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Exhibitions
《Will you Marry Me?》, 2025.02.15 – 2025.03.23, Subtitled NYC (New York)
Shapes that once suggested familiar forms are cut, flattened, and stitched, only to reemerge as something unexpected—uncanny, even: a dog’s muzzle, a gummy bear, or a face caught in either a smile or a gasp. In her latest series, Unpleasant Episodes, Kai Oh weaves together humor, defiance, and—crucially—her own breasts and nipples.
2025.02.10
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Artist Moon Sanghoon: On the Question of Boundaries
Moon Sanghoon (b. 1987) is an artist and curator who has questioned what it is that oppresses and separates minorities within our society, as well as what kinds of boundaries remain uncrossed. Working across various media including performance and video, they have connected the voices of minorities with sensations of failure and the emotions surrounding things that are disappearing.
2026.06.08
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Artist Sla Cha: The Logic of Games and Everyday Objects in Sculpture
Born in Germany—a country often associated with toys and machinery—Sla Cha (b. 1989) grew up fascinated by playing with toys derived from cartoons, films, and games. Drawing from this background, she has developed her practice as a sculptor by exploring the logic of games, as well as the scale and operational mechanisms of real-world objects.
2026.04.20
Exhibitions
“Within and Without” on View Through June 28, 2026, at Gyeongnam Art Museum
Gyeongnam Art Museum presents the exhibition 《Within and Without》 through June 28. Today, as our bodies, memories, and modes of survival have undergone rapid transformation, the forms of community that once defined us can no longer fully account for our lives. We now find ourselves in a position to reco
2026.04.21
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Articles
[Critique] Bae Young-whan, “Land of the Birds”
Birds did not appear in Bae Young-whan’s work for the first time in this exhibition. In his 2008 solo show 《A Very Luxurious and Shabby Insomnia》, the work Worry(2008) featured an owl made of broken bottle shards, while
2018.01.08
Exhibitions
《Informal Economy》, 2004.05.14 - 2004.06.30, Ssamzie Space
At Ssamzie Space, the exhibition 《Informal Economy》 presents a multilayered introduction to Seulgi Lee’s artistic practice, which traverses the boundaries between everyday objects, sculpture, and exhibition space.
2004.05.12
Exhibitions
《My Sleep》, 2022.07.20 - 2022.09.12, Culture Station Seoul 284
Sleep is one of the most essential activities in human life. People spend about one third of their day sleeping. In other words, the time for rest and replenishment—apart from working and leisure—is largely constituted by sleep. Among the basic human necessities of food, clothing, and shelter, “shelter” ultimately centers on the space for sleeping, namely the bedroom.
2022.07.18
