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April 22, 2019 Arts&Design

Asger Jorn’s avant-garde art practices showcased at MMCA

Detournement is a method of painting in which an artist takes an existing artwork and add elements to create something new. To Danish artist Asger Jorn, a master of the method, however, detournement...

MoMA’s expansion to allow for greater diversity

The Museum of Modern Art in New York will become a test bed for artists, curators, critics and experts looking to find the museum of the future. “My goal is to finish this project and then to see it...

April 17, 2019
Arts&Design
‘Tracking Down the Steel Container’ looks at apartments, a microcosm of Korean society

A decent apartment in Seoul has long been a symbol of middle-class success. Apartment ownership is also a measure by which social strata are divided. Based on Kim Yoon-young’s novel by the same titl...

April 16, 2019
Theater
Exhibition compares two 20th century traditional landscape masters

Korea‘s ink-and-wash paintings have faced many challenges in the 20th century, threatened by influence from Japan’s colonial rule and the influx of Western culture. Lee Sang-beom and Byeon Gwan-sik ...

April 14, 2019
Arts&Design
Park Kyung-ryul battles conventional way of viewing paintings

You won’t find paintings where you expect them to be at Park Kyung-ryul’s latest solo exhibition “On Evenness.” Some are on the floor, leaning against the walls. You will find them in corners, too. T...

April 11, 2019
Arts&Design
Complete edition of visual artist James Jean

From a comic book contributor to a fine art painter and sculptor, Taiwanese-American visual artist James Jean’s career has been chronicled at the Lotte Museum’s latest exhibition. Titled “Eternal Jo...

April 10, 2019
Arts&Design
Art of being an observer

Stereotypes play a role in perceptions of a foreign country and its people -- especially when it comes to Korea and Japan, which have a relationship strained by history and politics. Yet artist Jung...

April 7, 2019
Arts&Design
Artist Lee Bul awarded 2019 Ho-Am Prize

Artist Lee Bul will be awarded the 2019 Ho-Am Prize, an annual award established in 1990 to honor those who have made contribution to science, culture and the welfare of mankind. Artist Lee Bul (Cou...

April 4, 2019
Arts&Design
MMCA exhibition ‘Vertiginous Data’ questions neutrality of tech

Not many artworks on show at museums have price tags attached to them, but Rachel Ara’s installation work does. The large tech installation, a mass of devices and black cables, updates in real time i...

April 3, 2019
Arts&Design
‘Lack of aesthetic sensibility could pose threat to others’

Scattered throughout the gallery space are collages of various materials and found objects. Some are shown on classical sculpture podiums, others on metal frames or plastic foam. A sculpture in a cor...

April 1, 2019
Arts&Design
Francophone Theater Festival kicks off in Seoul

The five-day Francophone Festival, organized by the Korean International Theatre & Arts Company, kicked off its inaugural edition in Seoul on Wednesday. “The festival’s first edition in Seoul hopes ...

March 27, 2019
Theater
Kohei Nawa’s ‘Vessel’ sculptures shimmer in the dark

Hypnotic sounds in a pitch-dark gallery space create an otherworldly atmosphere -- a fitting environment for sculptures of tangled human bodies glittering in the dark. “Vessel,” a solo exhibition of...

March 26, 2019
Arts&Design
Exhibition shows how artists work with lies

Along the wall are framed drawings of artist Ahn Kyu-chul. The drawing series by Ahn, titled “Man Who Disappeared Into the Box,” comes with text describing how a person can disappear by using the bag...

March 21, 2019
Arts&Design
Exhibition ‘DMZ’ brings border closer, allows for reflection

The exhibition “DMZ,” dedicated to introducing works of art and projects looking into the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas, will be held at Culture Station Seoul 284, starting Thursday. “It...

March 20, 2019
Arts&Design
Jang Hye-rim’s ‘Burnt Offering,’ rite of solace

Wearing dark blue-green clothes with rolled-up sleeves, seven Swedish dancers appear in a black box theater where dozens of safety helmets with headlamps are scattered around them on the gray floor. ...

March 18, 2019
Theater

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