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Paik Nam June

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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Good Evening, Ms. Jiyoon Lee!

11 March 2008 Conference reports
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Matthew Jackson reports from last Thursday’s gallery talk at the KCC
I had assumed that the Nam June Paik talk by Jiyoon Lee would take the form of a tour around the gallery itself. The schedule of the evening was fuller than I had expected, and required the setting of the ‘Sejong Room’ on the basement [...]

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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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Focus on a piece of happiness

12 September 2007 British Museum
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The story goes that Bernard Leach, browsing in a Seoul antiques store in the mid 1930s, came across a Choson dynasty Moon Jar and held his head in disbelief at its beauty. And, after one of the more inspired impulse buys in recent art history, he walked out of the shop “carrying a piece of [...]

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The Leeum Art Gallery, Seoul

11 February 2007 Chang Uc-chin
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A brief walk from Hangangjin subway stop (line 6) near Itaewon is the Leeum Gallery, set up by Samsung. No expense has been spared on the building itself, with prestigious foreign architects engaged to build it, and an impressive collection of artworks.
The building itself is very spacious, and has three main sections. Older artworks are [...]

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Seoul’s National Museum of Contemporary Art

22 January 2007 Korea Museum of Contemporary Art
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45 minutes from the downtown area of Seoul is a rather special place. Take line 4 to Seoul Grand Park (Gwacheon, 과천), and board the free shuttle bus which runs from near the exit. The Lonely Planet says it would take 20 minutes to walk to the gallery, but it seemed to take the bus [...]

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