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All events take place at Asia House. Admission (unless otherwise stated): members and concessions £ 4. Non-members £ 7.
Saturday 25th November: Moderated by Beth McKillop, Keeper of the Asian Department, V&A, with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery, Jiyoon Lee, curator of Through the Looking Glass , and artists Yeondoo Jung, Duck Hyun Cho and Meekyoung Shin who are exhibiting in the exhibition. Korea is currently one of the leading art markets in the world. Having emerged on the international art scene relatively recently but with such impact, it is inspiring a new generation of artists and curators. The discussion will focus on the debates and ideas that currently exist in the practice of Korean contemporary art and its growing influence on the international art scene.
Monday 11 th December: South Korean Artists' Response To The Issue Of Divided Korea Lecture by Jim Hoare and Jiyoon Lee. Jim Hoare wa s a pioneering diplomat who opened the British Embassy in Pyongyang in 2001. Jiyoon Lee is an independent curator, writer, lecturer, and curator of Through the Looking Glass . Both are uniquely placed to discuss the contemporary history of Korea and the mark it has left on its people and culture. Their talks will centre on the current status of North Korea and the impact that the divided Korea has had on the art practice of South Korean artists. Monday 29 th January 2007 My Korea , My Korean Contemporary Art Lecture by Doryun Chong Doryun Chong, curator in the Visual Art Department at Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis will discuss the challenges of presenting Korean art in European and American institutions. He will consider the problems of continuity, subjectivity, and parallax vision with regard to contemporary Korean art, and especially in comparison with the contemporary art of Japan and China. His previous projects include two-person exhibition of Michael Joo and Do-Ho Suh in the Korean Pavilion at the 2001 Venice Biennale and the first retrospective of Huang Yong Ping (2005, co-curated with Philippe Vergne).
Saturday 3rd February 2007 Enjoy the exhibition and learn about Korean culture with the whole family. Take part in various activities such as creating visual dreamscapes and soap sculptures! Adults £ 4.00 and children £ 2.00 (concessions available for large groups)
Thursday 15 th February, 2007 Creating A New Model For Artists Working With Museums Lecture by James Putnam Since the mid 1990s there has been an increasing tendency for so-called ˇ®artist interventions' in museums which involve a successful dialogue between artists and museum curators. Independent curator and writer James Putnam describes some of his projects working with artists and museum collections and talks to artist Meekyoung Shin about her project ˇ®Translation' for the British Museum in 2004. James Putnam was founder and curator of the British Museum 's Contemporary Arts and Cultures Programme (2000-2004) and is curator of an ongoing series of projects at the Freud Museum , London . He also teaches curatorial studies at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London .
\Monday 22nd January 2007 Lecture by Jeong-Hwa Choi Korean artist Jeong-Hwa Choi who is exhibiting in Through the Looking Glass is adept at blending the disciplines of art and design within his practice. He will discuss the relationship between visual art and design in his work, and how their convergence is affecting our understanding of these disciplines and their practitioners. Can the old definition of art and design be used now? What is their place in our society? What developments have taken place in recent years? What will the future bring?
Thursday 22 nd February 2007 Traditions And New Technologies Lecture by Mark Dytham ' Architecture and design are about ideas, being inventive, having fun - not about rich-looking materials, not about style.' Architect Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture, Tokyo , and founder of Pecha Kucha Nights loves both traditions and new technologies. Here he will talk about projects that go beyond architecture and design..Korean/Japanese artists/designers discovering their own rich culture.. observing Japan from the outside.. and how anything is possible as long as you have good ideasˇ¦.
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