양심수에서 공동체적 연대로: 민주화운동기 인권 이미지의 전환

This article describes how the visual image of human rights wasformed and changed in Korea during the democratization movementfrom the 1960s to the mid-1980s. Human rights are generallyknown to develop from liberal rights to social rights. Has theimage of human rights been formed in Korea as well?Under the Park Jung-hee administration, the human rightssituation was very poor, and its visual representation was almostimpossible due to strict censorship, which made stagnateddevelopment of the visual culture dealing the human rights. Thepaintings on human rights in Korea started with a self-portrait ofLee Ung-no, who was imprisoned in 1968. Tomiyama Daeko alsodepicted a prisoner of conscience in the early 1970s. The image ofhuman rights changed dramatically in the psychic trauma of May18 uprising in 1980, which is confirmed in the “Free Gwangju” byTomiyama Daeko and “Daedongsesang (The Great East World)” byHong Seong-dam. The core theme of the penetrating both of themis communal solidarity. Lee Ung-no's “Gunsang” and “Unificationdance” are works that go beyond anger against state violence,expressing trust in the community and hope for a future history. After democratization, various human rights organizations havebeen established, adopting visual images that reveal their diverseidentities, and the continuation and disconnection of their meaningsis a subject to be addressed in future human rights research.