Korean and Maasai Ink-Painting Artwork Fusion and Domains
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Date
2023
Authors
Hwa, Kim M.
Wango, Kamau
Gimode, Khadi
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CEDRED
Abstract
This study sought to explore the hybridization of the Korean and the Maasai art painting in
order to create an artistic interface that translates into new painting or what can be described
as ‘new art’. Historically, Korea is a highly literate society, therefore ink was an automatic
ingredient and readily available resource. In contrast, the Maasai have had an oral culture for
the longer part of their history and hence their painting is more practical in orientation.
Moreover, the philosophy behind the perception and appreciations of colours by the two art
communities under study are also different. Scholars on paintings have observed that new and
authentic art paintings could be accomplished when at least two societies' ways of life are
hybridized in one painting. Hybridization in art happens when material of ways of life such as
when rites of passage from the two communities blend to make new artistic forms. The main
objective of this article is to illustrate hybridization of painting approaches and rendition by
combining Korean and the Maasai domains of ink-painting images; and to demonstrate the
artistic interface between Korean and Maasai paintings by fusing their major tenets to yield
new inter-cultural art. The article is anchored on Csikszentmihalyi's (1988a) systems theory.
Further, this article employed exploratory research design to collect data on domains for
analysis. The outcome is fusion of the paintings that show hybridized new art forms. It is
envisioned that this article is a contribution to the genesis of an art movement involving
domains of diverse cultural art communities such as Korea and Kenya, and perhaps the rest of
the world.
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Keywords
Kenya, Maasai art-domain, narrative, memes, new-art, innovation
Citation
Hwa, K. M; Wango, K & Gimode, J. K. (2023). Korean and Maasai Ink-Painting Artwork Fusion and Domains. Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 7(2), 39 – 55.