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“2026 KUMHO YOUNG ARTIST Part.2” on View Through May 31, 2026, at Kumho Museum of Art
Kumho Museum of Art presents 《2026 KUMHO YOUNG ARTIST Part.2》 on view through May 31.
“KUMHO YOUNG ARTIST” program, launched with its first open call in 2004, has supported a total of 107 emerging artists to date by providing opportunities for solo exhibitions. This year’s selected artists are Gang Donghoon, Moon Joohye, Hyunjin Park, Seo Wonmi, Soojung Jung, and Jiwon Choi. The second part of the exhibition presents solo shows by Soojung Jung, Hyunjin Park, and Jiwon Choi.
2026.05.05
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Artist Hannah Woo’s Hybrid and Horizontal World Woven in Fabric
Hannah Woo (b.1988) presents works that transcend genre boundaries—from two-dimensional pieces to sculptures and installations—using fabric as her primary medium to explore situations where opposing forces and entities such as the living and the inanimate, the protector and the protected, aging and youth, pain and ecstasy, merge and complement one another.
2025.05.01
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Artist Don Sunpil: Reading the Contemporary Through the Language of Subculture
Don Sunpil (b. 1984) has explored characters, structures, and cultural phenomena frequently found in so-called “subculture” as central themes in his practice. He approaches elements often regarded as marginal or peripheral not merely as niche cultural products, but as meaningful social phenomena and clues to shared aesthetic sensibilities, bringing them into dialogue with and cross-examining them against the systems and conventions of mainstream institutions.
2026.09.14
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[Review] The Details Are In The Story
Korean native Lee Jinju paints existential narratives of making do and coming-to-terms in arduously solitary indoor and outdoor conditions. Lee’s stories have allegorical implications as the situations and environment she depicts with so much precision and clarity seem to have as to do with the mental as well as the territorial landscape in which the subject (or is it victim?) finds herself.
2014
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[Critique] Yongbaek Lee, Representative Artist of Korea at the 2011 Venice Biennale
This is media artist Yongbaek Lee’s response upon being selected as Korea’s representative for the 54th Venice Biennale, to be held in June 2011. Participating as the national representative in the world’s most prestigious art event, held every two years, would be an exhilarating occasion for anyone, yet his expression remained calm and composed.
2011.02
