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Young Artists

Articles [Essay] The Boundary of Painting Unfolding in the Swamp: Miryu Yoon’s 《Do Wetlands Scare You?》 Miryu Yoon’s solo exhibition 《Do Wetlands Scare You?》, held at Foundry Seoul, invites us into a distinctive pictorial experience. The moment one enters the exhibition space, the air—imbued with the chill of autumn—suggests the dampness of a swamp and a subtle sense of tension.
2024
Exhibitions 《Alongside》, 2024.08.04 – 2024.08.30, Kim Sechoong Museum From August 4 to 30, 2024, Kim Sechoong Museum presents 《Alongside》, a solo exhibition by Goyoson.
2024.08.01

Emerging Artists

Exhibitions 《Black Sun》, 2018.11.01 – 2028.11.17, Onground 2 I’m at a museum in Kyoto, Japan. Currently, it is hosting an exhibition of Japan’s national treasures. I find myself unable to leave the Buddhist art section. Despite their age, the large-scale Buddhist paintings possess a solemnity and sanctity that is deeply moving.
2018.10.31
Exhibitions “Painters’ Night: Rolling Chronicles” on View Through July 21, 2024, at Hapjunjigu “Painters’ Night: Rolling Chronicles” on View Through July 21, 2024, at Hapjunjigu
2024.07.02

Mid-Career Artists

Activities “Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art,” the First English-language Anthology Focusing on Contemporary Korean Artists from the Millennial Generation, Has Been Published Skira editore and SONGEUN announced the publication of Future Present: Contemporary Korean Art by Andy St. Louis, a survey of Korean artists from the Millennial Generation.
2024.06.10

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] Dialectic Allegory between Earth and Body, Ego and the Other, Settlement and Migration The solo exhibition 《The Statue Knows How to Dance》 by rising sculptor Rhee Donghoon, known for his distinctive and sensuous approach to sculpture, was held at Gallery SP from July 8 (Thu) to July 31 (Sat). Marking the artist’s second solo show, the exhibition presented approximately twelve works including both sculptures and paintings.
2021

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Articles [Column] The Artist’s Room – Pop Artist Hong Kyoungtack There are not many artists who are both critically acclaimed and widely popular. This is even more true in the art world. Last year, artist Hong Kyoungtack (46) experienced two significant milestones. His work Pencil 1 was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong for the highest price ever recorded for a Korean artwork (approximately 960 million KRW), bringing him widespread recognition.
2014.03.13
Articles [Critique] Charged Zero The solo exhibition 《LUCID》 by Nakhee Sung at PIBI Gallery successfully transfers the spatial sensibility constructed within her two-dimensional works to the exhibition space itself. At the same time, by placing two earlier works at the end of the show, the exhibition hints at the continuity of her artistic trajectory
2020.03.05

Established Artists

Articles The Art of Connection and Communication by Artist Sora Kim Sora Kim (b. 1965) is one of the representative Korean conceptual artists who has been making forays into open interpretations of humans and surroundings through video, sound, installation and performance based on entering into a relationship and the process of communication.
2024.10.01
Articles [Review] Empty Morph The Page Gallery’s group exhibition 《Soh(素)_empty morph》, featuring Kim Tschoon Su, Shin Soohyeok, and Cheon Kwangyup, presents works by three artists who pursue a shared process of “returning to a single origin (素) through non-purposiveness and the dreaming of the body.”
2021
Activities Choi Gene Uk - Spin-off Project
2024.03.12