Art and Culture

Happy Chuseok to those of you who still have the day off, whether you're enjoying time with family and friends or just taking it easy on your own.
For today's regular arts and culture segment, our Michelle Kim is here to tell us about two exhibitions.

Hello Michelle

[Reporter : ] Hello Conn-young

So which exhibitions do you have for us today[Reporter : ] The first exhibition showcases the work of Roy Lichtenstein and Richard Pettibone, two pop artists prominent in the 60s. Take a look.

Gana Art Gallery's current exhibition features the work of Roy Lichtenstein and Richard Pettibone, both of whom were major figures in American Pop Art in the 60s.
The exhibition explores common themes in the artists' works that reflect what American culture was like at the time.
It also aims to show how the two artists' works contributed the expansion of Pop Art globally.
Roy Lichtenstein is known for cartoon-style works that incorporate images from newspapers, magazines and advertisements.

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His "Water Lilies" series of paintings is reminiscent of Monet's series but are painted with thousands of dots. It's a mechanical sort of reproduction of what was an emotional work, raising questions about the relationship between popular culture, consumer society and fine art.
Richard Pettibone is known for his reproductions of works by avant-garde artists, most notably Andy Warhol.
For Pettibone, reproducing famous artworks was the ultimate way to demolish the invisible border between high society and everyday life.
In this way, he was not just questioning the definition of an "original" work, he was also poking fun at the trend of appropriation and reproduction.
The exhibition continues at Gana Art Gallery in Seoul until October 14th.

This seems like a great opportunity to see works by these two major artists.

[Reporter : ] It definitely is. I am a huge fan of Pop Art because the themes and sources on which the works are based are such familiar parts of our daily lives. The exhibition also provides a great opportunity to become familiar with the colors and structure of one of the most important art forms of the 20th century.

Sounds like a fun exhibition. I think I will definitely be heading over there sometime this week. And now, you have another exhibition for us[Reporter : ] Yes I do. This exhibition is at a musuem in Daejeon, so if you are there for Chuseok, this might be a great exhibition to visit. Otherwise, it's just a short trip from Seoul and continues through January 13th, so there's plenty of time to see it this fall.

Artworks by Ungno Lee, Sophie Calle and Julian Opie are now on display at the Ungno Lee Museum of Art in Daejeon in an exhibition that continues until early next year.
Located next to the Daejeon Museum of Art, the museum was designed to commemorate the life and work of the artist Goam Ungno Lee.
The 30 works in this exhibition are reminiscent of Lee's "Gunsang" series.
Painted during the year of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980, the series aims to show a group of people striving toward their dream of a democratic society.
Thousands of people painted in black ink, jump and run across large white canvses with their hands linked together.

The works by the other two artists in the exhibition represent a modern take on the "Gunsang" series.
Like that series, these photographs, installations, paintings and mixed media works use reptition and pattern to express something about humanity.
The "Text and Human Exhibition" offers new insight into the artworks of Lee and the other artists,.. while also reminding viewers of an important milestone in Korea's modern history.

It seems both of these exhibitions could be classified under the theme "re-interpretation", with the Pop Artists re-interpreting fine art and the Ungno Lee Museum offering a re-interpretation of his works.

[Reporter : ] That's right. The only difference is that Sophie Calle and Julian Opie weren't deliberately re-interpreting Ungno Lee's paintings. The museum put the three artists' works together to emphasize the harmony of the different art styles.

Just by looking at the video, the exhibition looks interesting, and it seems like a great exhibition to take in if you find yourself in Daejeon.

[Reporter : ] Exactly.

Sounds great, and now to wrap things up, you have the events bulletin for us[Reporter : ] Yes I do. There's a concert by Sung Si-kyung that will be held at the end of the month. Along that same timeframe, Geeks, Black Nut and a group of other hip-hop bands will be performing together in Hongdae, and in November, indie band Glen Check performs on the 18th.

[Reporter : ed: jenny] This bulletin features three events

Singer Sung Si-kyung will be performing at Ewha Womans University's Samsung Hall from October 22nd to the 30th. The dress code for the concert is loungewear, and there will be a best dressed contest with a prize for the best dressed and a light penalty for the worst.

At Rolling Hall on October 28th, Geeks will be performing with several other musicians in a concert that mixes rock and hip-hop music. The line-up includes BlackNut, Crucial Star, Swings and many more. The musicians featured at this concert were all born in the 90s, bringing an air of youth to the venue.

Glen Check, a Korean indie band consisting of singer and guitarist Kim June-one and bass and synthesizer player Kang Hyuk-jun, will be performing on November 16th at the Interpark Art Center. The duo debuted in 2011 with their "Disco Elevator" EP and plays music influenced by the 70s and 80s.

Thank you for the update

[Reporter : ] My pleasure

OCT 01, 2012

Reporter : dainee@arirang.co.kr