=3}}</ref>


{{quote box|width=40%|quote=My wood sculptures and I are not separate, but one. I have lived with the belief that I cannot exist without my wood sculptures.|source=Park Chan-su<ref name=arirang/>|quoted=1}}
{{quote box|width=40%|quote=My wood sculptures and I are not separate, but one. I have lived with the belief that I cannot exist without my wood sculptures.|source=Park Chan-su<ref name=arirang/>|quoted=1}}
Park has been noted for both the rough-hewn simplicity of his works<ref name=arirang/> and for his melding of ancient and modern sculpture techniques.<ref name=antiques>{{cite web|title=Dream of a Buddha's Mother: Park Chan-soo, Master Wood Sculptor|url=http://www.antiquealive.com/masters/buddha/sculpture.html|publisher=Antique Alive|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref> Many of his works have a comic or joyful theme, derived from his Buddhist beliefs. Unusually, he uses a ''[[Wooden fish|moktak]]'' (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument) rather than a hammer or mallet to drive his chisel.<ref name=Gowman>{{cite web|last=Gowman|first=Philip|title=Park Chan-soo gives Buddhist art a new voice|url=http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/05/26/park-chan-soo-review/|work=London Korean Links|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref> Themeatically, his carvings tend to be of Buddha or Buddhist subjects, but he is also noted for creating traditional shamanic sculptures such as ''[[jangseung]]'' totems.<ref name=antiques/><ref name=yeoju/>
Park has been noted for both the rough-hewn simplicity of his works<ref name=arirang/> and for his melding of ancient and modern sculpture techniques.<ref name=antiques>{{cite web|title=Dream of a Buddha's Mother: Park Chan-soo, Master Wood Sculptor|url=http://www.antiquealive.com/masters/buddha/sculpture.html|publisher=Antique Alive|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref> Many of his works have a comic or joyful theme, derived from his Buddhist beliefs. Unusually, he uses a ''[[Wooden fish|moktak]]'' (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument) rather than a hammer or mallet to drive his chisel.<ref name=Gowman>{{cite web|last=Gowman|first=Philip|title=Park Chan-soo gives Buddhist art a new voice|url=http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/05/26/park-chan-soo-review/|work=London Korean Links|date=26 May 2010 |accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref> Thematically, his carvings tend to be of Buddha or Buddhist subjects, but he is also noted for creating traditional shamanic sculptures such as ''[[jangseung]]'' totems.<ref name=antiques/><ref name=yeoju/>


In 1986, Park was awarded the grand prize at the Buddhist Arts Exhibition, and three years later won the President's Prize in the national Traditional Crafts Competition.<ref name=yeoju>{{cite web|title=Maestro in wood carving, Park, Chan Soo|url=http://www.yj21.net/english/culture/Intangible.jsp?cid=1755&gotoPage=1|work=Intangible Cultural Heritage|publisher=Yeoju Gun|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref> In 1996, Park and his style of carving were designated [[Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea|Important Intangible Cultural Assets]] by the Korean Cultural Heritage Organisation.<ref name="Radio Korea"/><ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web|title=Handicrafts|url=http://www.ichcap.org/en/archives/unescoView2.jsp?ich_name=ICH_LIST3_ENG&idx=&listLIDX=118&searchtext=|work=ICH Archives|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref> He has also written several books on traditional Korean woodcarving,<ref name=yeoju/> and runs workshops and classes in which he teaches others the art of ''mokjogakjang''.<ref name=arirang/> One of his sculptures is owned by [[George W. Bush]], and is displayed at Bush's Texas ranch.<ref name=antiques/>
In 1986, Park was awarded the grand prize at the Buddhist Arts Exhibition, and three years later won the President's Prize in the national Traditional Crafts Competition.<ref name=yeoju>{{cite web|title=Maestro in wood carving, Park, Chan Soo|url=http://www.yj21.net/english/culture/Intangible.jsp?cid=1755&gotoPage=1|work=Intangible Cultural Heritage|publisher=Yeoju Gun|accessdate=10 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703121613/http://www.yj21.net/english/culture/Intangible.jsp?cid=1755&gotoPage=1|archivedate=3 July 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1996, Park and his style of carving were designated [[Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea|Important Intangible Cultural Assets]] by the Korean Cultural Heritage Organisation.<ref name="Radio Korea"/><ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web|title=Handicrafts|url=http://www.ichcap.org/en/archives/unescoView2.jsp?ich_name=ICH_LIST3_ENG&idx=&listLIDX=118&searchtext=|work=ICH Archives|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=10 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130704024341/http://www.ichcap.org/en/archives/unescoView2.jsp?ich_name=ICH_LIST3_ENG&idx=&listLIDX=118&searchtext=|archivedate=4 July 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He has also written several books on traditional Korean woodcarving,<ref name=yeoju/> and runs workshops and classes in which he teaches others the art of ''mokjogakjang''.<ref name=arirang/> One of his sculptures is owned by [[George W. Bush]], and is displayed at Bush's Texas ranch.<ref name=antiques/>


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Latest revision as of 03:46, 4 March 2024

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Chan-su
Born (1949-07-01) 1 July 1949 (age 75)
Sancheong, South Gyeongsang Province
NationalityKorean
OccupationSculptor
Known forBuddhist sculpture
Park Chan-su
Hangul
박찬수
Revised RomanizationBak Chansu
McCune–ReischauerPak Ch'ansu

Park Chan-su (Korean: 박찬수; a.k.a. Park Changsoo, Moga) is a Korean sculptor in wood, and a museum curator. He is the primary exponent of the Korean style of wood-carving known as mokjogakjang.

Park began wood-carving at the age of 12 to supplement his family's income. A decade or so later he became interested in Buddhist sculpture, and began to specialise in the rediscovery of the traditional mokjogakjang carving techniques used in Buddhist art.[1] He took the Buddhist name Moga, meaning "a tree in bud".[2]

In 1989, he founded the Moga Museum (later the Moga Buddhist Museum) in Yeoju to display traditional handicrafts and Buddhist sculptures and relics. The museum has over 6,000 pieces in its catalogue, many of them Park's own work.[1][3]

My wood sculptures and I are not separate, but one. I have lived with the belief that I cannot exist without my wood sculptures.

Park Chan-su[1]

Park has been noted for both the rough-hewn simplicity of his works[1] and for his melding of ancient and modern sculpture techniques.[4] Many of his works have a comic or joyful theme, derived from his Buddhist beliefs. Unusually, he uses a moktak (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument) rather than a hammer or mallet to drive his chisel.[5] Thematically, his carvings tend to be of Buddha or Buddhist subjects, but he is also noted for creating traditional shamanic sculptures such as jangseung totems.[4][6]

In 1986, Park was awarded the grand prize at the Buddhist Arts Exhibition, and three years later won the President's Prize in the national Traditional Crafts Competition.[6] In 1996, Park and his style of carving were designated Important Intangible Cultural Assets by the Korean Cultural Heritage Organisation.[2][7] He has also written several books on traditional Korean woodcarving,[6] and runs workshops and classes in which he teaches others the art of mokjogakjang.[1] One of his sculptures is owned by George W. Bush, and is displayed at Bush's Texas ranch.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Engraving the Korean Spirit into Wood". Arirang News. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Take a spring time stroll in one of the cherished gardens of Buddha". Welcome To Korea. Radio Korea International/KBS. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. ^ Korea Newsreview. Korea Herald, Incorporated. 1991. p. 3.
  4. ^ a b c "Dream of a Buddha's Mother: Park Chan-soo, Master Wood Sculptor". Antique Alive. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. ^ Gowman, Philip (26 May 2010). "Park Chan-soo gives Buddhist art a new voice". London Korean Links. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Maestro in wood carving, Park, Chan Soo". Intangible Cultural Heritage. Yeoju Gun. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Handicrafts". ICH Archives. UNESCO. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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