As its first exhibition of 2011, the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea is holding the Kim Chong Hak exhibition from March 29th to June 26th in the Gwacheon Main Building (Gallery 2). This large-scale retrospective exhibition will display the achievements of Kim Chong Hak, renowned as the "painter of Mountain Seorak', over a period of 50 years.
This exhibition was planned to rediscover and reestablish Kim Chong Hak, who sequaciously provided a new direction for Korea's contemporary art at the opposite extreme of monochrome abstraction, as a major artist of our time. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea plans to continue opening exhibitions on pioneering artists to help establish Korean contemporary art history.
Various programs will be available to viewers during the exhibition period. Exhibition briefing sessions with a docent will be held 2~3 times everyday (twice during the week, three times at the weekend), and a symposium <Kim Chong Hak?and His Friends> featuring the artist Kim Chong Hak and his old friends (Kim Bong Tae, Kim Hyeong Guk, Song Yong Bang, Youn Myeung Ro) will be held on April 15th (Friday) at 3pm (Gwacheon Main Building). In addition, the 'Curator Talk' will be held twice during the exhibition period in order to enhance the public's understanding of the exhibition, and Lee Tae Ho(Myongji University professor) will give a lecture on the artist with the focus on his use of color during the special lecture <Talking about Kim Chong Hak >.
This exhibition was planned to rediscover and reestablish Kim Chong Hak, who sequaciously provided a new direction for Korea's contemporary art at the opposite extreme of monochrome abstraction, as a major artist of our time. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea plans to continue opening exhibitions on pioneering artists to help establish Korean contemporary art history.
Various programs will be available to viewers during the exhibition period. Exhibition briefing sessions with a docent will be held 2~3 times everyday (twice during the week, three times at the weekend), and a symposium <Kim Chong Hak?and His Friends> featuring the artist Kim Chong Hak and his old friends (Kim Bong Tae, Kim Hyeong Guk, Song Yong Bang, Youn Myeung Ro) will be held on April 15th (Friday) at 3pm (Gwacheon Main Building). In addition, the 'Curator Talk' will be held twice during the exhibition period in order to enhance the public's understanding of the exhibition, and Lee Tae Ho(Myongji University professor) will give a lecture on the artist with the focus on his use of color during the special lecture <Talking about Kim Chong Hak >.