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I-MYU goes West

by Philip Gowman on 6 November, 2008

in Asian Art in London, Chun Kwang-young, Events news, Han, Debbie, I-MYU, Kim Dong-yoo, Kim Duck-yong, Lee Sea-hyun, Other exhibitions, Shin Mee-kyung

As part of Asian Art in London I-MYU Projects is holding a special exhibition in Mayfair’s Cork Street entitled “Of Origin and Future”.

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Chuseok at the BM — part sprint, part marathon

26 September 2007 British Museum
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It is a commonplace observation that Korea is caught between two larger neighbours. Similarly, in marketing terms, the Korean events at the British Museum last Saturday were dwarfed by the blitzkrieg advertising for the Chinese “First Emperor” and the Japanese modern design exhibitions, both also at the British Museum at the same time. But although [...]

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Moon jars old and new

25 September 2007 British Museum
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There were moon jars a-plenty at the British Museum on Saturday: old and new, whole and smashed, real and fake and, as is the nature of these objects, none of them perfectly spherical.

In pride of place in Room 3, just as you enter the museum, is one of the prized items in the British [...]

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Bang goes Chuseok

5 September 2007 Anglo-Korean Society

Two events to celebrate Chuseok, Korea’s harvest festival.
Firstly, the Anglo-Korean Society will be having a buffet dinner at Young Bean Kwan on the Barbican highwalks in the City on 20 September. Guest of honour will be Ambassador Cho.
There will be a short pre-dinner talk on Korean customs and food, and guests will be entertained by [...]

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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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“Through the Looking Glass” panel discussion at Asia house

26 November 2006 Cho Duck-hyun

Yesterday morning’s panel session gave a priveleged [1] insight into the work of some of the artists represented at the stimulating show at Asia House. Chaired by Beth McKillop of the V&A, the discussant panel included Alessio Antoniolli from Gasworks, Hans Ulrich Obrist from The Serpentine, curator Jiyoon Lee and artists Duck-hyun Cho, Yeondoo [...]

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