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"off-site" on View Through October 8, 2023, at Art Sonje Center
Art Sonje Center will present off-site, an exhibition by six artists, from August 18 to October 7. off-site utilizes spaces such as the museum’s theater, backstage area, garden, stairways, and mechanical rooms to build a new sense of space and artworks.
2023.08.16
Articles
[Critique] A New Echo Created by Thickness
Around 2020, Chung's paintings transformed into reliefs with volume and materiality. It should be noted that this change occurred during the global pandemic, when most people had to communicate only through mediated images in their homes.
2023
Activities
Kim Heecheon Awarded the 20th Hermès Foundation Missulsang
Kim Heecheon has been awarded the 20th Hermes Foundation Art Prize. Established in 2000, the Hermes Foundation Art Prize has been discovering and supporting some of the most talented and prominent contemporary Korean artists, including Do Ho Suh, Gimhongsok, and Lim Minouk.
2023.03.04
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Articles
[Essay] Eyewitness Testimony
Looking at an artwork is like looking into the world of the artist. But as the time the artist is passing is naturally different from my time, I’m just merely witnessing a certain point in time that he is passing for a moment.
2020
Articles
[Critique] Photography Is Photography As Photography Is
Appreciating a photograph and appreciating a painting may appear similar, yet they are fundamentally different acts. The only thing they share is the attempt to reproduce a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface; beyond that, their mechanisms of representation are entirely distinct.
2016.09.17
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Lee Bul Selected as the 2019 Ho-Am Prize Laureate in the Arts
Lee Bul has been selected as the 2019 Ho-Am Prize laureate in the arts. Recognized for her critical engagement with society, historical awareness, and humanistic exploration of utopia, she has established herself as a leading figure in contemporary Korean art.
2019.04.04
