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Koh Sang-woo

Sesame and Saatchi – two contemporary Korean art exhibitions

by Philip Gowman on 9 July, 2009

in Bahk Seon-gi, Cho Hoon, Choi Tae-hoon, Choo Jong-wan, Han Ki-chang, Han, Debbie, Jang Seong-hyo, Kang Hyung-koo, Kim Seung-wook, Kim, Luca Sangjun, Koh Sang-woo, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Hyung-koo, Lee Rim, Lee Yong-baek, Park Seungmo, Phillips de Pury, Sesame, Song, Gee, Yi Hwan-kwon

The first hanging of the Moon Generation exhibition, for all the fanfares which went with it, was disappointing. Single works by different artists can work in a room together – Christie’s showed us how with their recent photography sale – but the Moon Generation curator’s first shot at doing so failed. In part, this was [...]

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Suh Do-ho doubles estimate

4 July 2009 Back Seung-woo
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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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Ideal Worlds at Sesame Art

28 June 2009 Events news
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I must apologise to the folks at the Sesame gallery in Islington for failing to post this events notice earlier.
IDEAL WORLDS
South Korean Contemporary Art
Koh Sang Woo – Luca Sangjun Kim – Gee Song
4 June – 3 July 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday 4 June 6-8pm
Speeding into the future, full throttle, firing on all cylinders – what if [...]

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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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