Later this month, SOAS will join with the British Museum to host an event on the Decorative Arts and Folk Customs of Korea. A day-long workshop will focus on Korean folk art and culture of the late Choson dynasty (AD1392-1910), highlighting aspects of Korea’s past, which are often overlooked. In focusing on decorative arts, the … [Read More]
Category: Events (page 295)
Good Bad Weird on general release
We saw it at the festivals last year, now it’s on mainstream release. Astoundingly, the normally hostile Wendy Ide in The Times gives it 4 out of 5, while Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian gives it a more measured 3 out of 5. LKL probably would split the difference, as does Tom Huddleston in Time … [Read More]
The Annual ULKS Korean Night
From Facebook, details of the annual Universities of London Korean Society Korean Evening. Usually at the Conway Hall in Red Lion Square, this year it has migrated to SOAS, where there is now a lively Korean Society. Location: SOAS, Brunei Gallery Date: Friday 6th February Time: Food Market 5-7pm Cultural Performances 7-8pm Food Prices: Bibimbap … [Read More]
February Events 2009
Here’s what’s coming up in February Visual arts: The Choi Jeong-hwa KCC first anniversary show Shine a Light continues at the KCC. There’s a discussion forum on 5 February. Lee Jae-hyo’s solo show finishes at the Albermarle Gallery on 3 Feb, while Bae Chan-hyo’s show wraps up on 7 Feb at Purdy Hicks, as does … [Read More]
February is classic film month at the KCC
The Korean Cultural Centre has now been screening Korean films on a bi-weekly basis for a year now since the centre has opened. And to celebrate their year anniversary, they are delighted to present to you the Korean classic film series, which begins on Thursday 5 February with the screening of Han Myeong-mo’s classic Hyperbola … [Read More]
Dulsori gets Chichester jumping to the beat
Jennifer Barclay meets Dulsori at their performance in Chichester’s Festival Theatre, 24 January 2009. I’m not sure the theatre staff were quite prepared when the drummer troupe led the audience dancing into the foyer, bashing gongs and drums in a frenzied finale to an energetic evening. Young and old, the Chichester crowd jumped, laughed and … [Read More]
Forge of Nature – a look at Lee Jae-hyo’s current exhibition at Albemarle Gallery
Lee Jaehyo was born in Hapchen, Korea, in 1965 and obtained his BFA in Plastic Arts from Hongik University, Seoul, in 1992. His first solo show was in 1996, but it is really in the last few years that his career has snowballed, with three solo exhibitions in 2007 and four in 2008 – including … [Read More]
In-sook Chappell: This isn’t Romance
Soho Theatre and Akbar Kurtha present This Isn’t Romance By In-Sook Chappell 12 February – 7 March, 7.30pm Soho Theatre | 21 Dean St | Soho | London W1D 3NE In-sook Chappell was born in Seoul and brought up in Essex. Now living in London, she worked as an actor and a model before turning … [Read More]
A North Korean Feelgood Lecture
By Peter Corbishley The first of the Spring Term SOAS Lectures heard Nicolas Bonner (right) talking to extracts from his and Daniel Gordon’s three films on North Korea: The Game of their Lives (2002), A State of Mind (2004), Crossing the Line / 푸른 눈의 평양시민 / A Blue-Eyed Pyongyang Citizen (2006). The often almost … [Read More]
Shine a Light on KCC’s first birthday
It’s coming up to Seollal, the start of the year of the Ox, and it’s also the KCC’s first birthday. It is a Korean tradition for the babe to dress up in a birthday hanbok and select symbolic items from a table laden with food and symbolic objects – the object that the infant selects … [Read More]
Woven Horizon in Colchester
Some of the notable artworks at the DPRK art show in London in 2007 were works of embroidery. Similarly, in London, Kang Seunghee‘s work has involved some laborious needlework, albeit subcontracted to Chinese embroiderers. Now there’s the opportunity to enjoy some Korean needlework outside of London. Kang Soon Yul exhibits some of her textile artistry … [Read More]
Cooking Galbigui with Kie-jo
Kie-jo Sarsfield restarts her Korean cookery classes for two lessons in February. The lessons in the autumn of 2008 were fully subscribed, so get in with your applications soon. The plans are as follows: 1, 21st Feb, 11am — 2pm. Tteokbokggi (떡볶이: Rice cake and Beef with spicy sauce – right) Galbigui (갈비구이: Grilled Short … [Read More]
Oriental male, Western female
One of the most memorable images in the 4482 exhibition on the South Bank last October was a large, carefully staged, meticulously lit photo of a scene from a fairy tale. An elaborate coach looks as if it could turn into a pumpkin at any moment. It’s certainly not going anywhere, despite the alert coachman … [Read More]
Lee Jae-hyo: Force of Nature, at Albemarle Gallery
“I drive countless nails into wood, bend them, grind them and then burn the wood, making nails protrude and at the same time blackening its growth ring and natural colour. Glittering metallic nails on the black charcoal become ever more conspicuous. Through this process, I draw a picture on wood using nails” Jae Hyo Lee … [Read More]
Bae Chan-hyo: Existing in Costume, at Purdy Hicks
A notice of Bae Chan-hyo’s solo show at Purdy Hicks: This will be Chan-Hyo Bae’s first UK solo exhibition since his graduation with an MFA from the Slade in 2007. Bae’s work has already been shown in a number of international exhibitions including International Discoveries at Houston Fotofest (2007) and The Third Lianzhou Photo Festival … [Read More]
Korean Artists in London Art Fair 2009
Back in October last year Beccy Kennedy reported from the 4482 show: 40 Korean artists in London under one roof in a single exhibition. This week there are at least six Korean artists under one roof in Islington, represented by four galleries. Exhibiting in the London Art Fair are Albemarle Gallery (Lee Jaehyo and Park … [Read More]