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Artist Jayoung Hong: On the Pleasure of Seeing
Jayoung Hong (b. 1995) explores how humans have perceived nature and integrated it into systems of thought through various forms of gardens and past modes of play. She focuses on the multiple perspectives surrounding objects found in different eras, cultures, and in nature itself, and by reflecting these fluid shifts and transformations of perspective in her practice, she transforms the exhibition space into a site of visual play.
2025.09.01
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[Critique] Jab-Jab-One-Two and
Boxing has a noir-like prehistory. Recalling the story of how shady, underground betting fights grew in popularity before eventually being legalized, boxing without an opponent, boxing outside the ring, seems to have lost some of its original power.
2024
Exhibitions
《Two, Lying Down, Exposed Roots》 2024.05.10 – 2024.07.21 Johyun Gallery (Haeundae)
May 10th, Johyun Gallery Haeundae is pleased to present Hyunsun Jeon’s 17 new paintings for her latest exhibition, 《Two, Lying Down, Exposed Roots》. Jeon’s latest -seen-before works come from the streams and cascades of cogitation the artist has waded through, collected, and crystallized on the relationship between two things and the hidden nature of what is essential.
2024.05.09
Exhibitions
《Seoul Arts & Tech Festival Unfold X 2024》, 2024.11.07 – 2024.11.20, Culture Station Seoul 284
《Seoul Arts & Tech Festival Unfold X 2024 ― 2084: A Space Odyssey》 reimagines our present era from an archaeological perspective, setting its gaze on the near future year of 2084. In a new space-time created by technology, the exhibition traces how boundaries between past, present, and future blur—stretching from microscopic ecosystems to the cosmic level.
2024.11.06
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[Critique] The Returning Body, Hyungkoo Lee
The exhibition 《Korean Contemporary Artist Highlights IV – Hyungkoo Lee》 held at the Busan Museum of Art occupied the entire second-floor galleries, securing a sufficient scale to address the artist’s practice in depth.
2022.03.29
Exhibitions
《POP/corn》, 2019.06.11 - 2019.09.29, Daegu Art Museum
The Daegu Art Museum will present the exhibition 《POP/corn》 starting June 11, as part of its effort to showcase diverse currents in contemporary art. This exhibition is organized to examine how Korean Pop Art is evolving alongside everyday life, and to provide an opportunity to view Pop Art from a new perspective.
2019.06.09
Exhibitions
《Connect 1: Still Acts》, 2016.08.27 – 2016.11.20, Art Sonje Center
The Art Sonje Center is pleased to present 《Connect 1: Still Acts》 to be held from August 27 to November 20, 2016. Artists Chung Seoyoung, Sora Kim and Lee Bul will participate in the exhibition, which constitutes the first part of the “Connect” series, a survey of the history and collection of Art Sonje.
2016.08.14
Exhibitions
《Concerning the "ART"》, 2020.02.25 - 2020.07.26, Busan Museum of Contemporary Art
The combination or fusion of “art” and “technology” has already been a major concern and subject of discussion since the early twentieth century. In recent years, as technology and IT have been introduced and disseminated on a comprehensive scale, the form of “art” has been changing more rapidly than ever before, raising more fundamental questions about its concept and identity.
2020.02.23
