Seoul, September 16 – November 22, 2015, http://www.galleryhyundai.com An exhibition of an established Korean artist producing work since the 1950’s, a representative of Korean minimalist art. His trademark material have been ropes and threads of different kinds that he used for producing line drawings: On paper, and in space. One of the ‘rediscovered’ artists as…
Seoul, November 4 – 12, 2015, http://ujeongguk.com/ A group show in an old post office building featuring Woo Jeongsoo 우정수, Woo Hannah 우한나, Lee Juyeon 이주연, Chung Heemin 정희민 and Stefan Tiefengraber 스테판. The location was interesting, especially the big walk-in safe. The exhibition was a bit unfinished and the works looked also as if…
Seoul, October 2015, Seoul, http://scriptsymposia.org This looked like an interesting event, and it could have been, if I was able to understand what actually was going on. Unfortunately most of the “World Script Symposium” consisted of Koreans talking about something in Korean that I did not understand. There have also been some artistic interventions in…
Seoul, September 18 – October 18, 2015, https://www.somamuseum.org/, curator Younjeong Park 박윤정 SOMA is a museum that focuses on sculpture and drawing. It is also linked to its mother foundation, the Korean Olympic Committee, which means that the exhibitions do often somehow relate to the body, movement, etc., as was the case with this exhibition.
Seoul, October 20, 2015, Yogiga http://www.yogiga.com/ Yogiga is an independent space in a Hongdae cellar, mainly focusing on experimental performances. This evening was a hosted event, bringing in a screening program and two live art performances by Taiwanese artists.
Busan, September 15 – October 18, 2015, http://busanbiennale.org A sculpture festival on one of the beaches of Busan: I only managed to visit the site after dark, but I still got at least some impression. It had been quite a broad range of works, from monumental figurative works to abstract structures or smaller works sheltered…
Seoul, October 17 – 24, 2015, http://unofficialpreview.com Based on their on-line presence and digital artworks, Pussykrew create interesting stuff. It is fashionable stuff, but still, looks good. Their preference seems to be towards 3D scanning and modelling, not much about animation or rigging.
Seoul, October 14 – 18, http://goods2015.com One week after the main Korean art fair KIAF, which I unfortunately missed, Goods opened. Goods is the first instance of an alternative art fair, where artists sell works by themselves.
Daegu, May 30 – October 18, 2015 (Shonibare), September 22 – February 9, 2016 (Lee), February 10 – Secember 6, 2015 (Hörl) http://www.daeguartmuseum.org A trip outside of Seoul, and first a word of caution: It is not a good idea to make a one day bus trip from Seoul to Daegu. I have spent more…
Daegu, October 2015, http://www.daeguartfactory.kr/ DAF is located in an industrial area of the city which has a feeling similar to Mullae or Dongmyo in Seoul: Lots of small metalwork workshops, shops selling tools or raw materials, etc. The DAF is a rather large building, with an exhibition floor, two studio floors and a nice coffee…