Two Korean photographers, Jo Seong-hee and Park Ju-young, are currently participating in Uncertain States, a group show at Photo-Space Gallery, 530 Commercial Road, London E1 0HY (Near Limehouse DLR). Jo Seong-hee has been loitering in the City and Canary Wharf taking night time photographs of the cityscape, pasting them together in what initially seems a … [Read More]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 96)
2009 Biennale footnotes
Three Korean-born artists had solo shows at the 2009 Venice Biennale: Haegue Yang in the national pavilion, and Woojung Chun and Atta Kim as collateral events. In LKL’s brief sojourn in Venice, it was not possible to get around all the Korean participants in various group shows, but for the record, they were: 1: Lim … [Read More]
Speakers by design
The Telegraph magazine likes Korean Milan-based designer Michi Jung’s speakers that look like furniture: ingenious! http://bit.ly/taa1T #. The pictured speakers are called “Music Chocolate” for obvious reasons. There’s a matching chaise longue too: [Read More]
Atta Kim’s melting moments
The Dorsoduro, Venice’s south-western quarter, has a completely different atmosphere from the hustle and bustle of the tourist areas around St Mark’s across the Grand Canal. It’s busy around the Peggy Guggenheim museum, but further west, beyond the Campo Santa Margherita, the crowds thin out. Here, alongside a narrow waterway on the Fondamenta del Soccorso … [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]
Of Origin and Future II
Beccy Kennedy introduces I-MYU’s exhibition for Asian Art in London week Venue: Alon Zakaim Fine Art 30 Cork street, Mayfair, London, W1S 3NG Time: 29th October to 7 November 2009 Late night opening: 2nd of November 6-9pm The Future of Originality The movement which came to be known as postmodernism drew our attention to the … [Read More]
Music, film and ancient maps in Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University has been developing an increasing range of collaborative activities with Korean government organisations. As a consequence of this, in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Centre UK, NTU are hosting in November 2009 an exhibition of Korean art (2nd – 22nd of November 2009), together with Broadway Cinema (Nottingham), a Korean Film festival … [Read More]
Presenting Korean Culture 2: Why bother with the artist VIPs?
Having being forced to think about issues concerning the presentation of Korean culture in London for the recent seminar at I-MYU, here are some additional thoughts, with maybe some more to come. The current exhibition at the Cultural Centre provides a stimulating and thought-provoking panorama of environmental issues. Present at the opening reception were two … [Read More]
Gansong Art Museum – a must-visit if you are in Seoul May or October
Paul in Uijeongbu visits the Gansong Art Museum (간송미술관) in Seongbuk-gu, northern Seoul. Only open twice a year, and full of priceless treasures http://bit.ly/uf5jYH [Read More]
Dorothy Yoon at SaLon gallery
Notice of a solo exhibition by Dorothy Yoon at SaLon gallery. A brief review is appended in the comment section. Dorothy Yoon: “8 Of Heroines” 14th October – 22nd November 2009 SaLon Gallery, 82 Westbourne Grove London W2 5RT http://salongallery.co.uk/ SaLon Gallery presents Dorothy Yoon’s London debut solo exhibition entitled ‘8 Of Heroines’ featuring the … [Read More]
Kwon Kisoo at Flowers East
Notice of a solo show by Kwon Kisoo, whose work was recently seen at the Moon Generation exhibition. KWON KISOO “From Deep Black” Flowers Gallery, 21 Cork Street, London W1S 3LZ 8 – 31 October 2009 Opening times: Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-2 Born in 1972, Kwon Kisoo trained in classical Korean painting at Hongik University. … [Read More]
An evening with the Korean Artists Association – event report
Last summer, the Korean Artists Association put on an evening of performances at the Korean cultural centre. The evening was well attended and popular, but somehow you felt that they could do better. They came back 15 months later and did just that. Recognising that the visual artists did not get much of a look-in … [Read More]
Behind the scenes with the KAA
The plan for an evening of performance and visual arts at the KCC came quite suddenly, and when I met Park Sunnee for a quick chat about it six weeks ago the plans all seemed rather vague. I have in the past been sceptical about Korean organisational abilities, and the mountain to climb in such … [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 Visit: Earth Alert – Environmental protest goes mainstream
Over the past few years, environmentalists have been protesting about the massive land reclamation project at Saemangeum on the west coast of Korea. As well as being an environmental tragedy, it has also been a minor irritation in UK-ROK relations: prominent among the campaigners have been British naturalists protesting about the scheme’s impact on the … [Read More]
Magnum photo essay: Escape from North Korea
Magnum photo essay: Escape From North Korea. Photos by Chien-Chi Chang in a 6 minute slide show, with a subtitled voiceover from an escapee. Well worth a quick look. http://bit.ly/2B8Ka4 # [Read More]