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Exhibitions
《Lukewarm Comfort and Good Bad Jokes》, 2024.06.26 – 2024.07.21, Artspace Boan
Henri Bergson wrote that the comic arises from rigidity. According to him, matter (form) slows and stiffens the living body in which the immaterial (spirit) moves freely. Laughter emerges when the deep resistance of matter, hidden beneath a harmonious surface, becomes exposed.[2] Let us place “painting as form” where Bergson’s matter stood, and “spirit”—that is, the latent mind or sentiment—where the immaterial resided.
2024.05.26
Exhibitions
《Unflattening》, 2020.06.25 - 2020.11.08, MMCA
《Unflattening》 (working title) is organized for the 70th anniversary of the Korean War. This exhibition seeks to examine overlooked testimonies surrounding the war and images of the people at the time, and to understand the nature of war from various perspectives. The exhibition considers prisoners of war who chose a third country, dispatched servicemen who died in a faraway land, destruction of nature, women soldiers, and war orphans adopted to foreign countries.
2020.06.23
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Exhibitions
《Here and Elsewhere》, 2020.10.08 – 2020.10.30, Space Willing N Dealing
Space Willing N Dealing presents Yeondoo Jung’s solo exhibition 《Here and Elsewhere / d’Ici et d’Ailleurs》 from October 8 to October 30, 2020. In 2016, the artist participated in a residency at the MAC/VAL museum in France, where he encountered residents of a
2020.10.07
Articles
[Critique] Impossible thus Possible: The Philosophy of Minouk Lim
Minouk Lim is interested in that which is invisible. However, this does not mean her intention is to dismiss the visible and reinstate what is not. In other words, she does not adopt anti-representationalism, but instead attempts to ‘testify’ on behalf of what is invisible. This method is of considerable interest, since
2012
Exhibitions
《Cosmetic Girls》, 2008.11.28 – 2009.01.23, Kukje Gallery
Kukje Gallery presents the exhibition 《Cosmetic Girls》 by photographer Heinkuhn Oh.
Since his ‘Ajumma’ series in 1999, Oh has continuously explored and visualized specific social groups and classes within Korean society. In the late 1990s, his series ‘Ajumma’ captured the anxious gaze of middle-aged
2008.11.28
