K-Artists
Carefully curates and introduces three representative artists from the Korean contemporary art scene each week since the 2000s.
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Artist Hyun Nahm: Constructing Today’s World through the Lens of Miniascape
Hyun Nahm (b. 1990) translates contemporary landscapes and social phenomena into the language of sculpture. His work navigates the concept of Miniascape (縮景), a method of compressing vast natural landscapes into miniature forms. Originating from traditional East Asian horticultural practices—such as suseok (scholar's rocks), bonsai, and seokgasan (artificial rock mountains)—miniascape is not merely a reproduction of scenic imagery. Rather, it involves discovering a landscape within an object shaped by natural forces, and presenting it as a self-contained, miniature world.
2025.05.12
Exhibitions
《All Tomorrow’s Parties》, 2022.04.07 – 2022.04.19, Art Space 3
An exhibition is always a kind of opportunity, yet also a form of judgment. In today’s art system, those who offer opportunities often simultaneously act as judges. As artists who step forward, we are expected to shine at the site of opportunity and remain confident under judgment—this is the demand placed upon us by contemporary society.
2022.04.06
Exhibitions
《Cadenza》, 2024.11.14 – 2025.01.11, Korean Culture Center in Hong Kong
The Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong presents its annual curated exhibition, “2024 Korean Young Artists Series,” showcasing the works of three leading figures in contemporary Korean painting: Donghyun Son (b. 1980), Jeongsu Woo (b. 1986), and Min Jung Key (b. 1986).
2024.11.05
Articles
[Column] Could the One in the Mirror Be You
Although robots that perfectly replicate the human body, like the Terminator T-800, have not yet emerged, artificial intelligence technology has already deeply permeated our lives.
2025.03.31
Activities
The Evolution of Art Marketing
At Alternative Space LOOP near Hongik University in Seoul, a curated exhibition titled 《BOND THE MOMENT》 opened on the 29th of last month. Bringing together artists of different generations and disciplines — installation artist and Seoul National University painting professor Yoon Dongchun, performance artist Sungmin Hong, and graphic design duo Sulki and Min — the exhibition was organized as part of the Henkel Inno Art Project, a collaboration between Henkel, a household and industrial goods company, and LOOP.
2012.04.01
