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Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

Opening Year
Location
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2000
Gyeonggi-do 8-1, Ssangryeong-dong, Gwangju
http://www.youngeunmuseum.org

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Based on the Daeyu Culture Foundation (1992), principles to support creative activities in Korean arts and culture, the Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art opened in November of 2000. With the beautiful background of the Shore of Kyungan River in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, the museum has a number of contemporary artwork collections on exhibit and runs the largest artist-in-residence program in Korea. Through various contemporary art exhibitions, research and education programs, the Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art has been trying to make a space where the museum itself becomes the field for creation and communication amongst professionals in the art industry. This includes artists, critics, and curators of contemporary art. In addition, the museum aims to offer a multicultural space for the public and tries to expand the public’s understanding of art, in an environment where art and life coexist, and interact with each other beyond the frame of plastic arts.

Exhibition

  • Youngmin KANG's Solo Exhibition
    curated by Lee Ji Min

    Artist

    Youngmin KANG

    Museum

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

    Artworks

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    Youngmin KANG is not limited to painting, which he majored in college, but freely engages sculpture, a variety of interactive media, and installation. An artistic genre should be a range of possibilities and not a set of regulations or restrictions. His resistance against confinement to one position and Kang Youngmin’s engagement with a variety of visual material is also another strong potentia...

  • The Eyes of Artist
    curated by Ji Min LEE

    Artist

    KANG Hyung Koo

    Museum

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

    Artworks

    Total (10)

    On Korean Artist Project 2011, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art presents the exhibition of Kang, Hyung Koo_The Eyes of Artist. Kang is a long-term resident artist of the Youngeun Artist Management Program (YAMP). Kang, who paints contemporary human figures as meditative portraits, creates exaggerated or simplified portraits. Through such expression, Kang’s portraits can be interpreted as ...

  • The Beauty of Balance Existing among Conflicting Images
    curated by Lee Ji Min

    Artist

    Jonak KIM

    Museum

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

    Artworks

    Total (15)

    Jonak Kim was selected at the fourth Artist-in-Residence Program of the Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art in 2003 and, after continuing to pursue his art, now remains one of the permanent past resident artists of the museum. He strikingly exposes conflicting components in his own signature manner, communicating with a broad audience through symbolic images. In recent days, the artist has boas...

  • The Space of City
    curated by Lee Ji Min

    Artist

    Seung-soon PARK

    Museum

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

    Artworks

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    There are houses, and each house is connected with another house. Using her own technique, Seung-soon Park colorfully reveals spaces inside and in between her houses; these spaces, in turn, symbolize the spaces of a city, which can be interpreted as representing more than merely a medium of her utopia. These spaces, for instance, may connote the artist's own independent space?the space in whic...

  • One thousand Waterscape, A new insight
    curated by Lee Ji Min

    Artist

    Chang-Ae Song

    Museum

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

    Artworks

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    Artist Song Changae has a tie with Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art as she was selected as a resident artist in the 8th Youngeun Artist-in Residency in 2013; she is currently a permanent artist in Youngeun Residency (Youngeun Artist Family Program). The common subject that embraces everything-the artist’s major subject matter and technique as well as the compressed meaning in her works-is ...

  • Maniere-noir-recessed
    curated by Lee Ji Min

    Artist

    Sun-Joo Shin

    Museum

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

    Artworks

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    The solo exhibition of Sun-Joo Shin entitled “Maniere-noir: recessed” is distinctive in that it allows viewers to see charming pieces in gray tones which impart diverse feelings, including the quietness and mysteriousness of recessed buildings in black, the deafness arising from recessed space within space, the stillness of blackness, and many others all at once. The subjects of Shin’s works?e...

  • Adding ‘Art’ to Contemporary Civilisation
    curated by Lee Ji Min

    Artist

    Seung JUNG

    Museum

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art

    Artworks

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    Jung Seung creates installation works by assembling or forming a variety of mechanical mass productions in his own way. , one of his main installation works, displays 1975 pieces of toy figurines on the shelves of a circular structure. The dolls have been designed by combining two different characters, Super Mario and Japanese Nohohon which nods its head using solar heat. The figures operate in...

Residency Program

Youngeun Artist-in-Residency Program was established in 2000 to support domestic and foreign artists. This art studio is open to up-and-coming as well as leading and established artists, and selects artists every other year. Artists of diverse genres - from paintings, photography, and sculpture, to installation and video art - may apply for the art studio. The program is divided into two categories: long-term(regular) and short-term. The regular program, usually for domestic artists, allows the selected artists to stay for two years. the short-term program, up to 6 months, is geared towards foreign artists or Korean artists visiting from abroad.

Contact Us

Address     Gyeonggi-do 8-1, Ssangryeong-dong, Gwangju
Telephone  031-7610137
Homepage  http://www.youngeunmuseum.org

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