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Mon, December 9, 2019 | 05:47

Jenny Holzer awakens disturbing awareness in text art

Jenny Holzer awakens disturbing awareness in text art

Renowned American conceptual artist Jenny Holzer brings her provocative text work, for the first time in the Korean language. The pieces will show at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) in "MMCA Commissioned Project FOR YOU: Jenny Holzer" through July 5, 2020.MMCA director Youn Bum-mo said this commissioned project represents the artist's first en...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-12-08 22:05

Designers, small businesses collaborate for design fair

Designers, small businesses collaborate for design fair

The DDP Design Fair at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) will bring the bright ideas of young Korean designers to life with the collaboration of master craftsmen in Seoul's old downtown manufacturing district. Projects on show will include Cirkus and Mozzi lighting designed by Yoo Hwa-sung's BYMARS studio and made by lighting manufacturer AGO.Held at the DDP's Art Hall 2 and Inte...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-12-03 17:03

Gaya Confederacy revisited in 'Iron and Tune' exhibit

Gaya Confederacy revisited in 'Iron and Tune' exhibit

The Gaya Confederacy (42-532) is a lesser-known chapter in Korea's history. The National Museum of Korea is holding "Gaya Spirit - Iron and Tune," a special exhibition shedding light on the rich cultural and historical heritage of the ancient kingdom."Gaya is vaguely known as a confederacy of states, often dubbed the kingdom of iron due to its flourishing iron production," Na...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-12-02 17:51

Last day for exhibition featuring Spanish artist Munoz

Last day for exhibition featuring Spanish artist Munoz

An exhibition featuring Spanish artist Gloria Munoz, “Marvelous” is open only until Saturday, completing six weeks of display at the Trinity Gallery in Seoul. Munoz has been teaching as a professor in Barcelona, New York, London, and San Francisco, and is well known for her deliberative work. She puts “meditation” as a keyword for her world of art. During the interview she sa...

Jung Hae-myoung | 2019-11-29 16:08

Former ammunition facility gets new life

Former ammunition facility gets new life

Gangwon Province is pushing forward with art to develop tourism and culture in the region. The Gangwon Triennale 2019 opened last week at the Hongcheon Art Museum and a former ammunition maintenance facility in Hongcheon County, featuring the work of artists from the province.The Gangwon Art and Culture Foundation overhauled an array of art-related events held in the province...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-11-24 19:35

Illustrator reinterprets Western fairytales in Eastern way

Illustrator reinterprets Western fairytales in Eastern way

When people think of “Alice in Wonderland,” they naturally envisage a girl in a puffed sleeve sky-blue dress as Alice. Illustrator Wooh Na-young, also known by her pen name “Obsidian,” changes the popular image of the protagonist of Lewis Caroll's novel. Woo presents something unique in Alice falling down the rabbit hole - the girl is in “hanbok” or traditional Korean costume.

Lee Gyu-lee | 2019-11-22 17:49

Tomas Saraceno seeks symbiosis with spiders

Tomas Saraceno seeks symbiosis with spiders

Argentinian-born artist Tomas Saraceno learned how to have a symbiotic relationship with nature through spiders."I always think of the spiders collaborating with me, not me collaborating with them," Saraceno said during a short visit to Seoul to open his solo exhibition at Gallery Hyundai, which runs through Dec. 8. "They have lived on the planet Earth longer than humans - ov...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-11-17 17:35

Artists make social experimentations at 'Korea Artist Prize'

Artists make social experimentations at 'Korea Artist Prize'

Hong Young-in, Park Hye-soo, Rhii Jew-yo and Kim A-young are the four artists representing Korean contemporary art this year at the Korea Artist Prize (KAP) 2019, held at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA). Established in its current style in 2012, the prize is co-organized by the MMCA and the SBS Foundation. A panel of Korean and overseas expert...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-11-14 18:51

MMCA looks upon 50-year history in 'The Square'

MMCA looks upon 50-year history in 'The Square'

MMCA looks upon 50-year history in 'The Square'

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) initially opened its doors inside Gyeongbok Palace with only four staffers. Fifty years later, the MMCA has since become one of the most prominent contemporary art organizations in Korea with four branches and 8,417 artworks in its collection. The museum commemorates its 50th anniversary with "The Square: Art an...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-11-14 17:45

Artists make social experimentations at 'Korea Artist Prize'

Annual calligraphy festival merges age-old tradition and media arts

Annual calligraphy festival merges age-old tradition and media arts

This year's “SAC Calligraphy Festival” began its 50-day exhibition on Saturday. It is the third installment of the annual calligraphy festival by Seoul Arts Center's Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum in southern Seoul.

Anna J. Park | 2019-11-10 17:13

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