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Lee Hyung-koo

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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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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Pseudo-scientist inventing reality

7 November 2007 Event reports and reviews
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Lee Hyungkoo: The Homo Species
Korean Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale, 10 June – 21 November 2007
In a Biennale dominated by the theme of war, AIDS, destruction and desolation, it was comforting to find some of the country pavilions conforming to national stereotypes. The French pavilion dissected a love letter written by a rather callous man terminating [...]

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Kimchi juice: the art medium of the future

30 September 2006 Baik Hyunjhin

I went to the “Give me Shelter” exhibition at the Union Gallery one lunchtime this week, as it’s only 15 minutes walk from my office. I’ll be going back again. Possibly the easiest works to relate to are the biggest and the smallest. Hyungkoo Lee’s skeletal coyote and roadrunner occupied a whole room, atmospherically [...]

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“Give me Shelter” at the Union Gallery

26 September 2006 Baik Hyunjhin

Thanks to Peter Corbishley who told me about this exhibition over a soju or two at the Anglo-Korean Society V&A evening.
At the Union Gallery in Southwark there’s an exhibition of works – sculpture and paintings – by five emerging Korean artists, Hyunjhin Baik, Suejin Chung, Osang Gwon, Dongwook Lee and Hyungkoo Lee. Above is a [...]

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