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Review: 53 young Korean artists at the Bargehouse

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by Philip Gowman on 15 March, 2010

in 4482, Chun Joo-hee, Chung Jae-yeon, Exhibition reviews and comment, Hong Seung-pyo, Hwang Joo-hee, Kim Chin-wook, Kwon Soon-hak, Park Jihye, Yoon Jun-gu

Fifty three young Korean artists in one place, 2010’s 4482 exhibition is its third and biggest ever incarnation. The initiative’s name is drawn from the UK’s and South Korea’s international dialling codes (+44 and +82 respectively) and focuses on young Korean artistic talent based in the London area. In many cases the artists are students, [...]

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Brief review: Transreal at Asia House

25 November 2009 Exhibition reviews and comment
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The recent exhibition at Asia House, Transreal, presented two very different Korean artists side by side. There was a convenient area of overlap – both artists have produced mountain landscapes in red and white. But while one artist well-represented on these pages – Sea-hyun Lee – pursues his red landscapes with an almost obsessive single-mindedness, [...]

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Uncertain States: a second look

22 November 2009 Exhibition reviews and comment
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Peter Corbishley also pays a visit to the photographic show in Commercial Road
Alerted by LKL, it was a pleasant surprise, on my way back from eating Korean food in New Malden, to pop into Photo Space at the bottom of the road where I live. Two Korean photographers, Jo Seong-hee and Park Ju-young, are [...]

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Woojung Chun’s library of mysteries

18 November 2009 Chun Woo-jung
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LKL completes its coverage of Korean artists at the Venice Biennale.

If you browse the shopping streets of Venice, among the numerous tourist outlets selling carnival masks, murano glass and designer clothes, you might find one or two shops selling well-crafted model book-cases: too big for your average dolls house, but nevertheless covetable. Something you appreciate [...]

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Korean photographers in Uncertain States

16 November 2009 Events news
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Two Korean photographers, Jo Seong-hee and Park Ju-young, are currently participating in Uncertain States, a group show at Photo-Space Gallery, 530 Commercial Road, London E1 0HY (Near Limehouse DLR).
Jo Seong-hee has been loitering in the City and Canary Wharf taking night time photographs of the cityscape, pasting them together in what initially seems a normal [...]

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2009 Biennale footnotes

10 November 2009 Exhibition reviews and comment
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Three Korean-born artists had solo shows at the 2009 Venice Biennale: Haegue Yang in the national pavillion, and Woojung Chun and Atta Kim as collateral events.
In LKL’s brief sojourn in Venice, it was not possible to get around all the Korean participants in various group shows, but for the record, they were:
1: Lim Won-ju in [...]

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Atta Kim’s melting moments

7 November 2009 Exhibition reviews and comment
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The Dorsoduro, Venice’s south-western quarter, has a completely different atmosphere from the hustle and bustle of the tourist areas around St Mark’s across the Grand Canal. It’s busy around the Peggy Guggenheim museum, but further west, beyond the Campo Santa Margherita, the crowds thin out. Here, alongside a narrow waterway on the Fondamenta del Soccorso [...]

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Fan Death in Venice – the Korean Pavilion at the Biennale

3 November 2009 Exhibition reviews and comment
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In a collection of National Pavilions which includes a big aluminium cage (France), some unfinished pine kitchen furniture (Germany) and a reconstruction of a celebrity gay swimming pool death (Nordic countries) the Korean pavilion at the Venice Biennale is in good company in making you scratch your head a little bit. What is one to [...]

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Dorothy Yoon at SaLon gallery

28 October 2009 Events news
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Notice of a solo exhibition by Dorothy Yoon at SaLon gallery. A brief review is appended in the comment section.
Dorothy Yoon:
“8 Of Heroines”
14th October – 22nd November 2009
SaLon Gallery, 82 Westbourne Grove London W2 5RT
http://salongallery.co.uk/
SaLon Gallery presents Dorothy Yoon’s London debut solo exhibition entitled ‘8 Of Heroines’ featuring the latest series of Yoon’s photographic work [...]

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An evening with the Korean Artists Association – event report

24 October 2009 Dance
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Last summer, the Korean Artists Association put on an evening of performances at the Korean cultural centre. The evening was well attended and popular, but somehow you felt that they could do better. They came back 15 months later and did just that.
Recognising that the visual artists did not get much of a look-in last [...]

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Environmental protest goes mainstream

17 October 2009 Earth Alert
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Over the past few years, environmentalists have been protesting about the massive land reclamation project at Saemangeum on the west coast of Korea. As well as being an environmental tragedy, it has also been a minor irritation in UK-ROK relations: prominent among the campaigners have been British naturalists protesting about the scheme’s impact on the [...]

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Koreans sparkle at the Goldsmiths Fair

15 October 2009 Crafts
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The Goldsmith’s Fair is an annual show of some of the best designers and craftspeople in the jewellery and metalwork business, in the livery hall of the City of London’s oldest established guild. Every year, with around 80 stalls to choose from, there is a stunning range of items to view, many of which are [...]

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The presentation of Korean Contemporary Art in London – a punter’s perspective

3 October 2009 Conference reports
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Having fumbled my incoherent, jet-lagged way through a half prepared presentation at I-MYU a couple of days ago, here, Thucydidean style, is what I would have said if I had been better prepared.
Since LKL went online three and a half years ago, we’ve tracked over 90 exhibitions of Korean art and artefacts, most of which [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-09-07

7 September 2009 Exhibition reviews and comment
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A first look at the monster from The Host 2 (prequel): looks like a comedy. Fortunately, nothing to do with Bong Joon-ho http://bit.ly/pnNAf #
Chelsea MA show PV a real struggle. A map would have been nice for starters, and best to bring your own beer to avoid the Q and the rain. #
Myungga was on [...]

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Crossfields: Young Korean artists at the KCC

6 August 2009 Crossfields
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Claire O’Connell was among the crowds at the opening of Crossfields: the KCC’s latest show.
This was the launch of “Crossfields”, a new exhibition at the KCC showcasing the work of 23 young Koreans who are all promising artists, architects, illustrators, photographers and designers. All the artists have studied in London at some point and were [...]

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