Korean artist Jeong Woojae invites us to experience a surreal situation, where a young girl’s constant companion is a tropical fish. She goes about her everyday life against a backdrop of park, suburb and street accompanied by various sumptuous and over-scaled specimens, which seem perfectly at home in an alien environment. They float, guide and … [Read More]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 15)
The Coronet Theatre’s “Tiger is Coming” festival: don’t miss any of it.
How long have we all been wanting Leenalchi and the Ambiguous Dance Company to come to London? Probably ever since their Naver Onstage performance went viral on social media. The piece they were performing was Tiger is Coming, which turned out to be the opening track of their subsequent album, Sugungga, a retelling of one … [Read More]
Silent Mind: an exhibition by Lloyd Choi Gallery
An exhibition for London Design Festival 2022, running as alongside the V+A’s Korean exhibition ‘K-Wave’ (September 2022 – June 2023). The included works consider the meditative aesthetic of Korean craftsmanship, exploring how this can help us all find tranquility and consolation in turbulent times. The exhibition title reflects the calm and mindful status of the maker-artists, whose … [Read More]
Our Friendly Neighbours: a video art showcase at the KCC
The Korean Cultural Centre UK with Art Center Nabi Seoul presents their new exhibition Our Friendly Neighbours, opening Thursday 8 September at the KCC Exhibition space featuring major works by media artists Yiyun Kang, Jinjoon Lee and artist duo Bang & Lee. The KCCUK has invited three artists working with new media and installation based … [Read More]
Normal Life: Heesoo Kim solo show at Unit London
Heesoo Kim’s first solo exhibition with Unit London explores our shared contemporary experience through portraiture. In what the artist defines as an “expression of the mundane”, Normal Life is an accumulation of everyday observations. Surrounded by a society that constantly grapples for recognition and success, Kim’s body of work subtly engages with the mild sense of insecurity … [Read More]
In pictures: Hanji – Paper Compositions
The KCC’s summer exhibition was co-sponsored by the Hanji Development Institute, which is affiliated with the Hanji Theme Park in Wonju, Gangwon-do. Wonju was noted for its mulberry trees, and hence its hanji, in the Sillok from King Sejong’s reign and thus competes with other areas of Korea such as Mungyeong and Jeonju for the … [Read More]
The Sensuous Heart Traveller: Lee Ha Jin at J/M Gallery
The J/M Gallery proudly presents a second exhibition from South Korea’s ‘Mews Gallery’, lead by Rokhee Hwang, featuring Artist Ha Jin Lee. Curator Rokhee Hwang, from Gangneung South Korea, is bringing a solo exhibition featuring Ha Jin Lee to the J/M Gallery 230 Portobello Road, running from 16 – 23 August, 2022. ‘The Sensuous Heart … [Read More]
Love Under the Blue Moon: Sang Woon Nam and Ji-Young Hong at J/M Gallery
The J/M Gallery presents: ‘Love Under the Blue Moon’, funded by the South Korean Government, by Rokhee Hwang of The Mews Gallery, Gangneung. The J/M Gallery is proud to present a joint exhibition titled ‘Love Under the Blue Moon’. Running from the 28th July – 14th August, originating from South Korea, the show will be … [Read More]
Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Glass from South Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan (in Stourbridge)
Expanding Horizons is an invitational exhibition by 34 artists from Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan. The Festival Committee spent over two years researching artists and seleected work we considered to have technical excellence and creative expression across a range of different glass techniques. Artists were invited to submit one large or three smaller pieces to … [Read More]
Hot Hanbok/Cool Glass: Hallyu comes to Stourbridge
A collaboration between the Korean Cultural Centre UK and the International Festival of Glass A superb evening of Korean culture, its traditions and contemporary Hallyu (Korean Wave), a collective term that refers to the phenomenal growth of Korean culture internationally, which encompasses everything from music, movies, fashion, drama to online games and Korean cuisine. Featuring … [Read More]
International Festival of Glass: talks and demonstrations in Stourbridge
Friday 26 August 11.30 | Joon yong Kim, The Role of Global Craft Competitions and Artists 12.00 | Traditional Korean Craft – lantern making 12.30 | Jiyong Lee, Introduction to Glass Laminating 14.30 | Joon yong Kim, Making Layers for Depth of Glass: Glassblowing 15.30 | Eunsuh Choi, Structural Flameworking – Clouds Saturday 27 August … [Read More]
Exhibition: Hallyu! The Korean Wave – at the V+A
From K-Pop costumes to K-drama props and posters, alongside photography, sculpture, fashion, video and pop culture ephemera, the exhibition invites visitors to delve into the phenomenon known as ‘hallyu’ – meaning ‘Korean Wave’. Hallyu rose to prominence in the late 1990s, rippling across Asia before reaching all corners of the world and challenging the currents … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Tacit Group
Critically acclaimed audiovisual performance ensemble Tacit Group present tacit.perform[0] – a performance using a mix of mathematical coding and computer programming to compose a unique and riveting contemporary music experience live each night. Tacit Group have been discovering the artistic possibilities of technology since 2008 establishing themselves as pioneers of algorithmic art. Their immersive visual and sonic spectacle reveals … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Choi Jeong Hwa’s Tiger, Journey, Love
A colourful exhibition that will last for the duration of the Coronet’s special Tiger is Coming festival of Korean events. Combine a visit with a guided tour behind the scenes of the theatre. [Read More]
Joy Kim: Guerrilla, at Union Gallery
UNION Gallery is pleased to present Joy Kim’s Guerrilla solo exhibition. Kim takes us on a journey of his own personal narrative guiding us, the viewer, through his movements in daily life and travels. With an expressive multi-media and technique practice Kim’s work challenges the very traditional movements and techniques of institutional Modern and Contemporary … [Read More]
Observing the Human: NFT exhibition with five Korean artists
We’d like to invite you Noonssup’s first exhibition, entitled Observing the Human, presenting five Korean artists – Sejin Kim, Gihun Noh, Daniel Schine Lee, Ga Ram Kim and Bongsu Park. Observing the Human opens to the public from Sunday 3rd July until Saturday 9th July, 11am to 7pm. The exhibition is co-hosted with London-based art … [Read More]