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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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