Tak Ki-hyoung is Senior Director of Photography at the Hankyoreh newspaper. He lives in Northeast Seoul near Mount Cho An (초안산), where there is the site of graves of Joseon dynasty court officials. The site is now overgrown, and nestling amidst the woodland are solitary statues which acted as sentinels for the tombs. Tak is … [Read More]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 59)
In pictures: Leonard Johansson — Confessions of an Opium Eater, at Hanmi Gallery
Hanmi Gallery’s latest exhibition – on for a month, which is twice as long as most of their previous shows – features Leonard Johansson, who is based is London and of Swedish and Korean parents. Johansson takes his inspiration from Thomas De Quincey’s account of his quest for heightened experiences through substance abuse. In the … [Read More]
Park Seungmo – solo show at HADA Contemporary
A new direction for Park Seungmo: very different work in a solo exhibition at HADA Contemporary. Park Seungmo: Solo exhibition 3 – 27 APRIL 2014 HADA Contemporary | 21 Vyner Street | London | E2 9DG | www.hadacontemporary.com Wednesday – Friday: 11am – 6pm | Saturday – Sunday: 11am – 4pm HADA Contemporary is pleased … [Read More]
Between the lines — Work by Jihee Kim, at cueB Gallery
Following on from Jihee Kim’s solo show in St Pancras’s crypt last summer, she now has a solo show down in Brockley, SE4, a quick train ride from London Bridge, opening this Friday. Between the lines — Work by Jihee Kim An exhibition curated by Franco la Russa 28th March – 27th April 2014 Private … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Ha Young Kim’s Modern Soup at 43 Inverness Street
The first exhibition of 2014 at 43 Inverness Street drew to a close last weekend: their second solo show by Ha Young Kim. Gallery director Suzie Lee talks about the work and its reception in the below video: The opening of the exhibition was a festive affair, with daegeum player Hyelim Kim performing behind Ha … [Read More]
Leonard Johansson: Confessions of an Opium Eater — at Hanmi Gallery
Hanmi Gallery’s 33rd interim exhibition is by Swedish-Korean artist Leonard Johansson. Leonard Johansson: Confessions of an Opium Eater 28 March – 27 April 2014, Every day 12-7pm Preview: Thursday 27 March Hanmi Gallery | 30 Maple Street | London | W1T 6HA | www.hanmigallery.co.uk Hanmi Gallery is pleased to present Confessions of an Opium Eater, … [Read More]
Ki Hyoung Tak: Loyalty, at Mokspace
Notice of the next exhibition at Mokspace, from 27 March, featuring the Senior Director of Photography at the Hankyoreh newspaper. The excellent ceramics exhibition by Sun Ae Kim finishes this Saturday, 22 March. Ki Hyoung Tak: Loyalty – The story of Mount Cho-An 27th March – 12th April 2014 Opening night: Wednesday 26th March 6.00 … [Read More]
A belated tour of March’s First Thursday openings
In this article we visit Chung Heeseung: Inadequate Metaphor, at HADA Contemporary, Sun Ae Kim: Quotidian, at Mokspace; Bae Joonsung: Costume of a Painter / Hwang Seon-tae: Sunlight at Albemarle Gallery / Shine Artists; and last but by no means least Hwang Jihae: miNiATURE, at the Strand Gallery It was always going to be difficult to get … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: K-Fashion Odyssey at the KCC
The K-Fashion Odyssey now in its last week marks a return by the KCC to London Fashion Week’s International Fashion Showcase event. Their participation in 2012 – A New Space Around the Body (LKL review here) – won the British Council’s and British Fashion Council’s Emerging Talent Award. This year’s participation, which has just as … [Read More]
K-Fashion Odyssey: Artist Talk Party — Think in Fashion
The KCC is bringing its K-fashion Odyssey exhibition to a close with an artist talk, pop-up show and DJ party. The exhibition’s last day is Saturday 15 March. Pre-registration is required for the Friday evening event in the normal way. Artist Talk Party — Think in Fashion Friday 14th March 2014, 7:00 – 10:30 pm … [Read More]
A brief tour of the Korean galleries at Art 14
Korean artists and galleries put on a good show at Art14, and got plenty of attention from the press. Time Out spotted (they were hard to miss) Choi Jeong-hwa’s huge collection of colourful pieces which looked like giant hubble-bubbles, installed at Hong Kong’s Pearl Lam Galleries. Also recommended in the same article was 43 Inverness … [Read More]
Chun Kwang-young: Exhibition, Monograph and 70th Birthday, at Bernard Jacobson Gallery
Those who have been to the Korea gallery at the V&A recently may have noticed a large new acquisition sited opposite the Lie Sang-bong dress: Chun Kwang-young’s Aggregation10-SE032RED, an addition to the collection made possible by Samsung. The work is made of countless pieces of styrofoam individually wrapped in hanji. “The surface is full of … [Read More]
Hwang Ji-hae in miNiATURE, at Strand Gallery
Korean garden designer and environmental artist Hwang Jihae will be participating in a garden design show with a difference: miNiATURE 10 unique gardens by leading designers – in miniature! 6-8 March 2014 The Strand Gallery | 32 John Adam Street | London WC2N miNiATURE is a new platform aiming to give leading garden designers and … [Read More]
London Fashion Week: the AW14 catwalk shows
Two Korean fashion designers displayed their Autumn / Winter 2014 looks on the London Fashion Week catwalk on Valentine’s day. And despite their very different inspirations, there were interesting parallels in terms of colour palette and fabric, and even some design features. Looking at the common factors between the two collections, high, roll-neck or sculpted … [Read More]
Korean artists and galleries at Art14
As an addendum and recap to my post of last December, here are the galleries I know of who will be presenting Korean artists at Art14 (28 Feb – 2 Mar at Olympia Grand): Section Gallery Artists (if announced) London First 43 Inverness Street (London) Kim Ha-young, Oak Jungho Choi & Lager (Cologne) Lee Seahyun, … [Read More]
Chaos, Cosmos And Circulation: Sungfeel Yun at Hanmi Gallery
Running alongside (or actually above) the 32nd interim exhibition at Hanmi Gallery is a solo presentation of works on canvas by Sungfeel Yun. Yun will be featured at Hanmi Gallery’s stall at Art 14. Update: Following the success of Hanmi’s participation in Art14, this exhibition has been extended to 16 March. Sungfeel Yun: Chaos, Cosmos … [Read More]