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The 14th edition of Gwangju Biennale, Asia s largest and longest-running survey of contemporary art, is set to bring in 79 artists and collectives to examine transnational and postcolonial narratives both within and beyond the context of Korea s southwestern city that witnessed the 1980 pro-democracy uprising.
Highlights from the Gwangju Biennale
Curated by Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala, this year’s edition explores transnational kinships and inherited healing practices to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gwangju May Uprising
One of Asia’s most prominent art exhibitions, the Gwangju Biennale – originally slated for 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic – opened its 13th edition exploring the limits of individual cognition and the transcendent possibilities of what co-curators Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala define in their mission statement as ‘the extended mind’. Titled ‘Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning’, this iteration includes works by 69 artists across four venues, a series of site-specific commissions around the city, and a digital programme of podcasts, videos and online publications.
Gwangju Biennale explores wide spectrum of art touching the communal mind
Posted : 2021-04-08 11:30
Updated : 2021-04-08 12:21 The 13th Gwangju Biennale exhibition shows Outi Pieski s Beavvit II/ Rising Together II, left, and Min Joung-ki s landscape painting, Byeokgye Nine Banded Stream, Buk-gu, Gwangju, April 1. Yonhap
By Lee Gyu-lee
The coronavirus pandemic has changed so much of people s lives and the ways things are done. The Gwangju Biennale is no exception.
The Biennale, one of the largest art events in Asia, has had its fair share of challenges in bringing the much-anticipated show to art lovers.
The exhibition got pushed back twice ― from last September to this February, and then to this April ― and the organizers had to arrange and install most of the artworks without having the international artists present in Korea.