Korea's Smells and Stories Come Into Focus at This Year's Venice Biennale
Which scents capture a nation’s past? Artist Koo Jeong A sought to answer that question in Venice’s Korean Pavilion.
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Which scents capture a nation’s past? Artist Koo Jeong A sought to answer that question in Venice’s Korean Pavilion.
Decomposing fruit, a scent-diffusing figurine and a fantasy dragon ship are just some of the works that explore themes of identity, migration and memory at the prestigious event this year
Visitors going to the upcoming 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, the world’s longest-running and most prestigious survey of contemporary art, will get a chance to go on a scent odyssey to Korea inside a cylindrical steel building that houses the Korean Pavilion.
The Venice Biennale, the world’s longest-running and most prestigious survey of contemporary art, is set to return to Italy’s floating city on April 20 for its 60th edition.
Danish artistic director Jacob Fabricius and Korean curator Lee Seol-hui have been appointed to curate the Korean pavilion for the 60th edition of the Venice Art Biennale next year, according to Arts Council Korea (ARKO), the commission responsible for operating the pavilion.