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
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Paintings Descending from the Wall to the Floor, Surrounding the Viewer Like a Folding Screen
Many of the recent headlines shaking up the art world center around young artists. As artists in their 30s and 40s sign exclusive contracts with major international galleries or hold solo exhibitions at globally renowned museums—even those unfamiliar with art would recognize—the excitement grows that, much like the early days of K-pop, talented artists discovered in Korea may soon be at the center of the global art market.
2024.08.23
Exhibitions
《PLO TLESS》, 2021.04.30 – 2021.06.06, Kumho Museum of Art
Kumho Museum of Art presents Part 2 of the exhibition 《2021 Kumho Young Artist》 from April 30 to June 6, following the conclusion of Part 1. 《2021 Kumho Young Artist》 Part 2 features solo exhibitions by two artists—Hejum Bä and Jung Jin—who were selected through the museum’s 18th open call held in 2020.
2021.04.28
Exhibitions
《Peripheral Youth》, 2010.11.10 – 2010.12.10, Project Space SARUBIA
Lee Eunsil, an ink painter who has openly revealed taboo subjects in Korean society such as sexuality, excretion, and the expression of desire, begins in this exhibition to address the implicit social norms that fail to accommodate diversity and the constrained boundaries of life.
2010.11.10
Exhibitions
《Ji Yongho》, 2014.01.23 - 2014.02.16, Gana Art Center
Gana Art presents a solo exhibition by Ji Yongho, who has been actively working both in Korea and internationally with sculptures made from tires. Under the theme of “Mutant,” Ji Yongho has created various hybrid creatures—half-human, half-animal—such as sharks, lions, buffalo, and gorillas using discarded tires
2014.01.21
