There was a distinctly Silla dynasty feeling to two of the stalls at the London Art Fair in January. Hur Shan’s trademark installations play with the concept of buildings in mid-construction or mid-demolition. Structural pillars are broken in two, revealing their reinforcing steel rods, and we wonder how the building remains standing. Rubble is piled … [Read More]
Category: Sculpture and Installation art (page 8)
Nam June Paik retrospective at Tate Liverpool
With a Korean curator at Tate Liverpool since the beginning of 2008, it was only a matter of time before there was going to be a blockbuster Korean show there. Curator Lee Sook-kyung moved to Tate Liverpool from the Kings Lynn Arts Centre in 2008, having previously worked at the National Museum of Contemporary Art … [Read More]
Park Chan-soo gives Buddhist art a new voice
Most classic representations of Buddha, and indeed many items of Buddhist art more generally, are quiet and pensive. As they have come down to us, they are painted in subdued and muted colours, or left in simple undecorated stone or metal. At her lecture at the KCC last week, Park Young-sook pointed out that originally … [Read More]
KCC Lecture: Tradition and Innovation of Korean Buddhist Sculpture
News of this month’s Global Korea lecture at the KCC: Tradition and Innovation of Korean Buddhist Sculpture By Professor Youngsook Pak (SOAS) Date & Time: Wednesday, 19th May 2010 6.30pm Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, Korean Cultural Centre UK Email to [email protected] or call +44(0)20 7004 2600 to reserve your place About the Talk As part of … [Read More]
Buddha Speaks with a New Voice: Who am I? – upcoming KCC exhibition
Details of the upcoming exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre: a major exhibition of Buddhist work with associated events. “Buddha Speaks with a New Voice: Who am I?” Exhibition Dates: 10 April – 29 May 2010 The Korean Cultural Centre UK in association with the Mok-A Buddhist Museum proudly announces the upcoming exhibition ‘Buddha Speaks … [Read More]
Debbie Han interviewed in the Korea Times
Good to see a feature on Debbie Han, a regular in the London Korean Art scene, in the Korea Times: # I had a vision, a strong desire to document what was happening in Korea and Asia at this moment, through my own eyes. I grew up in the U.S., and when I came to … [Read More]
Kim Yeon returns to the Albemarle Gallery
One of LKL’s favourite exhibitions of 2009 was Korean Aesthetics at Albemarle Gallery. One of the artists from that exhibition, Kim Yeon, returns to the Albemarle in a group show which also includes work by David Reimondo and four talented graduates from 2009. From the exhibition catalogue: Kim Yeon’s sculptures encourage moments of meditation and … [Read More]
Jeju’s destiny is set in stone
Darren Southcott, recently returned from a stint in Jeju-do, appreciates one of the island’s unique attractions: Jeju Stone Park In this age of globalisation, authentic Korea may seem elusive and challenging for the visitor to find, but there are many sites which seek to preserve the nation’s cultural spirit. Jeju Island, despite heavy tourist development, … [Read More]
Fan Death in Venice – the Korean Pavilion at the Biennale
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 … [Read More]
Daehun Kwon at Frieze 2009
Sorry I missed the Frieze Art Fair. Daehun Kwon was showing, for Rachmaninoff’s. Probably other Korean artists were there as well. 15 – 18 October. # [Read More]
Exhibition review: Korean Aesthetics at Albemarle Gallery
In some group exhibitions, you wonder what it is that has brought the several artists together. Not so with the current show of Korean artists at the Albemarle Gallery. Lee Jae-hyo has shown at the Albermarle before, and together with Park Seungmo was included in the Albemarle’s stand at the London Art Fair back in … [Read More]
The Pensive Bodhisattva comes to Brussels
By Matthew Jackson The centrepiece of the Bozar exhibition of Korean Buddhist Art, beginning in Brussels on the 10th of October, will be the Pensive Bodhisattva statue, Korea’s National Treasure No. 83. It is difficult to describe in words why the statue is regarded so highly as a work of Buddhist art, because its qualities … [Read More]
Song from the roof-top
Bada Song’s Installation Piece at “So-Called Life” exhibition, Camberwell College of Arts, 11 January – 9 February 2007. Review by Beccy Kennedy The photographs and installation art works displayed in the foyer of the Camberwell College of Arts for “So-called Life” are challenging of our expectations of the exhibition space and also perhaps of our … [Read More]
Memories of Mokseokwon
Fond memories of a visit to Mokseokwon (목석원) sculpture park in Chejudo. I was lucky enough to be introduced to Baek Un-Ch’ol, who has masterminded the park. The main exhibits in the park are interesting pieces of driftwood, which Mr Baek has spent a lifetime collecting. He could earn a fortune by flogging them off … [Read More]