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North and South Korean Art from the Sigg Collection Courtesy of Kunstmuseum Bern. This event is for Asia Society Members only.Become a Member The exhibition Border Crossings at the Kunstmuseum Bern allows the public a close look at the Korean Peninsula, divided since 1953. A 250-kilometre border of barbed-wire fences and anti-tank barriers divides Korea into two states which could not be more different from one another. Equally divergent is the art produced simultaneously in the two countries. The North fosters a socialist-realist tradition of painting, while in the South a vital contemporary art examines the irreconcilability of the two political systems and the lived reality of the population. In the exhibition, the contrasting world-views engage in a dialogue with one another and invite the public to approach Korea’s history as well as its present.

North koreaSouth koreaNorth koreanSouth koreanUli siggTracey eminThomas hirschhorn robert walserEl anatsuiZarina bhimjiMiriam cahnYves netzhammerSilvia gertsch xerxesBethan huwsCarolee schneemann marburgBill violaAsia society members