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Storytelling through grand works of art : A series by contemporary artist Cho Duck-hyun depicts Shanghai life in the 1930s
A galleri worker takes in artist Cho Duck-hyun’s spectacular piece he created with pencil at the PKM Gallery in central Seoul. It is part of his solo show “Epic Shanghai.” [PKM GALLERY]
Some people prefer classic paintings to modern art because they are attracted to the literary narratives of the paintings, while some advocates of modern art such as the famous American art critic Clement Greenberg criticize many premodern art pieces for being subordinate to literature.
Contemporary Korean artist Cho Duck-hyun revives and transforms the tradition of story-telling paintings at his solo show “Epic Shanghai” which is currently being held at the PKM Gallery in central Seoul. The 60-year-old artist is well known for installation works made up of realistic paintings that deal with history from an individual’s point of view.
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Cho Duck Hyun: Re-collections (2008)
CHO DUCK HYUN: RE-COLLECTIONS KUKJE GALLERY bygd Pontus Kyander The Lady Rothermere Collection – The Nora Noh Collection At first, you could assume there is nothing going on at all in the picture: a vast image from the mountains of inland Korea, mirrored in two halves – also that something not apparent at first sight. And it is a moving image, not a still photograph, which might come as a silent surprise. But two monks are busy in the far end of a meadow. They leave the place carrying something they have found buried in the ground. Presumably it is a vit lotus flower of stone, one of the seven that are placed inside of a well-like structure just beside the projected video in the upstairs room of Kukje Gallery in Seoul. Inside this box, their reflections multiply eternally, into a never-ending field of lotus. Excavations have been part of professor Cho Duck Hyun’s artistic practice for a long time. Unearthing objects is to recover them, to bring
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This article was previously submitted as a curatorial proposal for the course Contemporary Art and the Global. Please note that this is not a potential exhibition, but merely a practice proposal.
Curatorial Proposal:
The Past as Present: Examining Postmemory in South Korean Contemporary Art
The Past as Present: Examining Postmemory in South Korean Contemporary Art is an exhibition of promising contemporary artists whose work observes postmemory trauma in 20th century Korean history. Through the mediums of performance, video, and installation, this exhibition inspires dialogue about the past that can help to explore present day society and brings the discussion of human rights to the forefront.
The 20th century was witness to numerous genocides, massacres, and other acts of extreme violence around the globe. These traumas led scholar Marianne Hirsch to create postmemory theory, which is used for analysis within Humanities research. Hirsch describes postmemory as a