Together, the concurrent exhibitions Only The Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s and The Shape of Time, Korean Art After 1989 offer a glimpse of the breathtakingly rapid achievement of a people, built on reservoirs of memory and imagination, optimism, extraordinary resilience, but also on tragedy.
SEOUL (ANN/THE KOREA HERALD) – Jung Kang-ja, a pioneer among few female artists shaping Korean experimental art during the 1960s to 1970s, remains largely unknown. Arario Gallery illuminates her journey, showcasing around 70 works in Shanghai and Seoul. The Shanghai exhibition, “Jung KangJa: Life Goes On,” provides insight into Jung’s trajectory from the 1980s to […]
The experimental art scene that struck post-war Korea in the 1960s and 1970s like a meteorite is a buried chapter of history that deserves to be revisited - or, for most of the wor.