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Artist Jinhee Kim: Revealing the True Self Through Light and Mundane Everyday Life
Jinhee Kim (b. 1990) has continued a painting practice that captures light and trivial everyday moments, transforming the daily lives of the self, others, and the collective “we” into imaginative images. Having spent many years abroad, the artist seeks to reveal through painting how the distinct traits and minority status of an individual, different from the majority, endlessly operate across time and space to shape reality.
2025.11.24
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Artist Kim Heecheon: On Existence and Life Mediated by Digital Data
Kim Heecheon (b. 1989) explores how digital technology influences our visual and perceptual experiences in everyday life, as well as our altered sense of reality as a result. His work often engages with digital interfaces that translate physical time and space into data, such as face-swapping mobile apps, virtual reality, and Google Earth.
2025.05.26
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《Bloody Bundan Blues》, 2018.09.04 – 2018.11.11, Gwangju Museum of Art
The Gwangju Museum of Art presents the commemorative photography exhibition 《Bloody Bundan Blues》 from September 4 to November 11, 2018, in celebration of the 2018 Gwangju Biennale. The exhibition is held at the Gwangju Museum of Photography, located within the Gwangju Culture and Art Center, with the opening ceremony scheduled for September 11 at 5 PM.
2018.09.01
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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
