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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
Exhibitions
“Gi.Gi.Gi: Trials and Errors” on View Through May 31, 2026, at Ilmin Museum of Art
Ilmin Museum of Art presents the exhibition 《Gi.Gi.Gi: Trials and Errors》 in celebration of the building’s 100th anniversary, on view through May 31. Originating from the Dong-A Ilbo building completed in 1926, the museum is a site that has accumulated the temporal layers of Korea’s modern and contemporary history.
2026.04.14
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Articles
[Critique] Thus, Art Continues (working title)
“What can art actually do?” This is probably a question that artists repeatedly ask themselves, and it is precisely this question that MOON Kyungwon and JEON Joonho’s reflective project,
2012.10.01
Exhibitions
《The 70th Anniversary of Liberation Day: NK PROJECT》, 2015.07.21 – 2015.09.29, Seoul Museum of Art
For the 70th National Liberation Day, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) presents an exhibition that passes through our historical and nationalistic tasks of independence, division, and unification, with ‘North Korea’ as its artistic keywords. It is significant because we need to put our heads together and discuss how we should represent, imagine, and connect North Korea as the very close but distant ‘other,’ before it is too late.
2015.07.21
Articles
[Critique] Everyday Treasures
Water melts soap and creates a lather with which to wash away dirt from the human body. Sometimes it creates the poetic form of a bubble, but the central fact to soap is that it never ceases to disappear.
2011