BurnSoo Song’s practice spans tapestry, woodblock print, screenprint, and spatial installation, unified by a single conviction: that material is meaning.
Works are presented here by series, each representing a distinct body of inquiry within a career of sustained exploration.
Artwork
Woodblock Prints
Song Burnsoo entered the Korean art world through printmaking in the 1960s, producing works that hold an important position in the history of Korean contemporary print.
Tapestry
After studying in Paris, tapestry became the medium through which Song Burnsoo's signature thorn imagery reached monumental scale, elevating Korean fiber art on the international stage.
Screenprint
His silkscreen works from the 1970s carried political and social messages through the photo-emulsion process, bridging pop art sensibility with Korean postwar reality.
Scenographic & Spatial Design
Large-scale commissions for public spaces and sacred architecture, including the only tapestry to adorn a cathedral altar in South Korea.