K-Artists
Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.
Mid-Career:
3 K-Artists This Week
Mid-Career
K-Artists Library
Archive Shuffle
Articles
Artist Inhwa Yeom: Reconstructing Minority Experiences through ‘3D Performative Apparatus–Environment’
Inhwa Yeom (b. 1991) has been reconstructing the experiences of historical minorities through technology, devising ways to embrace the actions, reactions, and expressions of diverse beings. To this end, she has been developing an XR-based “3D Performative Apparatus–Environment,” leading audiences to experiences of “becoming other beings” through cognitive, psychological, and physical participation.
2025.10.20
Articles
[Critique] Unstable Dimension
In his seminal paper on personality psychology The Ego and the Id (1923), Sigmund Freud described three agencies of the mind that constantly compete for mastery over the mental life of a person.
2021
Activities
Venice Biennale Korean Pavilion Features 15 Artists in June
At the 51st Venice Biennale in Italy (June 12–November 6), the Korean Pavilion will present a collaborative exhibition featuring works by 15 artists—the largest number of participants in the history of the Korean Pavilion.
2005.03.30
Exhibitions
《Arko Media Project 2012 : The Unbound Archive》, 2012.10.11 - 2012.11.02, Arko Art Center
The exhibition 《Arko Media Project 2012 : The Unbound Archive》 aims to examine the current trajectory of contemporary Korean video art, centering on newly acquired single-channel video works from the Arko Art Center’s core collection, while also exploring new modes of engagement between video art archives and audiences. This project, which carries out artistic practices through archive-linked initiatives, consists of video screenings, archive exhibitions, seminars, and lectures.
2012.10.09
Articles
[Critique] Non/Meaning: Sociality in the Art of Yang Ah Ham
“The word ‘derive’ scares those who believe politics must respect a set of rules and that law must be the center of social life, those who think that words have only one meaning, and that to understand one another in life it’s necessary to use words according to their
2013
Exhibitions
《The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900‒2019》, 2019.09.07 – 2020.03.29, MMCA
《The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900‒2019》 is a special exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA). Jointly held at the museum’s three branches of Deoksugung, Gwacheon, and Seoul, this exhibition explores the role of the public square in contemporary Korea.
2019.09.01
