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New Artists

Exhibitions 《The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink》, 2022.11.09 – 2022.11.29, Post Territory Ujeongguk All participants in the exhibition—two poets, three visual artists, a curator, and a designer—were born in the 1990s. Those born in this decade are labeled through society and media as the “Millennial generation,” “Generation Z,” or “MZ generation.” Under these labels, our generation is categorized as digitally fluent, value-driven, and prioritizing individual happiness.
2022.11.08
Articles [Essay] 《Quiet Time》 ASSAY When I was young, religious activity felt like an assignment I didn’t want to do. At certain times, I had to give up things I enjoyed and remain in a specific place for long hours, where I was required—regardless of my actual state—to maintain a devout heart and a sacred attitude. Perhaps because of this, I grew suspicious of every rule and regulation associated with religion. I disliked God, and I resented Him.
2024

Emerging Artists

Articles [Critique] Art in Practice after Sewol Ferry Disaster “It will be cloudy across the country with rains in many places in the southern regions.”Those were the words formed by the immaculate cut–up strips of metal foil neatly arranged on the window. Then the sky gradually grew darker, and it really began to rain. As the raindrops began to glide down the glass window against the sullen scenery outside, the overlapping sentence took on an uncanny meaning. I found myself reading the same sentence over and over again.
2020
Exhibitions 《The Tourist》, 2020.03.20 – 2020.04.19, L’espace 71 L’espace 71 presents 《The Tourist》, a solo exhibition by Heejoon Lee, from March 13 to April 12. This marks Lee’s first solo exhibition at L’espace 71, where approximately 15 new works will be on view.
2020.03.18

Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Punch-Drunk》, 2023.08.04 – 2023.09.22, Small Museum Bogugot Omyo Cho’s solo exhibition, 《Punch-Drunk》, is currently being held at Small Museum Bogugot, located at 373 Munsusan-ro, Wolgot-myeon, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
2023.08.06

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《2017 Art Sonje Project #5: Chan Sook Choi – Re – move》, 2017.09.01 – 2017.09.24, Art Sonje Center Project Space Art Sonje Center presents 《2017 Art Sonje Project #5: Chan Sook Choi – Re – move》 from 09.01 to 9.24.
2017.08.30
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions Park Meena's Solo Exhibition 《House》 on view through October 22, 2023 at ONE AND J. Gallery Upon a simple instruction ‘Draw a house on a sheet of paper using 12 color pencils,’ an array of different houses appear. A house made of square walls and a triangular roof, a house with a chimney and yard, a high-rise apartment, a glittering gem house, and the list goes on for unlimited forms of houses we could ever imagine.
2023.09.01
Exhibitions 《The Last Leaves》, 2014.05.30 – 2014.07.05, Perigee Gallery Perigee Gallery, which opens this year, presents its inaugural exhibition with a solo show by artist Kira Kim titled 《The Last Leaves》.
2014.05.20

Established Artists

Articles Artist Ahn Kyuchul Reveals the Invisible Side of Life and Things Artist Ahn Kyuchul (b. 1955) has been relentlessly seeking alternative prospects of contemporary art through profound examination on life and art since the mid-1980s. Acclaimed for his complex yet delicate artistic vocabulary incorporating reflections on daily life, as well as close observations of everyday objects and language, Ahn has constructed a body of work. His visual language, deeply rooted in a conceptual approach and oblique representations of reality, allows viewers to reassess the essence of human nature and objects while confronting the irrationalities and paradoxes of modern life.
2024.08.20
Articles [Critique] A Religious Chronology at the Foot of Mount Gyeryong: Park Chan-kyong’s Exhibition – 《Sindoan》 (June 21–August 17, 2008, Atelier Hermès) Park Chan-kyong’s exhibition, composed of a 45-minute video as the centerpiece, along with still photographs, architectural models, and a reconstruction of archival materials that serve as explanatory supplements to the figures and locations appearing in the video, is a genealogical inquiry into Mount Gyeryong and the region of Sindoan located within it—places that one day delivered a shock to the artist himself
2008