Art & Cook exhibition at Sejong

The Art & Cook exhibition featuring 22 local artists’ works about food will finish on Jan. 29 at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Gwangwhamun, Seoul.

Among the exhibits are “sweet” photos by Koo Seong-youn, which show ponies made of candies arranged in the style of traditional Korean folk paintings, and a big balloon installation, “Breathing Apple,” by Park Sung-yeon. The works also include Han Sun-kyung’s installation and performance “Artist Sun-kyung’s Ppang.” She makes “ppang” in the shape of her face just in the way that “bungeoppang,” or fish-shaped pastry, is made.

The exhibition will offer bakery classes “I Am Patissier, Too” a class that teaches children how to make cookies and “Marzapane Muffin.”

“I Am Patissier, Too,” a one-hour class for children, is offered seven times a day on weekdays and costs 8,000 won, including exhibition admission. “Marzapane Muffin” is at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

The exhibition is open from is 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and costs 5,000 for adults and students and 4,000 for pre-school children.

To get there leave Gwanghwamun Station on line 5 via exit 8.

For more information contact 02-399-1152, 1022 or visit the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts website at http://www.sejongpac.or.kr/

Lunar New Year folk plays

Audiences will have the chance to see Korean Lunar New Year folk plays at the Seoul Museum of History plaza and lobby on Jan. 23.

This traditional Korean New Year’s event provides opportunities for visitors to experience traditional Korean folk plays on the Lunar New Year’s holiday.

To get there take subway line 5 to Gwanghwamun Station. Go out of exit 7 and walk for five minutes.

Entrance is free.

For more information contact the Department of Education and Public Relations of the Seoul Museum of History on 02-724-0291.

'TV Commune' exhibition

“TV Commune,” an exhibition at the Nam June Paik Art Center in Seoul is set to wrap up on Jan. 24.

Considering the upcoming rapid changes in the media environment with the termination of analog broadcasting in 2012, this exhibition introduces works showing the influence of television in our lives and the concept of “interaction” that TV has been holding.

The exhibition includes historical works by famous video artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006) and those of his contemporaries such as Dara Birnbaum and David Cronenberg are also on display.

The opening hours are Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.on weekends. Tickets cost 4,000 won

The Nam June Paik Art Center is located near exit 6 of Sinnonhyeon Station on subway line 9, stop 925.

For more information, call 031-201-8500. If no English speaker is available, contact the KTO at 02-1330 or 031-1330 for help getting information in English.