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[Critique] A Fan of Ruins
Eugene Jung is a person who likes ruins. She repeatedly collects images of ruins and reproduces them with her own hands. She even uses a sort of wit while creating the shape of hopelessness and frustration.
2022
Exhibitions
《Pyromaniac》, 2023.08.31 – 2023.09.24, SeMA Storage
Miryu Yoon focuses on the essential conditions of portraying the human figure. Much like a firebug who ignites a tiny flame on a scrap of paper to set off a larger blaze, the artist begins with a small clue discovered in a real-life subject, kindling sparks of imagination to stage various scenarios.
2023.08.28
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Artist Choe Sooryeon Recontextualizes Traditional "Oriental" Clichés
Choe Sooryeon (b. 1986) observes the aspects of so-called "Oriental-style" imagery and how it is consumed, reflecting these observations in her paintings. To do so, she collects traditional cliché images shared across Northeast Asia from classic Korean and Chinese films. Based on these images, her paintings reveal themes of sorrow, femininity, disconnection from reality, inner Orientalism, doubt, ignorance, and absurdity.
2025.02.18
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[Critique] Metamorphosis and Captured Capital
From Standard to Division, Kira Kim has actively opposed elements of power and authority by critically revealing internal issues of contemporary Korean society. At the same time, however, he works with a prestigious gallery with a stellar collection of famous artists, known for its excellent marketing and sales. These two facts seem to contradict one another, but the situation actually suits
2015
Exhibitions
《Sora Kim Solo Exhibition》, 2010.10.02 – 2010.12.05, Atelier Hermès
Since the mid-1990s, Sora Kim has been actively developing her artistic practice, gaining attention on the international contemporary art scene through her participation in the Venice Biennale, Gwangju Biennale, Yokohama Triennale, as well as solo exhibitions at Seoul’s Art Sonje Center and L.A.'s REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater).
2010.10.01
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The Art of Connection and Communication by Artist Sora Kim
Sora Kim (b. 1965) is one of the representative Korean conceptual artists who has been making forays into open interpretations of humans and surroundings through video, sound, installation and performance based on entering into a relationship and the process of communication.
2024.10.01
