The postcard drawings are on display at the exhibition along with tinfoil paintings that the poor painter started to explore after he sent his family to Japan. On aluminum paper he got from cigarette packaging, Lee created outlines using steel pencil or nail pressing down on the aluminum paper; then used umber pigment or ink to rub with cotton wool or piece of cloth to highlight the outline. The ...

South Korean broadcasting companies came under fire for their breaking news coverage of the worst rainfall in 115 years in Seoul and its surrounding areas. The record overnight rainfall resulted in hundreds of flood victims, and jeopardized citizens in the capital area on their after-work commute. Roads and sidewalks in the capital area were flooded, causing some people to leave their cars on th...

He employs methods of image construction such as conjoining and combining multiple images and emphasizing subjects through color adjustments to maximize the attributes of the subject. When you step out of the museum, you will ask yourself whether the images you saw were based on reality, or were what the artist has reconstructed. The repeated architectural structures found in Gursky’s photograph...

"Often, I see the passion for money in the businesspeople around me, including my family, and I am often impressed by their innocence and creativity. I think that creativity is not an innate ability but a by-product of desperation. But their creativity is sometimes expressed in the form of pure evil, which creeps me out,“ Ryu said during a conversation with artistic director Ahn So-yeon. Hermes ...

Incheon Airport is considering building a 300-square-meter exhibition space within the airport, after a recent study found that plans to establish a satellite museum of one of Europe‘s top-tire museums, such as the Centre Pompidou or the Louvre, were unfeasible. In January, Incheon International Airport Corp. commissioned a study to gauge the feasibility of setting up a branch of a globally reno...

Perrotin Gallery will open its second exhibition hall in Seoul, Perrotin Dosan Park, in late August, an addition to its venue in Samcheong-dong, northern Seoul, that opened in 2016. The French gallery is the first international gallery in Seoul to open a second gallery in the city. The 190-square-meter exhibition space will open in a two-story building in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul. The buildin...

Choi Hye-jin, who raises a Maltese in Seoul, said she does not know what people without pets expect when it comes to having the right petiquette. “If pet manners are about holding the leash properly, I am doing fine. But to be honest, the term ‘petiquette’ itself sounds like it favors non-pet people.” Seo Myung-ki, a professor at Keimyung University’s department of companion animal health in Da...

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Among the artworks on display is “Aggregation” by Chun Kwang-young, who has pursued his art with hanji over the past 30 years. Chun repeatedly forms and molds hanji into 3D triangular shapes, which are then turned into installations, sculptures and 3D paintings. Chun’s solo exhibition, “Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined,” is being held at the 59th Venice Biennale that runs through Nov. 27. The c...

“Brands form our sense of tribal belonging,” the artist once said. “In my Childhood, at the kitchen table we would discuss dad’s new car or mom’s new dress. Brands are the foundation of the dominant religion of our era – consumerism.” “Tom Sachs Space Program: Indoctrination” at Art Sonje Center runs through Aug. 7, while “Rocket Factory Paintings” at Thaddaus Ropac ends on Aug. 20, and “Tom Sac...

Meanwhile, Daejeon Museum of Art announced it has begun restoration work on Paik‘s “Fractal Turtle Ship,” starting Thursday. The artwork was displayed in 1993 at the Taejon Expo ’93 in Daejeon. The large-scale video piece consists of 309 monitors and antique objects. Paik created the work in homage to the Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin. According to the museum, the restoration is expected to be comple...

Park always learns from nature. How Korea’s four seasons inspired him to create his “Ecriture” painting series is well described in the book. “It is fortunate that Korea has a place like Jeju. The blue in my paintings is closely connected to the Jeju sea. (…) I love the way the Jeju sea presses right up against the sky,” he is quoted as saying in the book. The book examines the colors that Park ...

“All the cities that Frieze is in, they were looking for cities that have tremendous appreciation of culture,” said Frieze Seoul Director Patrick Lee. “Seoul is filled with amazing artists -- also an amazing collector scene. It is such a dynamic city in terms of culture. I can say the response of Frieze coming to Seoul is tremendous globally.” Frieze is a London-based contemporary art magazine c...

By Park Yuna (yunapark@heraldcorp.com)

Just a few minutes by foot from Barakat Contemporary is Hakgojae Gallery, which hosts the first solo exhibition by documentary photographer Noh Sun-tag in 10 years at the commercial gallery. Titled “Shades of Furs,” the photography series was taken against the light to create the vivid image of the silhouette. Noh is widely known for photographs that show contemporary Korean society, most famous...