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Artist Park Noh-wan’s Stained Paintings: On Things That Are Neither This Nor That
Park Noh-wan (b. 1987) focuses on subjects that are neither particularly beautiful nor harmonious in form—things that are often overlooked or deemed unimportant, such as outdated advertisements or discarded objects crumpled on the roadside. The artist translates these strangely captivating scenes onto canvas, not by merely depicting their forms, but by capturing the unique atmosphere and emotions they evoke.
2025.04.01
Exhibitions
《PLO TLESS》, 2021.04.30 – 2021.06.06, Kumho Museum of Art
Kumho Museum of Art presents Part 2 of the exhibition 《2021 Kumho Young Artist》 from April 30 to June 6, following the conclusion of Part 1. 《2021 Kumho Young Artist》 Part 2 features solo exhibitions by two artists—Hejum Bä and Jung Jin—who were selected through the museum’s 18th open call held in 2020.
2021.04.28
Exhibitions
《Won-Kyung》, 2012.11.15 – 2012.12.22, DOOSAN Gallery New York
DOOSAN Gallery New York is pleased to announce the first New York solo exhibition of Korea-based painter Sejin Park’s 《Won-Kyung》, from November 15 to December 15, 2012. The exhibition features Park’s paintings full of emotion reflecting her dedicated devotion of expressing one’s landscape of mind using delicate brush strokes and sensitive colors.
2012.11.15
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《Urban Gray》, 2023.04.28 – 2023.06.02, The SoSo
A long history of a city, the social meanings it has created, and the different images it has generated create an aura. True, the identity of an object with an aura is not easily distinguishable. It is something
2023.04.26
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Artist Chung Seoyoung Captures the ‘Sculptural Moments’ from the Objects
Playing a leading role in the establishment of “Korean Contemporary Art” as a new category of contemporary art in the 1990s, sculptor Chung Seoyoung (b. 1964) has been addressing fundamental questions concerning sculpture itself by incorporating the unrealistic gaps in the rapidly changing atmosphere of Korean society into her sculptures. In particular, the artist has garnered attention for her practice of reassembling and transforming everyday commodities found in industrialized societies, such as Styrofoam, plastic, plywood, and sponges, into a sculptural state.
2024.07.16
Exhibitions
《Knocking Air》, 2020.05.12 – 2020.07.05, Barakat Contemporary
Barakat Contemporary will present Chung Seoyoung’s solo exhibition, 《Knocking Air》, from 12th May to 5th July 2020. Chung Seoyoung is an artist who played a leading role in establishing ‘Contemporary Art’ as a new category within the Korean art world in the 1990s.
2020.05.12
