Having exhibited in London and Portsmouth, Sea Hyun Lee is now on his way up to Leeds for an 8-week show at historical Harewood House. Details below. Sea Hyun Lee: Between Red Terrace Gallery 18 July-13 September These epic paintings, rendered in washes of red, appear deceptively simple at first glance and resemble traditional Korean … [Read More]
Year: 2009 (page 19)
Save The Green Planet (지구를 지켜라, 2003) review: funny, brutal, moving… and bonkers
Save The Green Planet follows Byeong-gu, a traumatised man on a mission to save the Earth from Andromedans. Beneath its sci-fi comedy surface, the film explores mental illness, moral responsibility and the human cost of corporate power, constantly shifting audience sympathy and genre expectations. It’s incredibly funny, viciously brutal, genuinely moving and completely nuts [Read More]
Blog Korea! Visit Korea!
LKL’s new content may become a bit sporadic over the next 10 days. I’m taking a quick break in Korea in between jobs. And, seeing that I’m likely to write a blog article or two about my trip, I thought I’d register LKL with the KTO’s Blog Korea competition. You too can join the fun. … [Read More]
Qi Masters in Broadgate Circle and the Scoop
Details of two upcoming outdoor events in the City, sponsored by the Innersound Foundation Sunday 19th July 2009 – 1:00pm-2:00pm at “The Scoop” Riverside – Near Tower Bridge Monday 20th July 2009 – 12:30pm & 5.45pm at The Broadgate Circle – Nearest Tube: Liverpool St AN ANCIENT ENERGY DANCE Qi Masters from South Korea are … [Read More]
A celebration of food, fashion and music
Outside the Banqueting House, two Choson dynasty guards in colourful robes stood to attention to welcome the hundreds of guests. Inside, Han Style and Korean hospitality was waiting. It was in this prestigious venue that the Embassy and Cultural Centre had chosen to launch the Korean food offensive in the UK, in an evening entitled … [Read More]
The epic stand on the Imjin
Jennifer Barclay, author of Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi, looks at Andrew Salmon’s exciting new book on the battle of Imjin River: To The Last Round (Aurum Press, June 2009) To the Last Round by Andrew Salmon gives the most exhaustive account to date of what … [Read More]
An exhibition of Gangjin Celadon at the KCC
News of an upcoming ceramics exhibition at the KCC: 2009 European Road Show Exhibition of Gangjin Celadon Porcelain 14 July ~ 23 July 2009 The Korean Cultural Centre proudly announces the upcoming exhibition of Gangjin Craft Exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre UK. Once beautifully crafted, the clay is fired and glazed, a simple process … [Read More]
Park Jae-eun’s Arirang: UK Premiere
An unexpected event at the Cadogan Hall tomorrow night, Friday 10 July. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Korean conductor Lee Young-chil, will perform Park Jae-eun’s Arirang – “a lovers’ song of separation and longing”. The main items in the programme are Tchaikovsky’s fiddle concerto and fifth symphony. Unfortunately the Cadogan Hall website … [Read More]
Sesame and Saatchi – two contemporary Korean art exhibitions
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 … [Read More]
Meehyun Ahn at the Wigmore
Notice of a sparkling piano recital by Korean pianist Meehyun Ahn, this Sunday 12 July at the Wigmore Hall at 7:30pm. Meehyun Ahn (안미현) has been described as one of the leading pianists of her generation “with skilled and artistic excellence” who has been influenced by the traditional Russian school of pianism. Her solid and … [Read More]
Dasepo Naughty Girls screens at the KCC
A fun film coming up at the KCC tomorrow: Dasepo Naughty Girls (다세포 소녀) Director: E J-yong (2006, 111 mins) Thursday 9th July 2009, 7:00pm Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, KCC Synopsis Based on the popular Internet novel, “Multi-Cell Girl”, the film takes place in “No-Use High School”, a school renowned for its sexual aberrations. The student … [Read More]
Exhibition + screenings: Exploring Korea’s Cultural Legacy
For those who missed the Anglo-Korean Society event at the Korean Cultural Centre on 16th June, a slightly more extended version will be held at the Fulham Public Library this month, 16-19 July. Included will be all of Francesca Cho’s original paintings inspired by hangeul. A slideshow of her work was shown at the Cultural … [Read More]
A celebration of Korea’s finest cuisine at the KCC
News of an upcoming food event at the Korean Cultural Centre: A celebration of Korea’s finest cuisine at the KCC As a part of this summer’s food celebrations at the KCC we are pleased to announce the forthcoming workshop revealing some of the key skills behind Korean cooking. The event will be led by popular … [Read More]
Fun summer language classes
Notice of some innovative language classes this summer at the Cultural Centre. Particularly fun is “Korean through TV Dramas”, which will take an episode of a Korean soap and walk you through the key colloquialisms and vocabulary. Both of the courses will be very popular, so get your application in soon. SEJONG INSTITUTE Summer Special … [Read More]
Suh Do-ho doubles estimate in Christie’s London sale
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 … [Read More]
Fallen heroes – two contrasting Korean war films
June last year at the KCC saw the screening of two contrasting Korean War films from the 21st century. This year we saw two contrasting films from the last century, with very different perspectives. Lee Man-hee’s The Marines who Never returned takes a heroic look at the South Korean forces as the allied troops move … [Read More]