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The Gwangju Biennale Foundation has officially abolished the brand-new Park Seo-bo Art Prize after drawing flak from local artists, who argued that the award named after the “dansaekhwa” (monochrome painting) master failed to reflect the founding political spirit of Asia's longest-running survey of contemporary art.
Organizers of the biennale plans to establish a new, more progressive award system after soliciting opinions from different communities.
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Many of the works are deeply but not overtly political in a festival created to commemorate the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and Massacre
Oum Jeongsoon became fascinated with elephants over a decade ago. Her latest sculpture has no trunk and invites touch – and it’s just won a $100,000 prize