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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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We look forward to lunchtime

17 February 2008 Bae Junsung
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An assessment of “Good Morning, Mr Paik Nam June”
Korean Cultural Centre, UK, 1 Feb – 2 Mar, Mon-Fri 9:30 – 5:30
It must be a very attractive prospect to be offered the job of curating a prestigious exhibition at the high-profile launch of a cultural centre. Having a blank canvas to work on certainly must be [...]

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South Korean artist’s response to the Division of Korea

16 December 2006 Conference reports
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South Korean Artists’ Response to the Issue of Divided Korea
Lecture by Jim Hoare and Jiyoon Lee
Monday 11 December at Asia House 6.45-7.45pm
The current exhibition at Asia House is producing much food for thought. This is now the third post devoted to the exhibition and is unlikely to be the last. In an evening of two [...]

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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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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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