K-Artists
Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.
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Exhibitions
Group Exhibition “Hymn of Seoul” on view through January 6, 2024, at Art Space Boan 1
The exhibition Hymn of Seoul, selected as an outstanding exhibition by the Arts Council Korea in 2023, is the final installment in reexamining modern and contemporary history through the lens of contemporary art. As part of this project, New Modern(신현대) was presented in 2021, followed by Han River(한강) in 2022. Hymn of Seoul is presented as a final report suggesting future alternatives. The exhibition title, inspired by a song released in 1969 conveying messages of hope for Seoul in the 1960s, aims to explore the symbolism and meaning of this song from an ethnological perspective, connecting it to the context of contemporary Seoul.
2023.12.27
Exhibitions
Frieze London with Dongwook Suh, Ahnnlee Lee, and Yunhee Choi: 《Acquainted with the Night》
Dongwook Suh, who has long explored portraiture rooted in empathy for human existence, presents cinematic, painterly scenes that capture the hidden inner solitude of contemporary individuals. Choi, who senses unseen aspects of emotion through the body, visualizes the rhythm, breath, and movements experienced during the introspective process. Lee, referencing his 2019 poem "Alchemy," presents sculptural installations that crystallize silent moments of small existences into metal, adding a unique temporal and spatial vitality alongside the paintings by Suh and Choi.
2023.05.27
Exhibitions
《Spear and Heap》, 2020.12.02 – 2020.12.27, Sahngup Gallery
The paintings I created this time depict landscapes from the Euljiro and Cheonggyecheon areas. These places were familiar to me, and I had painted a few works there before, but this was the first time I deliberately decided to focus on them.
2020.12.02
Articles
[Column] Meeting Yeondoo Jung, an Artist of Media
My strong impression of Yeondoo Jung came after seeing his solo exhibition 《Heavy or Light, Spectacle in Perspective》 at PLATEAU. For someone like me who had been caught in the prejudice that artists are people who create works immersed in solitary contemplation, his works—created through communication with people—came as quite a shock.
2018.08.04
