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Deep Diving. Highlights of the Ludwig Collection – “Nam Tchun Mo. When lines become space”, 02.04.2026

02.04.2026 , 16:00

„Deep Diving. Hightlights der Sammlung“ präsentiert im Rahmen einer vertieften Kunstbetrachtung ausgewählte Kunstwerke, Techniken oder Themen und erläutert diese anhand biografischer, kunsthistorischer und sozialphilosophischer Informationen.

Thema: “Nam Tchun Mo. When lines become space”

For over thirty years, the South Korean artist Nam Tchun-Mo (born in Daegu in 1961) has been developing works that revolve around a central element: the line. Two works from the Ludwig Museum collection (“Strokes 1803”, 2018, acrylic on canvas and “Spring-Beam”, 2019, mixed media) illustrate how this line evolves from a simple painterly gesture into a spatial structure.

Nam Tchun-Mo belongs to a younger generation of South Korean artists who emerged from the Dansaekhwa movement. This art movement, characterized by minimalist and often monochrome painting, consciously distanced itself from Western art, emphasizing reduction, repetition, and meditative expressiveness. In this spirit, Nam Tchun-Mo developed his own artistic language, which consistently focuses on line. His work ranges from drawings to relief-like images and sculptural objects. He understands the line not merely as a flat element, but as something spatial and corporeal. Through repetition and variation, vibrant structures emerge that oscillate between order and movement. The tactile quality of his works is also characteristic: he works with fabrics, hardens them with polyester, and thus creates relief-like surfaces with varying heights and depths. These can be monochromatic or accentuated with color, appealing to multiple senses simultaneously. From two-dimensional forms, he increasingly develops three-dimensional objects in space. In this way, Nam Tchun-Mo combines minimalist rigor with sensual impact. His art unites tranquility and vibrancy, carrying the ideas of the Dansaekhwa movement further into a new, independent form of expression.

The lines invite the viewer to actively discover how a simple gesture can create an entire landscape in space, while their gestural quality is reminiscent of the tradition of East Asian calligraphy. Viewing thus becomes a poetic, almost meditative experience that is immediately captivating even for newcomers to contemporary art.

With Suzana Leu-Puggioni, M. A., research assistant
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026, 4-5 pm.

Cost: €3 plus admission

Advance registration is requested by 12 noon on April 1st, 2026, via email to kasse.ludwig-museum@stadt.koblenz.de or by phone at +49 261 129 2406.
Nam Tchun Mo: "Strokes 1803", 2018, Akryl auf Leinwand, 210 x 160 cm, Sammlung Ludwig Koblenz, Inv. Nr. LM 2019/46. Ansicht während der Ausstellung "Nam Tschun Mo. Gesture in Space" (2019) im Ludwig Museum Koblenz © Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Ludwig Museum Koblenz
Nam Tchun Mo: “Strokes 1803”, 2018, Akryl auf Leinwand, 210 x 160 cm, Sammlung Ludwig Koblenz, Inv. Nr. LM 2019/46. Ansicht während der Ausstellung “Nam Tschun Mo. Gesture in Space” (2019) im Ludwig Museum Koblenz © Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Ludwig Museum Koblenz

 

Nam Tchun Mo: "Spring-Beam", 2019, Mixed Media ( Kunstharz, Leinwand, Ölfarbe), 210 x 184 x 16 cm, Sammlung Ludwig Koblenz, Inv. Nr. LM 2019/45. © Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Ludwig Museum Koblenz
Nam Tchun Mo: “Spring-Beam”, 2019, Mixed Media ( Kunstharz, Leinwand, Ölfarbe), 210 x 184 x 16 cm, Sammlung Ludwig Koblenz, Inv. Nr. LM 2019/45. © Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Ludwig Museum Koblenz
Nam Tchun Mo: “Strokes 1803”, 2018, Akryl auf Leinwand, 210 x 160 cm, Sammlung Ludwig Koblenz, Inv. Nr. LM 2019/46. Ansicht während der Ausstellung “Nam Tschun Mo. Gesture in Space” (2019) im Ludwig Museum Koblenz © Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Ludwig Museum Koblenz

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