Suwon, February 27 – June 9, 2024, https://suma.suwon.go.kr Lee Gil Beom 이길범 “Down Memory Lane” was a solo exhibition of a local Suwon artist. Traditional ink painting. Mostly traditional motives. Some Suwon related. I would not have thought this would be my favorite show of the day. But it was. It was touching to see…
Suwon, April 16, 2024 – March 3, 2025, https://suma.suwon.go.kr “Second Impact” was looking at different aspects of the relationship between an original and a copy and what these terms mean. The starting point were a few chapters of curatorial text, which would be great as a curriculum for a visual culture class at university. The…
Suwon, March 12 – June 9, 2024, https://suma.suwon.go.kr “Can’t help to love her” was a rather big show around the theme of women working or women’s work. Many of the artworks were showing just that: women working. Some went a bit further and showed the stereotypes associated with women’s work, like weaving, fabric processing and…
Suwon, November 26, 2019 – March 8, 2020, https://suma.suwon.go.kr Another two years passed, and another visit to the Suwon Museum of Art appeared on my schedule. First of all a pleasant formal change, the “Ipark” name (Suwon Ipark Museum of Art) disappeared from the museum’s name. Ipark is the name of a prominent apartment brand…
Suwon, February 13 – June 10, 2018 (Architecture), Februrary 27 – June 24, 2018 (Not Allowed), http://sima.suwon.go.kr After my last visit to SIMA two years ago, I was a bit worried if I will enjoy my return visit, or if I will have as mixed feelings as I had last time. Some things stayed the…
Suwon, April 28 – August 21, 2016 (Rha + PLAYART), July 14 – October 16, 2016 (Alice), http://sima.suwon.go.kr SIMA is a new museum in Suwon that opened in October 2015. “iPark” is the is an apartment brand launched by Hyundai Development Company in 2001. Prominently featured in the entrance hall of the museum is the…