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Emography
Emography is a new art trend that merges calligraphy and painting. Emography was invented in 2005 by Huh, Hwe-tae, Director of the Moosan Emographic Art Institute in Seoul, Korea. Famed German-based art critic Ryu Byung-hak coined the term “emography” to describe this art genre where calligraphy merges with symbolism, form and imagery.

The emographist captures the symbolism of a moment in an image painted on paper, ceramics, furniture or other media. He expresses form and emotion in a few quick brushstrokes. The emographist uses painting, instead of simple words or characters, to express a commonality he shares with his viewers. The nature of the art allows the viewer to make his own interpretation of the artist’s intention. At first glance, one sees simple characters. Upon viewing the piece in depth, the characters transform into images and the images have a deeper meaning than their superficial appearance. The artist seeks to unleash the soul of the painting by creating an elaborate and illustrative depiction of its essence. Resulting from a pursuit of new artistry, emography is rooted in the traditional spiritual world of calligraphy, but is also a culmination of the emographist’s history as an artist, creator and scholar.

The website www.moosan.net contains the history of emography and all of Huh Hwe-tae’s work.

Contemporary Expression in Paint Based on Calligraphy
Focuse on Huh, Hwe-tae's(Creator of Emography) work 

1. Pictographic Expression Derived from Chia-ku-wen :

Derived originally from Chia-ku-wen pictographic script, (Chinese bone-and-shell script), Oriental calligraphy was initially marked by a primitive hieroglyphic quality, before developing into an art of immense variety made possible through the unique properties of the brush. The beautiful Chia-ku-wen pictographic script appeals to the aesthetic sense of modern humans with its intense brush imagery and pictographic quality. 2. Symbolic Expression Based on Ideograms;

An ideogram is one of two ways used to characterize language, the other being a phonogram. Ideograms are characters that visually represent an idea. With their birth, characters became symbolic and were used for expression through painting. Because we know their meaning only through form, Chinese characters are also knowable, conventionally as ideograms, with new ideograms coined by adding strokes to pictographic scripts. Their pictographic quality contributes to poetry, painting, and especially to calligraphy, as they are diversely expressed through artistic practice.

3. Form and Expression Merges with Natural Objects :

Humanity exists in harmony with nature and, from this harmony, art is naturally derived. The beauty of nature can be felt through experiencing harmony discovered in scenery, creatures, and inanimate objects. In accord with this, the artist describes the emotion, form, and atmosphere through pictographic script, measured form, and artistic, expressive techniques. His work features forms that depict natural objects, such as birds and trees, in a stroke, incorporating calligraphic brushwork with symbolic painted expression.

4. Calligraphy and Painted Expression Reflected in Script Styles : The artist's work seems to depict natural objects and characters simultaneously. The characters have different styles and appear as dots and lines, each varying in its composition and expression. Each script shows contrast: characters that bend and stretch, that are dense and sparse, straight and curved. Even in contrast, each script harmonizes completely with each other. The unique, elegant beauty of form is added to these characters with gentle, resilient brush strokes. 5. Calligraphic Expression Embodying the Beauty of Movement : While appreciating works of calligraphy, we may discover the beauty of movement even in the static form of a character. The beauty of rhythm is emphasized by the modulation of swift and slow brushstrokes. In this calligraphic expression, dots and lines are placed on the plane; something tilted is set right; a length, long or short, changes; and both static and dynamic streams are properly adjusted between movement and stillness. Relying on, controlling, responding to, and harmonizing with one another, these elements all derive from the ever-changing lines and dots.

6. Painted Expression Derived from the Rubbing Technique : In the works employing the rubbing technique, light ink coloring is repeatedly applied to forms and backgrounds through the use of pointillism. The rubbing technique is used to maximize the light reflected from the ink application. This method connotes five hues and helps generate a sense of depth in a two-dimensional space.

Creator of Emography: Huh, Hwe-tae
-Born in Sunchun, Jeollanam-Do, Republic of Korea, 1957

-Over 47 years of art work starting from calligraphy since his age of five

-Emographic Artist -“The Creator of Emography”

-Director of Moosan Emographic Art Institute, Seoul, Korea

-Lecturer, Art Center Calligraphy Hall, Seoul, Korea

-Member of Advisory Committee for World Art Federation-Member of International Art Cooperative Organization-Member of Korea Fine Arts Association

Link to
www.moosan.net Youngyim (talk) 11:29, 26 April 2009 (UTC)