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[Critique] Black wrapping paper and Eugene Jung
Eugene Jung’s solo exhibition RUN is almost like a ‘theater without movies’. It is a ‘table without MacBook 95’ and a ‘future without the psychic octopus.’ It is a ‘disaster without catastrophe’.
2022
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
《Fun and Games》, 2024.02.24 – 2024.04.06, Perrotin New York
Perrotin is pleased to present 《Fun and Games》, an exhibition of new paintings by GaHee Park. On view through April 6th, the exhibition consists of nine artworks that showcase her hyperstylized romantic scenes, where art history's favorite still life subjects appear to have soured.
2024.02.22
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[Critique] The montage and collage of Yang Ah Ham
Yang Ah Ham creates video art pieces inspired by aspects of life that she has observed and reconstructed into a new form. Ham has recently presented a variety of panoramic artworks through two exhibitions: 《The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900-2019 Part 3. 2019》 (September 7th
2019.12.05
Exhibitions
《Proximity of Longing》, 2014.11.25 – 2014.12.02, Culture Station Seoul 284
The so-called “advanced” developed nations, once seen as the future model for developing countries, have moved the currents of the world for centuries under the names of great powers or empires. Although formerly colonized and impoverished countries may have freed themselves from physical constraints, under the tide of neoliberalism, they continue to repeat new forms of colonial behavior.
2014.11.20
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Artist Park Chan-kyong Confronts the Present Through the Past
Park Chan-kyong (b. 1965), a media artist, filmmaker, and writer, has explored themes such as the Cold War, division, tradition, and religion, examining Korean society’s reckless pursuit of Western-style modernization and economic growth.
2024.09.24
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Atta Kim’s Artworks Capture the ‘Life of Being’
Atta Kim (b. 1956) is one of Korea's leading contemporary photographers who has been working since the mid-1980s, based on philosophical questions about existence. Kim's curiosity about the outside world has led him to photograph people from diverse backgrounds, and he has expanded his recognition as an artist. In 2002, he was selected to represent Korea at the São Paulo Biennial, and in 2006, he held the first solo exhibition by an Asian artist at the International Center of Photography in New York.
2024.08.27
