Busan Biennale 2020 goes to Chicago
Posted : 2021-02-15 15:43
Updated : 2021-02-16 09:41
By Kwon Mee-yoo
The 2020 edition of Busan Biennale, which garnered positive reviews for interweaving visual art with literary elements, heads to Chicago for a year-long project with artists, musicians and writers.
Organized by Danish artistic director Jacob Fabricius, the 10th edition of Busan Biennale was titled Words at an Exhibition ― an exhibition in ten chapters and five poems. Fabricus invited 11 authors, 67 visual artists and 11 musicians from 34 countries to unravel the port city s charms in the context of metropolitanism.
Busan Biennale partnered with the University of Chicago s Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry and the Center for East Asian Studies Committee on Korean Studies to present The Chicago Chapter of the biennale.
[INTERVIEW] Artist Mina Cheon explores dreams of Korean unification, implications for politically divided US
Posted : 2021-01-30 13:44
Updated : 2021-02-01 12:49
Installation view of Mina Cheon s exhibition, Dreaming Unification: Protest Peace, at Ethan Cohen Gallery in New York / Courtesy of the artist and Ethan Cohen Gallery
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Artist Mina CheonKorean American artist Mina Cheon unveils her latest pieces created by her North Korean art persona, Kim Il-soon, at an exhibition Dreaming Unification: Protest Peace at Ethan Cohen Gallery in New York through Feb. 27.
While the two Koreas remain physically divided, citizens of many other countries in the world, including the United States, are experiencing increasing political and social divisions. This increasing polarization has been a source of inspiration for Cheon, who hopes to explore the concepts of unification and peace through her projects.
He Xiangyu s first solo show in the United States opens at Andrew Kreps Gallery
Installation view. Image courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York. Photo: Dan Bradica.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Andrew Kreps Gallery is presenting Soft Dilemma, He Xiangyus first exhibition with the gallery, as well as the artists first solo show in the United States.
He Xiangyu s conceptual practice manifests in multi-year projects that span sculpture, drawing, installation, film and publications. Emerging as part of a generation of artists who experienced the post-socialist state of China, Hes work looks to shift the viewers perception of cultural signifiers through an examination and manipulation of material. The exhibition highlights the divergent strategies used by He to investigate an array of clinical, social and anthropological themes, and his response to the ongoing political and existential crises in the world.
Posted : 2020-12-21 08:40
Updated : 2020-12-21 12:52
Busan Biennale, held from September to November, was one of the few international art events that opened despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy of Busan Biennale.
By Kwon Mee-yoo
1 Public museums closed for half year
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) is currently on hiatus upon guidelines from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that have forced the shutdown of state-run museums as a precautionary measure against COVID-19.
In fact, the museum s Seoul and Deoksu Palace branches have been closed for over 170 days this year, repeatedly opening and closing doors in accordance with the spikes and declines of the number of COVID-19 cases.
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En route home, 2020, stainless steel, objects, dimensions variable, at Yeongdo Harbor, Busan Biennale, 2020. All images courtesy Busan Biennale Organizing Committee.
Busan Biennale 2020: âWords at an Exhibition â an exhibition in ten chapters and five poemsâ Web Review BY Andy St. Louis Multiple Locations
Located on the southeast coast of Korea, Busan is a city without a true center; rather, it is a collection of industrial and residential pockets squeezed between mountains and the sea, with vast expanses of reclaimed land allowing for high volumes of trade that have made it the world’s fifth-largest port. Known domestically for its brilliant sandy beaches, flavorful cuisine, and unique history, this year Busan also distinguished itself in a global context as one of the few places to successfully mount a biennial exhibition.