The 2020 KCC Artist of the Year exhibition featuring Jewyo Rhii was of course a victim of the intermittent Covid lockdown. Even though the exhibition was, at various times that I can no longer remember, theoretically open to the public, there wasn’t much public around in Central London to visit it. I managed to pay … [Read More]
Artist: Rhii Jewyo (이주요)
Love Your Depot – LocusX
A series of online talks associated with Jewyo Rhii’s Love Your Depot project at the KCCUK: Love Your Depot 30 November 2020 – 18 January 2021 Accessible at LoveYourDepot.com Jewyo Rhii’s ‘Love Your Depot’ has collaborated with the Newcastle’s Locus+. With the ongoing instability caused by Covid-19 restrictions what was initially planned to be a … [Read More]
KCC Artist of the Year exhibition: Jewyo Rhii
October is a big month for Korean culture in London as it marks the opening of the KCCUK’s three landmark events in the calendar: the London Korean Film Festival, the K-Music Festival, and now the Artist of the Year exhibition, which will be Love Your Depot, an installation by artist Jewyo Rhii. Love Your Depot … [Read More]
Gallery: Jewyo Rhii’s The Day 3, Walls and Barbed
As described in the exhibition press release, this exhibition is a response to a response: Rhii’s 2013 exhibition “Walls to Talk to” was the subject of a journal by writer Irene Veenstra, and Rhii continues the dialogue in this exhibition. [Read More]
Jewyo Rhii and Jihyun Jung: Dawn Breaks
News of the next exhibition in the Korea/UK Season 2017-2018: Jewyo Rhii and Jihyun Jung: Dawn Breaks Friday 8 December 2017 – Saturday 27 January 2018 Preview: Thursday 7 December 2017, 6.30–8.30pm, with a series of performances introducing the project The Showroom | 63 Penfold Street | London NW8 8PQ | www.theshowroom.org Wednesday – Saturday, … [Read More]
Jewyo Rhii & Jihyun Jung in conversation with Je Yun Moon
In advance of the exhibition Dawn Breaks, Jewyo Rhii and Jihyun Jung will be in conversation with curator Je Yun Moon (Korean Cultural Centre UK) at the ArtReview Bar. This talk is organised in collaboration with Amanda Wilkinson Gallery which is presenting Jewyo Rhii’s solo exhibition The Day 3, Walls and Barbed from 18 November … [Read More]
Jewyo Rhii: The Day 3, Walls and Barbed – at Amanda Wilkinson Gallery
News of a solo show by Jewyo Rhii for Amanda Wilkinson Gallery: Jewyo Rhii: The Day 3, Walls and Barbed Opening: 18 November 2017, 6 – 8 pm 21 November 2017 – 21 January 2018 Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 6pm Amanda Wilkinson Gallery | 1st Floor, 18 Brewer Street | Soho | London W1F 0SH | amandawilkinsongallery.com … [Read More]
News of the visual arts programme as part of Korea/UK season 2017/18
Back in February, the British Council announced the various cultural events taking place in Korea as part of the UK/Korea season of cultural exchange. The first of the reciprocal events, the launch of the Korea/UK season, took place in the V&A last week with the launch of the Contemporary Korean Ceramics exhibition, with the upcoming … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Jewyo Rhii at Wilkinson Gallery
Shamefully, I’ve never visited Wilkinson Gallery before. If I had, maybe I wouldn’t have been so bowled over by Sung Hwan Kim’s installation in the Tate Modern Tanks a couple of years ago, because Kim had already had two solo shows at Wilkinson which contained some of the work shown at the Tate. So, will … [Read More]
Jewyo Rhii: solo show at Wilkinson Gallery
For most of September and October you’ll be able to see the work of Korean artists at two galleries in Vyner Street: HADA Contemporary and Wilkinson Gallery: Jewyo Rhii 7 September – 26 October 2014 Wilkinson Gallery | 50-58 Vyner Street | London | E2 9DQ | 020 8980 2662 | www.wilkinsongallery.com Opening times: Wednesday … [Read More]