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Kwanwoo Park’s Art as “Event”: On the Human as “Phenomenon”
Kwanwoo Park (b. 1990) approaches the human being as a “phenomenon,” addressing in his practice issues such as consciousness and self-consciousness through perception, the tension between reality and fiction as mediated by “belief,” as well as questions of migration and identity.
2025.09.15
Exhibitions
《Exoskeleton》, 2024.04.26 – 2024.06.08, P21
Their internal anatomy externalised, exoskeletons are both haven and spectacle, offering shelter and concealment for the animals they encase. Our perceptions, often focused on our external existence, obscure our enigmatic
2024.04.25
Exhibitions
“The 23rd SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition” on view through February 24, 2024, at SONGEUN
The SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition is a showcase of the latest works by leading emerging artists in contemporary Korean art in one place. This exhibition features the diversity of contemporary Korean art through the paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, and sound works of 20 young artists born between 1979 and 1990.
2023.12.13
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
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《My Your Memory》, 2022.04.08-2022.08.07, MMCA, Seoul
《My Your Memory》 is an exhibition that raises questions about what we should remember and how within our fast-changing social systems. Looking back, we can see that we have changed all too quickly. For instance, the accelerating developments in digital technology during the 21st century have enabled us to perform countless jobs at speeds and distances that would have been unimaginable in the past.
2022.04.06
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[Critique] Electric Animism
LOn entering the gallery, viewers find themselves plunged into a sci fi pseudo-ecology, the creation of sculptor Choe U-Ram. Scientific explanations, not captions, accompany the works; mechanical organisms creep along through the
2009, 1월
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Artist Bahc Yiso Stood on the Border and Looked Through the Gaps in the World With ‘Honesty’ in His Heart
Bahc Yiso (1957-2004) was one of the most prominent artists who played an important role in the Korean art scene, working as an artist, curator, and critic from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Bahc Yiso, whose work since the 1990s has been characterized by conceptual attitudes and features of contemporary art, contributed greatly to the formation of the postmodern discourse in the Korean art world, died at a young age in 2004 after suffering a heart attack.
2024.08.20
Exhibitions
《Continuity》, 2019.06.05 – 2019.07.20, 313 Art Project
Artist Kiwon Park works with one or two simple materials to create works that meld into the space in which they are displayed. At times, due to how effortlessly Park’s artwork becomes one with the site, until someone mentions,
2019.06.04
