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[Review] 《Circle, Chase, Contact》 REVIEW
There are moments when states we believe we know well—through frequent encounter or familiarity—begin to slip away. The field of art sometimes transforms what we call the “obvious” into a question imbued with doubt and fear. Particularly amid the turbulence of digital technologies, our sensory understanding of the physical and the immaterial readily falters, and hybrid subjects and situations emerge with increasing prominence through layers of overlap.
2025
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Artist Haevan Lee: Painting the Geopolitical Landscapes of Borders and Buffer Zones
Haevan Lee (b. 1990), drawing from her upbringing near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), has explored the structures of borders and their socio-cultural impact across various national boundary regions. To understand the complexities of border identities and ecological environments, she employs landscape painting, storytelling, and historical research, capturing the local context of specific sites through diverse mediums such as painting, installation, and video.
2025.11.10
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[Column] Hannah Woo: Reanimating the World
Hannah Woo’s fabric sculptures and “drawings” are perhaps direct descendants of craft-based productions that have occupied a peripheral position within the history of art—a history recorded and remembered predominantly by men.
2023.03.03
Exhibitions
《Inside of Light》, 2019.05.22 – 2019.06.22, UARTSPACE
UARTSPACE holds Yunsung Lee’s solo exhibition 《Inside of Light》 from May 22 to June 22, 2019. The exhibition presents ‘Zodiac,’ a group of figures that consist of beautiful girls’ characters, 12 drawings of each character, and a haning sculpture created by collecting sparkling and golden elements which repeatedly appear in his works.
2019.05.20
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《island》, 2010.05.12 - 2010.06.11, Project Space SARUBIA
Donghyun Son’s exhibition reflects the city of New York, considered as the center of the world. New York, especially Manhattan Island is often described as an object of desire but at the same time, it is put under all kinds of disasters
2010.05.10
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Exhibitions
《The Horns of a Dilemma》, 2007.04.27 - 2007.05.31, Ilmin Museum of Art
Many people are curious about how artists live and what kind of lives they lead. They wonder what artists are truly pursuing through art. Perhaps this curiosity stems from a sense of admiration for those who seem to live freely, differently from themselves; on the other hand, it may arise from skepticism about how such lives are actually sustained.
2007.04.25
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《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist IV》, 2022.03.29 – 2022.08.07, Busan Museum of Art
The Busan Museum of Art has organized the 《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist》 exhibition series to introduce artists positioned at key points within contemporary Korean art. The fourth edition in 2022, 《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist IV – Hyungkoo Lee》, presents the world of Hyungkoo Lee, an artist who continues to explore the theme of the ‘body’ through his original sculptural language.
2022.03.28
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《ON NATURE》, 2022.05.19 – 2022.09.07, Moran Museum of Art
To commemorate its reopening, Moran Museum of Art presents 《ON NATURE》, a solo exhibition by Atta Kim, as its first exhibition of the year. Presenting Atta Kim’s artistic world at Moran Museum of Art is significant in many respects. Above all, the museum’s natural, cultural, and artistic environment appears to embody a sculptural space that resonates deeply with 《ON NATURE》.
2022.05.19
