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The Return of the King

03-May-08
Aashish Gadhvi deconstructs the return of Park Ji-sung In case you don’t know, my birthday’s coming up, and what I want is a Man United shirt, with printed number 13, ‘J.S. Park’ on the back. The reason I ask is because the damn shirt doesn’t even exist in Manchester United’s Megastore in Old Trafford. Upon visiting the store I noticed shirts with Rooney, Ronaldo, Nani, Tevez and Giggs, but not one sign of my Korean hero. Surely, if anywhere there was to be merchandise of Park it would be in United’s own Megastore? Apparently not, as I wondered around and the absence of Park merchandise became more and more apparent. I had taken my photo with the giant United team photo at ...
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Korea, Manchester and the International Art Triennial

26-Apr-08

Korea, Manchester and the International Art Triennial

Beccy Kennedy reports Britain’s first Triennial of Asian Art launched earlier this month, when a gaggle of global art goers gathered in the grandiose foyer and atrium of Manchester Art Gallery to preview the outstanding art installations from Korea. Of the five Asian countries selected by galleries in Manchester: China, India, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, the largest gallery chose striking art works by Korean artists, Gwon Osang and Choe U-ram. Upon entering the foyer of Manchester Art Gallery, Gwon Osang’s shiny photo montaged life sized figures greet the visitor wearing their casual clothes and animated poses, as they stand, on their plinths on either side of the staircase. Gwon visited Manchester last year and was inspired by a performance by Mancunian musician, ...
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Korean Links in Manchester

06-Feb-08
Beccy Kennedy, PhD candidate in contemporary Asian art at MIRIAD, and LKL's visual arts correspondent, writes to remind us that London is not the only place in the UK to get your fix of Korean culture. If you don't already live here and have ever felt like paying a visit to Britain's birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and Indie/Rave music scene, then this springtime may prove to be an exceptionally fruitful opportunity. There are two major Korean cultural events taking place, which alongside the popular Koreana Restaurant ((40a King St West, Manchester, M3 2WY, 0161 832 4330)), and Seoul Kimchi foodstore ((275 Upper Brook Street , Manchester, M13 0HR, 0161 273 5556)), should be enough to entice you to take a ...
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