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Fri, June 5, 2020 | 06:32

MMCA Cheongju features craftworks at open storage

MMCA Cheongju features craftworks at open storage

Kitschy, colorful neon signs greet visitors at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Cheongju, the fourth branch of the contemporary art museum in the North Chungcheong Province city some 110 kilometers south of Seoul. A motel sign and images of dragons, tigers and a peacock seem oddly familiar as they are borrowed from actual landmarks such as the Holida...

2019-09-30 12:39

Suh Seung-won's geometric abstract on view in New York

Suh Seung-won's geometric abstract on view in New York

Artist Suh Seung-won, 77, is considered one of the early members of the Dansaekhwa (Korean monochrome) movement and the founder of the theoretical basis for Korean modernism. He has pursued his "Simultaneity" series throughout his career, exploring interactions between geometric patterns and backgrounds.Titled "Early Works: 1960s to 1980s," an exhibit showcasing how Suh's rig...

2019-09-24 16:52

US galleries, CHA create online platform for Goryeo Buddhist paintings

US galleries, CHA create online platform for Goryeo Buddhist paintings

Buddhist paintings from the 918-1392 Goryeo Kingdom are considered some of the world's most delicate religious artworks. Currently, about 160 Goryeo Buddhist paintings are extant across the globe and the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution joined hands with the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) to present those in the United States in detail at a d...

2019-09-23 19:55

Paik Nam-june's video tower to keep CRT monitors

Paik Nam-june's video tower to keep CRT monitors

"The More the Better," the largest video installation by avant-garde artist Paik Nam-june, at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Gwacheon has been switched off since February 2018 due to safety issues. After 19 months of suspension, the museum decided to turn it on again while maintaining its original state as much as possible, including hundreds of no...

2019-09-15 17:49

Sculptors' furniture

Sculptors' furniture

Furniture is a product of function and beauty. Two sculptors, Gwon O-sang and Kim Min-ki, have joined hands to create artistic furniture, which are currently on view at the Underground in Space, an exhibition hall in the Arario Museum in Space in central Seoul.The exhibition is titled "Furniture," without any modifier, suggesting that the two have gone back to the basics with...

2019-09-09 16:08

Fred Sandback's ethereal yarn sculptures come to Seoul

Fred Sandback's ethereal yarn sculptures come to Seoul

Fred Sandback (1943-2003) was a sculptor, but his art is a long way from traditional sculpture. His work is made with yarn or cords stretched across spaces, presenting a more delicate and subtle installation.The American conceptual sculptor's pieces following the color scheme of white, black, blue, yellow and red - a color scheme called “obangsaek” in Korean - are on view at ...

2019-09-04 17:20

Kim Soun-gui discovers creativity from laziness

Kim Soun-gui discovers creativity from laziness

Artist Kim Soun-gui, 73, has been living ahead of her time. She has been creating livestream videos and performance art since 1971 and performed with video art pioneer Paik Nam June in 1983 in Paris.Born in 1946, Kim is a graduate of Seoul National University Department of Painting. She went to France in 1971 on a scholarship from the French government and lived and worked th...

2019-09-03 20:18

Filipino art showcases diversity, dynamism

Filipino art showcases diversity, dynamism

Art exhibition “The Hybridity and Dynamism of the Contemporary Art of the Philippines” commemorates the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and the Republic of Korea. The Philippines is the first Asian country to establish diplomatic relations with Korea. The Philippine archipelago comprises over 7,000 islands with rich indigenous cultures and the...

2019-09-01 17:26

Superflex turns financial crisis into art

Superflex turns financial crisis into art

BUSAN - Danish artist group Superflex interprets the symbolism of power and capital at the heart of the 2008 global financial crisis in "In our dreams we have a plan" at Kukje Gallery Busan.The title of the exhibit is borrowed from the lyrics of ABBA's hit song "Money Money Money," but changed "my" to "our," suggesting that the financial crisis was not an individual issue but...

2019-08-25 16:15

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'Rain Room' excites senses in downpour

'Rain Room' excites senses in downpour

BUSAN - When you search #rainroom on photo sharing social networking service Instagram, you will find over 60,000 posts of people standing in the rain. What's surprising is that they do not get wet.This is “Rain Room,” created by Random International, where visitors take steps into a downpour of continuous rain without getting wet. "Random International: Out of Control" held ...

2019-08-25 16:06

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