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Exhibitions
《In This Garden We Loved_Part II》, 2023.06.23 – 2023.08.05, ATELIER AKI
Lee Yunhee, Park Hyojin, Jung Inhye, Cha Youngseok, Lee Sejoon and Dahoon Nam will participate in a special exhibition "In This Garden We Loved". The exhibition will be divided into two parts. Part 1 《In This Garden We Loved_Part I》 (5.18 - 6.17) in which artists Lee Yunhee, Park Hyojin, and Jung In-hye participated will show the moments of rest expressed through "Consolation".
2023.06.22
Exhibitions
《Cost of Recovery》, 2020.06.16 – 2020.07.18, CR Collective
As the viewer enters the exhibition hall containing 《Cost of Recovery》, they encounter a situation in which green windows color what would be normally a gray space, and an installation that captures the scene of some working environment is laid out in a somewhat dry manner.
2020.06.15
Articles
Artist Hyojoo Jang: On Tactility in the Digital Age
Hyojoo Jang (b. 1988) explores the sensory differences felt between the inside and outside of boundaries through the physical form of sculpture. Focusing on the gap between the fictitious entities of the digital age and tangible reality, she visualizes a sense of tactility that is “visible yet untouchable” through the conjunction and juxtaposition of diverse materials.
2025.08.04
Articles
Artist Ok Seungcheol Explores the Tension Between Original and Copy
Also known by the alias Aokizy, Ok Seungcheol (b. 1988) explores concepts that arise between originality and authenticity, as well as between digital imagery and physical materiality. Drawing from endlessly reproduced and altered digital images sourced from visual media such as comics, films, and video games, he treats these as a kind of "original" from which new works are generated.
2026.03.30
Activities
SONGEUN Art Award Excellence Prize, Painter Lee Jinju
A woman with her chest exposed, wearing a mask, looks intently at a black fruit held in one hand. In her other hand lies a fish head, and attached to her chest is a breast pump. A black bird upside down and stuck into a vase, a book of René Magritte, a kitchen knife, scissors, and a mosquito coil—objects that seem unrelated
2015.03
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Exhibitions
《MMCA Collection: Korean Contemporary Art》, 2025.05.01 – 2026.05.31, MMCA Seoul
This exhibition is the first permanent exhibition since the opening of the Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) in 2013. Since beginning its acquisition activities with its original opening in 1969, MMCA has collected and researched a body of significant artwork
2025.05.01
Exhibitions
《We Where》, 2022.01.19 – 2022.02.26, PKM Gallery
As its first exhibition of the year, PKM Gallery is delighted to present 《We Where》, a solo exhibition of Young In Hong (b. 1972), who is an active presence on the global stage, from January 19th to February 26th. At Hong’s exhibition, which is taking place in Korea 2 years after the 《Korea Artist Prize 2019》 at the MMCA, 8 new artworks including a sound installation and a large-scale embroidery work and 2 photo-score series created in 2017 are shown across the entire gallery space.
2022.01.17
Exhibitions
《Uninhabited Island》, 2025.06.05 – 2025.08.17, Yeosu Expo Art Gallery
The Yeosu Expo Art Gallery will present the solo exhibition 《Uninhabited Island》 by Kang Hong-Goo from June 5 to August 17. This exhibition was organized as a thematic exhibition centered on “islands,” held in celebration of the successful hosting of the 2026 Yeosu World Island Expo.
2025.06.05
Articles
[Critique] The Splendid Reverse Side of a Dull Reality
Perhaps — though I cannot know for certain — when the decision was made to hold his solo exhibition across the entirety of the former Seoul Station, that is, Culture Station Seoul 284, the artist must have smiled with deep satisfaction. This
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