South Korea celebrates the art world of French artists to mark the 130th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, museums and art galleries here said Monday.
At the Art Wall Gallery inside the Shinsege Department Store in downtown Seoul, a photo exhibition of Maia Flore is on display. The exhibit, which runs until June 27, shows 33 photos taken in 25 historic places by the popular photographer who is known for her work to describe French heritage through those dreamy eyes of hers.
"Maia Flore throws a curious eye on things around her and captures dramatic moments from ordinary life," the gallery said. "The photo will take visitors on a tour to France."
The Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art features Gilles Barbier, an artist based in Marseille, France.
The solo exhibition that runs until July 31 shows some 100 works of art including "selective painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and more with the artist's unique artistic rule and peculiar sense of humor, constructed over several years of repetitive transformations," the museum said.
At the Atelier Hermes, "Quoi? -- L'Eternite" by post-conceptual French artist Saadane Afif will be shown from May 10 to July 10.
Famous for defying genre and focusing on the accumulation of various artistic factors, Afif participated in Documenta 12 in Kasse, Germany, which is considered one of the most important exhibitions of contemporary art. Through the exhibition, he shows art works summarized as "artistic collaboration."
At the Seoul Museum of Art, "Urban Legends" and "The Family of the Invisibles" are also being shown to celebrate the anniversary.
"Urban Legends," organized by the SeMA and Palalis de Tokyo, is an artistic attempt to cross the boundaries of nationality and gender to express imagination arising from the urban experiences in Seoul and Paris.
At "The Family of the Invisible," on display are some 210 contemporary photographs taken after the 1950s, selected from the collections of the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP) and Fonds regional d'art contemporain Aquitaine (Frac Aquitaine), two institutions globally recognized for their creative visual arts. (Yonhap)