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Artist Hyun Nahm: Constructing Today’s World through the Lens of Miniascape
Hyun Nahm (b. 1990) translates contemporary landscapes and social phenomena into the language of sculpture. His work navigates the concept of Miniascape (縮景), a method of compressing vast natural landscapes into miniature forms. Originating from traditional East Asian horticultural practices—such as suseok (scholar's rocks), bonsai, and seokgasan (artificial rock mountains)—miniascape is not merely a reproduction of scenic imagery. Rather, it involves discovering a landscape within an object shaped by natural forces, and presenting it as a self-contained, miniature world.
2025.05.12
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Artist Ram Han’s ‘Digital Paintings’: Stimulating Memory, Fantasy, and the Senses
Ram Han (b. 1989) has primarily worked with digital painting as her main medium, exploring the ambiguous boundaries between memory and fantasy, as well as the virtual and the real. In particular, her practice is grounded in an interest in contemporary and past pop and subcultures, along with forms of digital nostalgia experienced through media.
2026.03.30
Exhibitions
《Young Korean Artists 2021》, 2021.05.28 – 2021.09.22, MMCA, Gwacheon
《Young Korean Artists 2021》 is the 20th exhibition of the MMCA's 《Young Korean Artists program》, which first began in 1981and now, as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, has become Korea's most time-honored and authoritative program dedicated to discovering young and emerging artists.
2021.05.26
Exhibitions
《New Mutant》, 2020.08.28 - 2020.09.13, Gana Art Center
Gana Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Ji Yongho(b. 1978 -) introducing the “New Mutant” series. Ji is mostly known for his ‘Mutant’ series of sculptures using waste tires. For the exhibition, he chose various media such as bronze, aluminum, and 3D printing based on computer technology
2020.08.26
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