Ansan, March 22 – June 23, 2024, https://gmoma.ggcf.kr YALOO was a self-titled solo show by an U.S. based Korean 3D animator YALOO 얄루. The work was formally perfect, beautiful 3D animations inspired by ocean plants and the undersea world. The installation was also top notch, with one large floor projection, simulating the view into the…
Ansan, April 12 – July 14, 2024, https://gmoma.ggcf.kr GMoMA is located in the middle of a nice park with a lake at the outskirts of Ansan City. It also happens to be in the neighborhood to the Danwon High School, whose students were the unfortunate passengers of the Sewol Ferry, which sunk near the south-west…
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…
Ansan City, September 29 – December 4, 2016, http://gmoma.ggcf.kr Artists: Kim Kwang Woo 김광우, Kim Yong-Chol 김용철, Kim In Soon 김인순, Min Joung Ki민정기, Park Kwan Wook박관욱, Bang Doo Yung방두영, Son Jang Sup손장섭, Oh Yong-Kil 오용길, Chung Mun Kyu정문규, Han Young-Sup한영섭
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…
Gyeonggi-do, Paju-si, September 5 – 29, 2015, http://mimesisart.co.kr/mimesis-art-museum/ The visit to this museum has been shaped by the long way it took to get there. I have heard some good words about Paju Book city, and I was curious about the place as well as about the museum. I can confirm that there is indeed…
Midori Harima’s Democracy Demonstrates – What I have consumed in 90 days in Korea was one the works at the MMCA Goyang The Big Scene: Seven Sights exhibition. I instantly felt very connected to it and enchanted by it. First a brief description: Harima collected each day’s trash and assembled it into a modest ‘sculpture’ which…
Gyeonggi-do, July 23 – August 12, 2015, MMCA Goyang MMCA Goyang is one of the artist studio spaces maintained by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). It is located in the North-West of Seoul, which is actually already outside of the city boundaries and in Gyeonggi province. It is a rural atmosphere…
10 Paiknamjune-ro, Sanggal-dong, Giheung-gu, yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-905 Korea; http://www.njpartcenter.kr/en/ Nam June Paik Art Centre (NJP Centre) is located in proximity to Suwon. It is a museum dedicated to the video art pioneer Nam June Paik. There seem to be rotating exhibitions, which are centered on the work of Nam June Paik. It was my second…