Gana Art announces a group exhibition of works by Korean artists, on view from January 7 - February 6, 2010. Works on view include sculpture, photography, mixed-media and oil on canvas by 11 Korean contemporary artists, reflecting their wide array of utopian and dystopian visions of a fast-growing postmodern, transnational culture. This exhibition features artists who are based both in Korea and abroad. Regardless of where they are based and despite widely varying backgrounds, these artists demonstrate their adeptness at incorporating the new, while maintaining a tenacious and distinctive hold on traditional spiritual and aesthetic values.

Artists:

Back Seung-Woo, Bae Bien-U, Jenny Cho,Chon Byung-Hyun, Jang Taewon, Ji Yong-Ho, Kim In Sook, Kwun Sun-Cheol, Lee Dong-Jae, Lee Jung-Woong, Oh Su-Fan

About Gana Art

Since 1983, Gana Art Gallery has been a pioneer in the rapidly developing art market in Korea. Gana has established an international presence as a result of its efforts to promote Korean art internationally. Gana is a major cultural institution in Korea and is well known for its exhibitions and art related activities including the launching of the Gana Art Center in Seoul in 1998.

Gana Art Gallery currently supports several artist-in-residency programs in Korea and abroad. Gana opened its first international branch, the Galerie Gana Beaubourg, in Paris in 1995 and opened its Chelsea gallery in the spring of 2008.

From its inception, Gana has held firm to its mission of creating a strong presence for Korean artists abroad and for introducing important work from around the world to Korean art enthusiasts. With the rapidly growing global interest in contemporary Asian Art, Gana Art New York is also committed to showcasing talented young and emerging artists from other countries in Asia, including India, China and Japan.