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Exhibitions
《2022 Video Bites》, 2022.10.14 – 2022.10.18, Platform-L Contemporary Art Center
《VIDEO BITES》 is a project planned to seek the stimulation of exhibition and consumption of video art. It presents a new vision for the distribution and possession (of video art) through the homonym of two words, ‘bytes’, which means the unit of digital information, and ‘bites’, which represents our suggestion to take a bite of art.
2022.10.13
Articles
Artist Hur Yeonhwa’s Fluid Landscapes: On Ambiguous Boundaries and Shifting Sensibilities
Hur Yeonhwa (b. 1988) translates the landscapes encountered in everyday life through a range of media, continually exploring ways to transcend the limitations of physical space. In particular, she has sustained a long-standing interest in water, creating works that engage with rainwater, the sea, rivers, and other water-related subjects.
2025.12.29
Exhibitions
《Worm and Saint》, 2017.11.04 – 2017.11.19, Space Kneet
When I first encountered the works of Park Wunggyu, I prematurely dismissed them, thinking, “This just isn’t for me—it’s not within my realm of interest.” They felt overly religious, yet blasphemous; too explicit, yet obscure.
2017.11.02
Articles
[Essay] If This World Were the Answer, What Would the Question Be?
It was the last day of a trip. After spending over a month in a countryside village where I had rested to my heart’s content, had a little fun, and spent ample time reading and writing amid endless fields of rice paddies and farmland stretched out before me,
2024
Exhibitions
《All the Interesting》, 2016.06.09 – 2016.08.06, Perigee Gallery
Perigee Gallery presents the solo exhibition 《All the Interesting》 by Lee Dongwook, on view from June 9 to August 6. This exhibition showcases vibrant, colorful stones sourced from all over the world, intertwined to form unique landscapes.
2016.06.13
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Activities
Eunsung Kim, Sangdon Kim, Jieun Kim, and Jia Jang Receive the Doosan Yonkang Art Award
The Doosan Yonkang Foundation held the 3rd Doosan Yonkang Art Award ceremony on the 5th at the Doosan Art Center in Jongno 5-ga, Seoul. Established in 2010 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Doosan Group’s founding chairman Park Doo-byung, the award is presented annually to outstanding young artists under the age of 40 working in the performing arts and visual arts.
2012.10.06
Articles
Artist Choi Jeong Hwa’s Work Begins with Everyday Life
Choi Jeong Hwa (b. 1961) has created a variety of installations that bring cheap everyday consumables such as plastic baskets, piggy banks, artificial flowers, and brooms into the realm of art. By transforming these mass-produced everyday consumer goods into artworks and moving them into museums, the artist blurs the boundaries between high art and popular culture through so-called cheap pop culture, or kitsch, and captures a slice of Korean society.
2024.08.06
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
