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Artist Ru Kim: Art in Resistance to Structures of Violence
Ru Kim (b. 1995) works primarily with performance, video, sound, installation, and text to explore the social function of art and the structures of violence. In particular, Kim has presented works that question how art can resist sexist and racist violences that have been normalized through colonial ideologies of domination.
2025.09.15
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Artist Ria Choi: On the Autonomy and Presence of Sculpture
Ria Choi (b. 1988) works across sculpture, video, and installation, engaging with questions of the autonomy and presence of the sculptural object. In particular, through the repetitive act of “making”—standing and connecting paper that mimics metal—she metaphorically expresses elusive structures of force, focusing not on defining fixed objects as sculpture but on states in which relationships and forces are provisionally revealed.
2026.05.04
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Artist Jihye Park: On the Forms Shaped by Human Imperfection
Jihye Park (b. 1987) is interested in social orders mediated by implicit consensus and has continuously questioned the value systems we believe to be optimal. Based in sculpture and installation, her work takes the form of a sculptural essay that expands into text, video, and performance.
2026.04.27
Exhibitions
《Tinkering with the objects》, 2022.08.24 – 2022.08.29, Wumin Art Center
《Tinkering with the Objects》 explores the creative process in art through the lens of objects and gestures. It begins by asking how the world of objects reveals human senses and curiosity, and how our sensory perceptions interact with—or clash against—objects.
2022.08.22
Activities
Korean Sculptors and Installation Artists Step Onto the Global Stage
A growing number of Korean sculptors and installation artists are actively expanding into international markets.More than thirty artists—including Kimsooja, Kibong Rhee, Kyungah Ham, Haegue Yang, Park Eun-Sun, Kim Seongu, Jaeho Lee, Seonghi Bahk, Seungmo Park, Choi TaeHoon, Yoo Young-Wun, Lee Hwan-kwon, Gwon Osang, and Lee Dongwook—are either holding or preparing exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
2009.03.16
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Exhibitions
《Lamp Shop Project》, 2013.11.12 – 2013.12.15, Gallery Hyundai
From November 12 to December 15, Gallery Hyundai’s ART CUBE presents the 《Lamp Shop Project》 by Choe U-Ram (b. 1970), one of Korea’s leading kinetic artists. The project consists solely of ten new works by the artist, all of which feature illuminated lamps.
2013.11.12
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[Review] Yoon Dongchun : Trivial·Subtle
In this exhibition, Yoon Dongchun brings into the gallery what the title itself suggests—“trivial and subtle things.” But how can such small, seemingly insignificant things coexist with “art”? Once again, Yoon unfolds his own distinctive artistic idiom.
2020
