Seoul (세운상가 가열327호 개방회로), August 5 – August 19, 2016, www.3hragency.com, opencircuit.co.kr Sewoon Sangga, a large market complex near Jogno 3-ga in the center of Seoul, was quiet and half deserted on the Saturday afternoon when I was finding my way through the maze of little shops and warehouses selling mostly electronic goods. It was…
Seoul, June 23 – August 14, 2016, http://www.altpool.org/ Artists: Yongju Kwon권용주, Woohyun Kim 김웅현, An Gyungsu안경수, Yongseok Oh오용석, Okin Collective옥인 콜렉티브, Yuri Kim임유리, Jang Pa장파, Sojung Jun전소정, Jeong Deokhyeon 정덕현, Curator: Sohyun Ahn 안소현
Seoul, August 12, 2016, http://www.mmca.go.kr, FB event A one night open studio and opening party for a small exhibition on the ground floor of the Changdong Residency of MMCA. Artworks by Tim Breukers (large Styrofoam mashup sculpture), Tyler Joseph Stefanich (generative video and graphite sound drawing), and Enrique Ramirez (videos of sea and a sport…
Seoul, July 26 – October 16, 2016 (Title Match), July 22 – October 26, 2016 (Neighbors), May 3 – August 15, 2016 (Lee Ju Yong), http://sema.seoul.go.kr The Ju Jae Hwan 주재환 and Kim Dong Kyu 김동규 “Title Match” exhibition has been a continuation of the title match series that puts together an artist of an…
Seoul, August 12, 2016 (screening), http://www.mmca.go.kr In addition to exhibitions, MMCA also organizes a screening program that introduces artists-filmmakers. The screenings take place in comfortable cinema space within the building and are freely accessible with the purchase of a standard museum ticket. Much better than watching these art movies on some more or less uncomfortable…
Seoul, July 20 – September 3, 2016, http://www.songeunartspace.org Liquids and their physical properties have been the main object of research of Yunchul Kim 김윤철. Each floor of the exhibition space featured different kinds of experiments with their material properties, density, viscosity and crystal formation. The aesthetic effect was fascinating.
Seoul, August 6 – September 7, 2016, COS Store Cheongdam, Apgujeong-ro 418, Gangnam-gu, Seoul Continuing the past exhibition lineage hovering between art and design, COS invited The Book Society, a well-known artist’s book store in Seoul, to host a temporary curated extension of the store in the COS store. Designer Na Kim (who designed the…
Seoul, June 25 – August 14, 2016, http://ilmin.org For this exhibition the museum has been covered in pitch-black darkness. The Rui Chafes and Petro Costa are two artists that work independently. Chafes creates perfectly shaped steel sculptures with a surreal touch. Costa creates meditative videos with a Bill Viola-like meditative atmosphere, but even greater stillness,…
Seoul, April 28 – August 14, 2016, http://www.plateau.or.kr Each room of the gallery contained one large sculptural installation made using a different material. Retro-futurist metal and translucent color plastic in a dialogue with Rodin’s Gates of Hell. Huge monolith-like blocks carved out of pressed and glued together books. Towering gothic cathedral-like assemblages of recycled construction…
Seoul, July 27, 2016 – February 5, 2017 (Kim Sooja), July 6 – October 3, 2016 (YAP2016), http://www.mmca.go.kr Kim Sooja’s (김수자) solo show was the only larger art show taking place in MMCA Seoul during my visit. In addition to that, Julius Popp’s bit.fall pulse was still around, and it seemed to be nearing its…