The following is the text from the programme for the series of three screenings of Korean artists’ films which took place at Tate Modern’s Starr Auditorium, 18-19 September 2015. Embeddednes: Artist Films and Videos from Korea, 1960s to Now 18 — 19 September 2015 Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium £5 / £4 per screening The first … [Read More]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 48)
Event news: Korean design at 100% Design London 2015
LKL probably won’t make it to 100% Design this year – too much else in the diary – but for the record here are the exhibitors with Korean connections: 100% Design London 2015 23 – 26 Sept 2015 Olympia London www.100percentdesign.co.uk Studio EJ www.studio-ej.com | Stand number EB761 Studio EJ is a design studio based … [Read More]
Event news: Korean designers at the 2015 Goldsmiths Fair
Three of the jewellers who exhibited at the KCC in December last year will be participating in week one of the Goldsmiths Fair this month: The Goldsmiths Fair Week 1: 22 – 27 September 2015 Opening Hours: 11AM to 6.30PM Thursdays open late until 8.30PM Last entry 30 minutes before closing Restaurant and Wine Bar … [Read More]
Exhibition news: The 10 Longevity – wishes and stories
Notice of a brief exhibition taking place in Worcester Park this week. The opening event will include a talk by Prof Pak Young-sook. The Ten Longevity: Wishes and Stories I would like to invite you to participate in an exploration of Korean humour and wishes in the ten symbols of longevity. Join us for a … [Read More]
Event update: Embeddedness — Korean artist films at Tate Modern
Tate Modern have now released the detailed programme for the short film screenings this weekend. The whole event looks tremendously exciting, with two of the artists present for Q&A after the screenings. We’ve updated our original event notice with all the details, and I’ve just bought my tickets (turning down a Q&A with Bae Doona … [Read More]
Be part of the Sora Kim’s Artist of the Year work: 2, 3
Tonight at 11pm London time, and wherever in the world you happen to be at that time, you can experience a performance of Sora Kim’s work 2, 3 that will be at the centre of the KCCUK’s Artist of the Year exhibition from 12 October this year. As the KCC says in their press release … [Read More]
Sora Kim is the KCC’s 2015 Artist of the Year
The KCC have announced their artist of the year 2015 – an award judged by Jonathan Watkins (Director, Ikon Gallery), Emily Pethick (Director, Showroom), Binna Choi (Director, CASCO) and Je Yun Moon (Curator, KCC). Sora Kim has had a solo show in Britain before (Beccy Kennedy reviewed her 2007 BALTIC exhibition Melting Alaska for LKL … [Read More]
Event news: North Korean defector movie I am Sun Mu at Raindance
Coming to the Raindance Film Festival on 3 October, the European premiere of a documentary about a North Korean artist defector. Tickets will be available from the Vue box office shortly. I am Sun Mu 3 October 2015, 6:20pm Vue Piccadilly, 19 Lower Regent Street, London SW1Y 4LR European Premiere Directed by Adam Sjöberg United … [Read More]
Choi Jeong-hwa in Paris
If you can’t wait for the start of L’Année France-Corée later this month, you can catch an installation of one of Choi Jeong-hwa’s inflatable Lotus Flowers in La Villette Park in Paris until 13 September. Source: Korea Joongang Daily [Read More]
Exhibition news: Simple, Calm, Subtle — KCDF at Tent London 2015
For the second year running, the Korea Craft and Design Foundation is bringing an impressive collection of Korean crafts to Tent London. At LKL we’re particularly pleased that the work of one of our favourite ceramic artists, Roe Kyung-jo, will be included. Constancy and Change in Korean Traditional Craft 2015 Su-su, Deom-deom, Eun-eun (means Simple, … [Read More]
Embeddedness: Artist Films and Videos from Korea 1960s to Now
An interesting collaboration between the KCC, Tate Modern and EXiS (the 10th Experimental Film And Video Festival In Seoul 2015) brings you a collection of Korean artist videos in a series of three two-hour screenings. Embeddedness: Artist Films and Videos from Korea 1960s to Now Tate Modern Friday 18 – Saturday 19 September 2015 Adult … [Read More]
A year of Korea-France cultural events starts in September
The official website opens at the end of this month; the year of Korean events in France starts on 18 September, lasting until August 2016; and the year of France in Korea runs from March till December 2016. The celebrations mark 130 years since diplomatic relations were established in 1886. Looks like the Eurostar might … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Shin Meekyoung’s Translation Paintings at Asia House
Shin Meekyoung’s exhibition of her Painting Series earlier this year came to a slightly premature end when the gallery hosting it unexpectedly closed. The exhibition had been beautifully set up, and we really enjoyed it. Hopefully the series should work equally well in Asia House’s Georgian interior. Translation Paintings by Meekyoung Shin Friday 14 August–Friday … [Read More]
Exhibition news: The Korean Craft — Human, Place, History
News of the KCCUK’s summer exhibition: The Korean Craft: Human, Place, History 10 Aug – 19 Sep 2015 Korean Cultural Centre This exhibition is dedicated to Bukchon, a district of Seoul and a reservoir of Korean arts, crafts and royal lifestyles, bearing traces from the turbulent history of the Joseon Dynasty (14th – 19th Century). … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Chun Kwang-young’s Aggregations in Edinburgh’s Dovecot Gallery
A high profile Edinburgh exhibition for Chun Kwang-young in Festival season: Kwang Young Chun: Aggregations Daily 10-6pm 31 July to 31 August | Mon-Sat 10.30am-5.30pm 1-26 September Dovecot Studios | 10 Infirmary Street | Edinburgh EH1 1LT | dovecotstudios.com Dovecot Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Scotland of internationally renowned Korean artist Kwang Young … [Read More]
Jaebum Kim in Delfina Foundation residency
This year, Delfina Foundation – a London-based organisation that promotes artistic exchange and experimentation – announced a new partnership with SongEun Art & Cultural Foundation for an annual residency for Korean artists through SongEun’s network of activities. Jaebum Kim is the first Korean artist to benefit from this new partnership. Jaebum Kim residency 6 July … [Read More]