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Suh Do-ho doubles estimate

by Philip Gowman on 4 July, 2009

in Back Seung-woo, Bae Bien-u, Bae Chan-hyo, Christie's, Exhibition reviews and comment, Han, Debbie, Jung Yeon-doo, Kim In-sook, Kim Jong-ku, Kim Joon, Kim Soo-kang, Koh Sang-woo, Koo Bohn-chang, Lee Jung, Lee Myoung-ho, Lee Sang-hyun, Min Byung-hun, Noh Sun-tag, Paik Nam June, Suh Do-ho, Yum Joong-ho

The Christie’s sales of Korean artworks – and photography in particular – which took place on 1 July had mixed results.
While the more expensive pieces made their estimates – and in the case of Suh Do-ho’s Some / One the hammer price came in at twice the estimate – some of the more entry-level works [...]

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Guerrilla artists take on the establishment

30 June 2009 Back Seung-woo
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In the north-east extremities of the City, on the fringes of bohemian Hoxton, is I-MYU, a small gallery on the first floor of a shared block. You need to ring the doorbell to gain admittance. Since its opening nearly two years ago, I-MYU has been championing the cause of Korean artists. Im Jeongae and Yu [...]

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Distinctively Korean sales at Christie’s

28 June 2009 Back Seung-woo
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Coinciding with the interest in Korean art being generated by the Korean Eye: Moon Generation exhibition in the Saatchi gallery, Christie’s are holding an auction of contemporary photography on 1 July, in a sale which includes several Koreans who have featured on the pages of LKL.
Probably the most eminent of the photographers represented is Bae [...]

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Through the Looking Glass closes soon

12 March 2007 Jung Yeon-doo

It’s your last chance to catch the Through the Looking Glass exhibition at Asia House. Quite by chance, and unfortunately making no reference to the show, the Times over the weekend featured one of the artists in a weekly column highlighting what’s hot on the web arts-wise.
Sweet Dreams
Crayon drawings by small children are not merely [...]

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Uncovering Wonderland

5 December 2006 Cho Duck-hyun
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Review of the Asia House exhibition by Beccy Kennedy
The multi-storey, multi-story exhibition of contemporary Korean art at Asia House, Through the Looking Glass, provides a multi-faceted Korean art experience, in terms of the media used and the themes approached by the artists. Independent curator, Jiyoon Lee, uses the looking glass as an audience-friendly metaphor to [...]

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“Through the Looking Glass” panel discussion at Asia house

26 November 2006 Cho Duck-hyun

Yesterday morning’s panel session gave a priveleged [1] insight into the work of some of the artists represented at the stimulating show at Asia House. Chaired by Beth McKillop of the V&A, the discussant panel included Alessio Antoniolli from Gasworks, Hans Ulrich Obrist from The Serpentine, curator Jiyoon Lee and artists Duck-hyun Cho, Yeondoo [...]

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Circuit Diagram at Cell gallery

26 October 2006 Cell Gallery

What do a 20 dollar bill, a spirit level, a geodesic dome, and a loudspeaker chanting Mongolian love songs in Korean have in common?
That’s the question posed by the introduction to a multinational contemporary art show in the Cell gallery space in Cambridge Heath Road, Hackney. And answered.
The loudspeaker chanting the Mongolian love songs appears [...]

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