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New Artists

Exhibitions "Sculptural Impulse" on view Through August 15, 2022, at the Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul The younger generation of artists subverts boundaries, blends existing ideas, and creates something new and original from the conventional. As contemporary art continues to change by fusing with different genres, many young artists have taken sculpture to a new level,
2022.07.04
Exhibitions 《Web of P》, 2022.12.06 – 2022.12.15, The Reference 《Web of P》 takes as its point of departure the image of Penelope from Greek mythology. The concept of "The web of Penelope" refers, in contemporary terms, to the endless tasks we perform incessantly without completion.
2022.12.05

Emerging Artists

Activities Hyeree Ro: lunares 《lunares》is a project that emerged from an unexpected death I faced in the summer of 2022. Since the beginning of my artistic practice, I have been working with performances that explore the relationship between object, body, and words.
2023.12.11
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

Mid-Career Artists

Activities Project ‘WHITE RAIN’: Two Perspectives on Spatial Exploration 'WHITE RAIN' presents a collaborative work by Minae Kim and Soon-Hak Kwon. Exhibiting together in the same room, the artists individually approach diverse spatial questions within their environment.
2012.06.01

Late Mid-Career Artists

Exhibitions 《Suki Seokyeong Kang: Willow Drum Oriole》, 2023.09.07 – 2023.12.31, Leeum Museum of Art Suki Seokyeong Kang, known for her contemporary reinterpretations of Korean tradition within socio-cultural contexts, is the subject of the solo exhibition 《Suki Seokyeong Kang: Willow Drum Oriole》 at Leeum Museum of Art, Korea.
2023.09.06
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Pre-Established Artists

Exhibitions Hong Kyoungtack's Solo Exhibition "Pens" on View Through November 13, 2010 at DOOSAN Gallery, New York DOOSAN Gallery New York is pleased to announce Pens, a solo exhibition of oil paintings by South Korean-born artist Kyoung Tack Hong. This is Hong’s debut exhibition in the United States. The opening reception will be held on Thursday, October 14 at DOOSAN Gallery New York, 533 West 25th Street, New York.
2010.10.14
Articles [Review] Exhibition of Nominees for the 2011 Hermès Foundation Art Award: The Editing Techniques of “Juxtaposition, Time, and Life” From the mountain scenery filled with hikers to the hardware store owner performing with a saw, the screen unfolds through a non-narrative flow of juxtaposed images. A mirror is placed within the frame, and through it a landscape emerges. The gaze is predetermined, yet the image appears in the form of an unforeseen emergence. In other words, there exists
2011.08.10

Established Artists

Articles Artist Gimhongsok Translates Social Phenomena into Art Gimhongsok (b. 1964) has been rearranging various social, political, and cultural phenomena through translation and appropriation in his works, starting from text-based works that rely on ambiguity to address the boundary between reality and fiction, for the past 20 years.
2024.07.16
Exhibitions 《Dream》, 2015.08.28 - 2015.10.25, Ilmin Museum of Art Cho Duck Hyun has recreated old black-and-white photographs on canvas to revive the history of a family, while also undertaking experimental projects such as fictional archaeological excavations that generate new narratives based on imagined histories.
2015.08.26