Haemin, Shin Hyunjung, Yeom Eunkyung, and Oh Byungkwon. A total of thirty-three artists participate, including Chae Mihyun, Cho Duckhyun, Cho Taibyung, Choe U-ram, Han Kyeryun, Heo Kuyoung, Hur Unkyung, Hwang Gyutae, Kim Daesoo, Kim Haemin, Kim Heesun, Kim Hyunhee, Kim Jaegwon, Kim Jinsoo, Kim...
Koo Bohnchang, Lee Changjoon, Lee Jooyong, Lim Minouk and Frederic Michon, Meta4, Mok Najung, Noh Jungha, Park Heejin, Park Jongsung, Park Kyungil, Park Youngsook, Shin Hyekyung, Shin Kyungchul, Son Seunghyun, Song Kyungseok, Um Sangbin, Yeom Eunkyung, Yeom Jongsook, Yoon Jungmi, Yum Joongho.
In commemoration of the "Year of Photography and Video", ’98 City and Image—Food, Clothing, and Shelter (Seoul Museum of Art, formerly the Seoul 600th Anniversary Memorial Hall, October 16–November 4) is organized by Lee Youngchul. The spatial design is by Min...
Sajin Bipyong Publishing, led by CEO Im Hyang-ja, launches the quarterly journal of photography criticism Sajin Bipyong in conjunction with the “Year of Photography and Video.” The editorial board consists of Kim Seung-gon, Lee Kyungmin, and Jin Dongseon. The journal...
Kim Jangseop serves as commissioner, and a total of fourteen artists participate, including Bang Jihyun, Hong Su-ja, Kang Hong-goo, Kim Hyunhee, Kim Hyunpil, Kwon Jungjoon, Kwon Soonpyeong, Lee Sangyun, Park Hongchun, Park Jinho, Park Youngseun, Shin Minjoo, Yang Manki, and Yook Taejin.
The Korea Culture and Arts Foundation organizes The Fifth New Generational Tendency in Korean Contemporary Art: Technology vs Anti-technology (Misulhoegwan (now ARKO Art Center), Seoul, December 9-20). A total of eleven artists participate, including Choi Jeonghwa, Jang Donghoon, Jo...
Young Korean Artists ’96 (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon (now MMCA), October 8–November 12) is held. A total of twenty artists participate Ahn Pilyun, Cho Gyehyung, Choi Jian, Choi Kiseog, Hong Hyunsook, Hong Miseon, Kim Dongyoo, Kim Eelkwon, Kim Hyunghyun,...
/> Participating artists include Ahn Yun-Mo, Bae Joonsung, Cha Eun-taek, Cho Sunkyung, Choi Jian, Han Sujeong, Hwang Shin-hye Band (Kim Hyojin), ium, Jeong Huijin, Jung Jaewoo, Jung Yonghoon, Jung Younghoon, Kang Hong-goo, Kang Young Mean, Kim Daeseung, Kim Deulnae, Kim Dongmin, Kim Dooseob, Kim...
The Museum Bar Sal opens in Daehangno, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Operated by Choi Jungjin, the sibling of Choi Jeonghwa (visual artist), Sal presents diverse monthly performances: in May, the traditional music ensemble Soon; in June, Pippi Band; in July, the percussion...
Suh Donghwa, Seok Yeonggi, Shin Youngseong, Shim Youngchul, Ahn Sungkeum, An Won-chan, Ahn Pilyun, Yang Juhae, Yum Jookyung, Yook Keunbyung, Yun Dongkoo, Yoon Dongchun, Yoon Youngseok, Lee Gusan, Rhee Kibong, Lee Bul, Lee Sangyun, Lee Sanghyun, Lee Jaebok, Lee Jaesam, Lee Jeonghyung, Lee Junmok, Lee...
Curated by Choi Jeonghwa, Bone/American Standard (Instant Gallery Ppyeo, Seoul, July 7–21) is held. Instant Gallery Ppyeo is a remodeled house in Seogyo-dong scheduled for demolition. Bone features Cho Yoonseok, Choi Jeonghwa, Jindallae (Kim Dooseob, Mok Jinyoh,...
social, and ecological dimensions. A total of forty-seven artists participate, including Blue Structure (Kim Hyunsoo, Park Jihyun, Shin Chihyun, Yoon Doojin, Lee Sangjoon, Han Jinsu, Hong Sungchul); Green Heart (Kim Youngdo, Son Junyoung, Yoon Gwanhyun, Yoon Mia, Lee Minhyeong, Lee...
Jang Nam-yong, Jun Hangsup, Kim Daesoo, Kim Hwangrok, Kim Jihyeon, Kim Myoung-hye, Kim Myungsook, Koh Myungkeun, Lee Ju-yong, Lee Kanghwa, Lee Kangwoo, Lee Soohong, Lim Yeonsook, Oh Sanggeun, Paek Euirye, Park Changsik, Park Heeryeon, Park Jungwhan, Shin Kyunghee, Yoon Jonggu, and Yoon Youngjin.
Nam Sangho, Nick Waplington, Oh Jongun, Paek Gwanghyeon, Paek Nansuk, Park Hongchun, Park Jaeyoung, Park Jinho, Philippe Pache, Rafael Vargas, René Mächler, Shin Hanho, Shin Mugyeong, Sung Namhun, Trish Morrissey, Woo Jongil, Yang Jonghun, Yazu Susuka, Yu Hyunmin, and Yu Jaehak.
Lee Bul, Lee Hyung-joo, Choi Jeonghwa, and Choi Wook; Lee Yeongjae recommends Kang Sangjung, Kim Hong-nyeon, Kim Yong, Park Namcheol, Park Soyoung, Shin San-ok, Yoo Geuntaek, Lee Hwan, YI Heechoung, Chun Kwangho; Lee Jae-eon recommends Lee Yeongjae recommends Kim Jinsun, Kim Wakon, Park Gangwon, An...
Kim Kilkwon, Kim Sundoo, Kim Soonhyup, Kim Yeongyu, Kim Yongjoo, Kim Woohan, Kim Hoyoun, Kim Hwangrok, Moon Bongseon, Park Sanghee, Suh Junghui, Shin Jongsik, Eom Jungsun, Yoon Kapyong, Yoon Myungsun, Lee Minkyoung, Lee Suhong, Lee Wonhui, Lee Junggeun, Lee Jongmok, Jang Moongul, Jun Jinhui, Cho...
Bird, Bird, Blue Bird: 100th Anniversary Exhibition of the Donghak Peasant Revolution (Hangaram Art Museum at the Seoul Arts Center, March 30-April 17) is held. About 160 works by ninety-one artists are presented. The exhibition consists of two sections: a thematic exhibition...
Jaechul, Sung Namhun, Sung Dugyung, Song Youngsook, Shin Hyunguk, Ahn Janghyun, Ahn Jongchil, Yang Sungchul, Oh Sangjo, Oh Heinkuhn, Yook Myoungshim, Yoon Jooyoung, Lee Geon-jung, Lee Gyeongmo, Lee Kyuchul, Lee Kiwon, Lee Byungsam, Lee Sanggyu, Lee Sangil, Lee Wankyo, Lee Jaegil, Lee Jeonggang, Lee...
Byungyeon, Kim Yoon, Kim Jaegwon, Song Ju-han, Shin Jinsik, Shim Youngchul, Cho Taibyung, and Choi Eunkyoung. The exhibition explores the convergence of advanced science and technology with culture and art, presenting works that employ computers, video, laser, and holographic devices.
1993 Whitney Biennial in Seoul (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon (now MMCA), July 31-September 8) is held. As the first overseas tour of the Whitney Biennial, founded in 1932, the exhibition is organized under the theme 'Borderline' and presents about one hundred works...
within the movement. Other artists who, though not affiliated with the aforementioned collectives, have risen through individual activity include Shin Hakchul and Son Sangki. In his 1982 solo exhibition, Shin appropriated contemporary techniques such as photomontage and collage to depict fragments...
than by the atmosphere it generates. From the standpoint of “scraping” the woodblock, Park Young-geun’s technique initially calls Shin Jangsik’s to mind. Yet while Shin’s lines tend toward warmth and emotional resonance, Park’s are the product of a dynamic proce...
Lim Geun-jun (a.k.a. Lee Chungwoo) Contemporaneity and Generational Shifts in Korean Contemporary Art: 1987–20081, 2 When did contemporary art first emerge in South Korea, and when did the foundation for its driving force—contemporaneity—begin to take shape? Is it valid to adopt...
Seungjio, Kim Sooik, Shin Kiock, Choi Changhong, Lee Sangrak, and Ham Sup, consisted of painters belonging to the so-called “Generation of April 19 Revolution” and represented the cohort that directly succeeded the Informel generation. These artists shared, first and foremost,...
In the 1950s, the Korean art world witnessed the simultaneous emergence of exhibitions, lectures, and writings that explicitly foregrounded “contemporary art” (hyeondae misul). Never before had the term so thoroughly dominated artistic discourse or carried such weight of expectation....
In the 1980s, ‘contemporary art’ became routinized, circulating as an everyday term stripped of its earlier charge. Yet beyond the boundaries of official institutions, the term came under unprecedented critique. It came to designate the dominant tendencies of 1970s Korean art, which were...
The Gwangju Biennale articulated its position on the discourse of globalization that dominated the 1990s through its exhibitions which showcased a large number of multinational and multimedia works in the First edition (1995) and adopted a deconstructive approach in the Second edition (1997)....
major artists associated with the Minjung art movement, including Shin Hakchul, Min Joungki, and Choi Minhwa. This curatorial orientation was likewise reflected in the contemporary Korean art exhibitions organized by ARKO in which Beck participated while serving at both institutions. Beck Jee-sook...
(1927), to later works like Kim Whanki’s Rondo (1938) and Moon Shin’s Self-portrait (1943).3 It presented not only works produced before liberation but also contemporaneous pieces, offering a wide-ranging perspective on the historical trajectory of Korean art. It marked the beginning of...
chrysanthemum, and bamboo), still life, animal paintings, and figure painting. For example, the flower-and-bird section spans from Shin Myeong-Yeon’s Flower and Bird (nineteenth century) to Park Saengkwang’s Peony (1969); the landscape section from Heo Ryeon’s Landscape (1877) to...
The thematic focus of the first Gwangju Biennale—“the coexistence and harmony of humankind”—was, to a certain extent, overshadowed by the celebratory nature of its auxiliary programs, such as performances and marketplaces, rather than the exhibition itself. In response to...
Exhibitions intended to introduce contemporary Korean art abroad have been held since the 1950s; however, the 1990s are widely regarded as a turning point in the history of such efforts. From this period onward, the number of exhibitions of contemporary Korean art held internationally increased...
The exhibition Working with Nature: Traditional Thought in Contemporary Art from Korea, jointly organized by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (now National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, MMCA) and Tate Liverpool in 1992, featured works by six prominent Korean artists of...
The evolution of exhibitions at the Korean Pavilion of the Venice Biennale during its first decade illustrates a broader shift in contemporary Korean art amid the advent of globalization, from a deliberate presentation of tradition to a gradual detachment from it. While the inaugural and second...
in the Shin Bijutsu Shimbun [New Art Newspaper], whose contention Minemura rebutted, with Hariu Ichirō joining the criticism against Minemura, whose argument Minemura re-rebutted, and thus, other artists, curators, and critics started airing their own views. The disputation lasted more than half a...
In March 1990, a Korean magazine published a special feature article on video art. The article introduced fifteen major video artists from both Korea and abroad and provided an overview of the current state and future prospects of video art.1 It presented early pioneers such as Paik Nam June,...
operating systems and the obsolescence of certain applications—and preserved selected works in the process. Jointly curated by Moon Hyungmin, Shin Boseul, and Yangachi, and co-organized by Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Center Nabi, and Alternative Space LOOP, the exhibition represented...
by Oh Yoon, Shin Hakchul, and the art group Dureong; and finally phenomenal and unconventional practices of younger artists active in the 1990s, such as Park Buldong, Lee Kangwoo, Lee Dongi, and Choi Jeonghwa. At the same time, this chronological narrative of art history was dynamically reconfigured...
Following the preceding discussion on “visual culture,” we now turn to another key term presented in the exhibition title: “everyday life.” Prior to organizing Everyday Life, Memory, and History, curator Kim Jin Song took part in organizing the 1992 exhibition Apgujeong-dong:...
In the late 1990s, the Korean video art scene was a hybrid field where multiple trajectories and approaches coexisted in a rather fragmented manner. One strand consisted of video installations that had evolved since the early 1990s as part of installation and technology art, while the second one was...
The Gyeongbuk Art Exhibition was a group exhibition organized by the Gyeongbuk Culture Construction Federation [Gyeongbuk munhwa geonseol yeonmaeng] and held from March 1 to 10, 1946 at the Daegu Public Hall. A Gyeongbuk regional branch of the Central Committee for the Construction of...
The National Folk Museum of Korea is located within the precincts of Gyeongbokgung Palace on Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Its predecessor was the National Museum of Ethnology (first director Song Seokha) established on November 8, 1945 at 2 Yejang-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul. In December 1950, it was...
The Korean Photography Alliance [Joseon sajin dongmaeng; KPA] was a leftist photography organization founded on June 13, 1947 at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Kim Jinsu, Lee Tae-ung, Lee Yongmin, and twenty other promoters gathered, held a founding...
Hwang Jonggu (1919–2003) was a ceramist active from the second-half of the 1950s through the second-half of the 1990s. He was born as the son of the celadon master Hwang Inchun (1894–1950) in Seoul in 1919. He took a course at the annex of the Seto Institute of Ceramics in Japan in 1939....
Lee Seokho (1904-1971, pen name Ilgwan) learned Chinese classics and calligraphy at a young age and then studied painting under Kim Eunho. He received an honorable mention for his calligraphy at the sixth Joseon Art Exhibition [Joseon misul jeollamhoe] in 1927. He then made his presence known in...
Nature art refers to artistic activities where artists use natural objects or become a part of nature preferably in a desolate natural setting. The members of the YATOO Outdoor Field Art Research Association [Yaoe hyeonjang misul yeonguhoe; YATOO] founded in 1981 refused to present (exhibit) their...
The Seoul Print Art Fair was an international art fair held ten times from 1995 to 2004 by the Korean Print Art Promotion Association [Hanguk panhwa misul jinheunghoe]. Founded in 1995, the Korean Print Art Promotion Association hosted the fair in an effort to revitalize Korean print art...
the pertinent symposium, Shin Jangsik presented on “Traditional Korean Prints,” Yoon Dongchun, “The Development and Prospects of Contemporary Korean Prints,” You Hongjune, “The Outcomes and Meanings of the Woodblock Print Movement in the 1980s,” and Hwang Yongjin,...
The Modern Korean Art Exhibition was organized by the National Museum of Modern Art, Korea (now MMCA) from 1974 through 1978 with the intention of chronicling the history of contemporary art by genre. Starting with the Exhibition of Modern Korean Sculpture (June 10–30, 1974),...
Ko Dongju, Bae Bonghwa, Lee Chunsik, Yim Changjae, Lee Seoksu, Heo Hong, Kim Jaehwa, Keum Gipung, Shin Bongsik, Heo Gu, Shin Kyunghee, Yun Deokim, Yang Jini, Park Tae-jun, Kim Jinhwa, Bu Dalseon, and Kim Eungho. Bae Gilgi served as the first president, and King Yongjin was appointed as an advisor....
Young Minds was a special exhibition organized from 1982 through 1987 by artists in small groups who were active in the 1980s with the goal of showcasing the new aesthetics of the younger generation. The Young Minds [Jeolmeun uisik], which was also the title of its exhibition, had the...
What Is the Realistic Painting of the Postwar Generation? is an exhibition on hyper-realist paintings held from March 16 through 22, 1978 at Art Center. Five young artists born between 1950 and 1954, Moon Youngtae, Song Gamun, Lee Sukju, Rhee Jaikwon, and Jo Sang-hyeon, participated in the...
The Seoul Contemporary Art Festival was a large-scale art festival held since 1975 by avant-garde artists of the time to counter the academism of the National Art Exhibition (Gukjeon). The first festival was held from December 16 through 22, 1975 at the National Museum of Modern Art, Korea...
The Seoul International Print Biennale was an international print exhibition hosted by Dong-A Ilbo newspaper company from 1970 through 1996. Since it started as an event to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Dong-A Ilbo, it was called the Dong-A International Print...
own avant-garde creation methods. They were Kang Kukjin, Kim Sun, Kim Jungsoo, Kim Yongchul, Kim Juyeong, Kim Han, Kim Hongjoo, Sung Neungkyung, Shin Hakchul, Lee Kun-Yong, and Hwang Hyochang. Among them, Sung Neungkyung, Shin Hakchul, and Lee Kun-Yong had participated in ’75 Today’s...
January 1982. For the 1982 edition, twelve art critics nominated one artist each. The recommended artists were Shin San-ok, Rim Songja, Kim Yongik, Shin Hakchul, Rhee Chulryang, Kang Hajin, Noh Wonhee, Ahn Byeongseok, Kim Kwansoo, Kim Inwhan, and Min Joungki. The exhibition was held in January 1983....
Exhibition of Ten Eastern Painters was an invitational exhibition of ten mid-career Eastern-style painters held under the theme of “a feast of Eastern paintings” by the Seoul Shinmun newspaper company from April 14 through 20, 1978 at the Seoul Press Center in Seoul. It is also...
The Seoul City Cultural Prize was established in 1949 by the Board of Education of Seoul after forming the Seoul Culture Committee to select and award individuals who made significant contributions to the development of national art and culture. With the exception of the Korean War period...
The Lacquerware Inlaid with Mother-of-pearl Training Center [Najeon chilgi gisulwon yangseongso] was established in August 1951 in Tongyeong city (then Tongyeong-eup), Gyeongsangnam-do Province under the name of Mother-of-Pearl Lacquerware Training School, a two-year provincial technical education...
Hoengdan was the name of an art group which was active only briefly from 1980 to 1983, and it was also the theme of their exhibition. Its establishment started from a reflection on Korean contemporary art in the 1970s, by artists who believed that art cannot turn a blind eye to social reality. The...