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Exhibitions
《Drink Water》, 2024.09.05 – 2024.09.21, Frieze No.9 Cork Street, London
《Drink Water》, the solo exhibition by Berlin and Seoul-based artist Jinhee Kim is opening at No.9 Cork Street, London. Kim uses the everyday act of drinking water as a metaphor to contemplate the meaning of identity beyond distinctions of race, culture, gender, and language.
2024.09.05
Exhibitions
“The 23rd SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition” on view through February 24, 2024, at SONGEUN
The SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition is a showcase of the latest works by leading emerging artists in contemporary Korean art in one place. This exhibition features the diversity of contemporary Korean art through the paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, and sound works of 20 young artists born between 1979 and 1990.
2023.12.13
Articles
Artist Joo Hyeongjoon: Reinterpreting Reality Reflected in the Unconscious through East Asian Painting
Joo Hyeongjoon (b. 1988) has developed a body of work that unfolds the world of the unconscious as it appears in dreams, grounded in the traditional materials of paper, brush, and ink. Reinterpreting Eastern philosophy and traditional media through a contemporary lens, the artist continuously experiments with ways of recording “emptiness” (yeobaek) and imagined narratives as perceived from the perspective of modern life.
2025.11.17
Activities
Street Art Colors Hongdae – KCC and Artist Chu Mirim Present ‘Art on the Streets’
Street art (ground murals) in Hongdae is captivating the eyes of both local and international visitors. KCC Paint, a global leader in applied materials and chemical solutions, has collaborated with Chu Mirim, an artist renowned for her large-scale projects both in Korea and abroad, to present "Art on the Streets" in Hongdae.
2024.11.04
Exhibitions
《An Obscure Reply》, 2017.03.30 - 2017.05.07, ARARIO GALLERY
There are times when we run into unexpected fragments of imageries that resurface from the in-betweens of our memory and oblivion of happiness, exquisiteness, or violence that leaves us with trauma. Lee Jinju, with
2017.03.28
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《Arko Media Project 2012 : The Unbound Archive》, 2012.10.11 - 2012.11.02, Arko Art Center
The exhibition 《Arko Media Project 2012 : The Unbound Archive》 aims to examine the current trajectory of contemporary Korean video art, centering on newly acquired single-channel video works from the Arko Art Center’s core collection, while also exploring new modes of engagement between video art archives and audiences. This project, which carries out artistic practices through archive-linked initiatives, consists of video screenings, archive exhibitions, seminars, and lectures.
2012.10.09
