Shin Hak-chul

Shin Hak-chul (Korean: 신학철; Hanja: 申鶴澈, b. Keishōhoku-dō, 12 December 1943) is a representative South Korean minjung artist known for his photo collage and montage works on Korean modern and contemporary history and social injustice. Shin Hak-chul trained in oil painting and applied modernist techniques to realist themes in the 1970s to create a unique style of history painting from the 1980s.

From the democratic movements of the 1980s, Shin focused on creating works that directly addressed history as experienced by the Korean masses and criticize imperialism, political repression, military dictatorship, exploitation of labourers, corruption, capitalism, consumerism, industrialisation, urbanization, as well as cultural imperialism.