Saturday 1 May 2010. It’s the weekend, and Seoul Grand Park is busy. The funfair rides are full of fun-seekers, and there’s a queue to get in. There’s even a queue to get in to the car park of the National Museum of Contemporary Art: not, I would have thought, the most popular destination. But … [Read More]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 93)
Clazziquai’s Horan to model corsets
“Horan’s mysterious moods and modern looks match well with our brand, Lefee” says a suit from M Corset, a female underwear manufacturer in Sinsa-dong. Clazziquai’s vocalist is to model for them. http://bit.ly/aLHAa0 # According to the same Korea Times article, she is now appearing as an intelligence agent in a TV drama entitled Call of Duty. [Read More]
British designers create Gongju Design Cafe
UK designers seek to transform Gongju town hall into a design cafe. Korea Times http://bit.ly/azWtvV #. Sponsored by Gongju City, the British Council and the Korean National University of Cultural Heritage, the renovation of the Japanese colonial-era (1910-45) building was completed by Michael Marriott, Anthony Burrill, Linda Brothwell, Fabien Cappello and Korean architect Kim Paik-sun. [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]
2010 Travel Diary #3: Moon Vases and Kim Gun Mo
Friday 30 April 2010. As usual, my arrival through Incheon Airport is swift and stress-free. Morgan, my interpreter, is there to meet me, my rental phone is ready for pickup at the SK Telecom desk, plus this time I have the added luxury of a driver (though the hotel limo-bus I usually take is also … [Read More]
Upcoming sale at Christie’s Hong Kong
Some absolutely cracking Korean work for sale at Christie’s Asia Contemporary Art sale in Hong Kong, 30 May http://bit.ly/ccX9U3 # – including works by Chun Kwang-young, Kang Hyung-koo, Kim Dong-yoo and Yi Hwan-kwon. All four artists have exhibited in London, Chun Kwang-young via I-MYU Projects and the others at various Korean Eye exhibitions. Update: Between … [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]
Jo Seong-hee at Canary Wharf
Regular visitors to this site may be familiar with the work of photographer Jo Seong-hee. As well as photo essay of Korean traditional dancer Yi Chuljin composed for this site, she has exhibited in various places including a group photography show at the Photo-Space Gallery in Commercial Road: Uncertain States. In Uncertain States, Jo exhibited … [Read More]
True Stories: Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition at Sesame
One of LKL’s favourite photographers has a solo show at Sesame Gallery in Islington, 6 May – 3 June 2010: Koh Sang Woo: True Stories Sesame Gallery 6 May – 3 June 2010 Koh Sang Woo has a taste for controversy. His images may look beautiful, but the stories beneath needle away at the unspoken … [Read More]
Exhibition review: Far East Fine Art at the Mall Galleries
The debut exhibition by Far East Fine Art, a joint venture between a Brit experienced in the gallery market and a Korean with access to artists in South Korea, shows promise for the future. The choice of location was deliberate – central and high profile, and, for a start-up venture like this, offering the flexibility … [Read More]
Bobowrap – a nice gift idea
Bobowrap has been giving away free wrapping scarves. @bobowrap Sounds like I need to become one of your Facebook fans in reply to bobowrap # [Read More]
BM Greek treasures in National Museum exhibition
Greek treasures from the British Museum will be on display in Korea’s National Museum from 30 April in an exhibition entitled The Body Beautiful http://bit.ly/bMGXTp # [Read More]
Francesca Cho in Copenhagen “TransitStation”
This coming weekend there will be an International ‘Exhibition as Event’ at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen. More than 60 International Artists will participate in 2 days of non-stop art in action at art events and will show their works on 17th -18th April from 12 noon to 12 midnight. There … [Read More]
Werner Kranwetvogel’s photos of the Mass Games
Great photos of Pyongyang’s Mass Games courtesy of Werner Kranwetvogel (and Koryo Tours) http://bit.ly/bxCHMx #. See the full set, or maybe even buy one. [Read More]
Conference Report: Joseon Dynasty Court Painting
LKL reports from the one-day seminar on Joseon Dynasty Court Painting held at SOAS on 29 March 2010. Last year, SOAS in conjunction with the Academy of Korean Studies and the British Museum presented a one-day workshop on folk art. As a follow-up event, this year the workshop looked at work from the other end … [Read More]
Lee Soo-kyung models Andre Kim in Beijing
Some rather nice Andre Kim designs on the Beijing catwalk. More approachable than some of his other work. Modelled by Actress Lee Soo-kyung. http://bit.ly/dy8U2w and http://bit.ly/b5rjgF # [Read More]