Kukje Gallery is very pleased to announce its physical participation in the 9th edition of ART BUSAN & design which has returned to the BEXCO Exhibition Center. Open from November 6 through 8, 2020, this is the first art fair to open to the public since Korea was able to mitigate the curve on COVID-19, having postponed its original opening in May.
Launched in 2012, Art Busan has gained renown for its acclaimed programming, establishing itself as one of the city's most iconic arts and culture events alongside the Busan International Film Festival and Busan Biennale. Along with these annual events, Busan has become a thriving cultural hub, its local arts scene energized by newly opened museums, galleries, and multicultural complexes, highlighting the city as one of Korea’s most dynamic after Seoul. In its 9th installment this year, Art Busan will strengthen its focus on the design section of the fair, as well as implement AR technology within the fair venue in order to heighten visitors' interactive experience and provide an innovative approach to viewing art.
Kukje Gallery will showcase celebrated works by a roster of leading modern and contemporary Korean and international artists. This includes Lenny (2008) by the critically acclaimed American contemporary video artist Bill Viola, who recently opened his first-ever major solo exhibition in Busan titled Bill Viola, Encounter (through April 4, 2021) at the Busan Museum of Art. Viola will be shown in tandem with works by historically significant Korean artists including Work (1963) by Yoo Youngkuk, an artist celebrated for his role promoting abstract art in postwar Korea along with his peer Kim Whanki, having created a vibrant vocabulary that distills Korean naturalism into basic formal elements of point, line, plane, and color; Lee Ufan’s With Winds (1988), a painting that captures the wind’s energy and movement with bold brushstrokes; Wook-kyung Choi’s The nightmare (1966), a painting on paper that exemplifies her signature interpretation of abstract expressionism where she embraces political themes and social events of her time; and Haegue Yang’s The Intermediate – Ikebana Dragon Ball (2016) made from woven artificial straw. This fall Yang has been the subject of four consecutive solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila, and Tate St Ives.
On view at Kukje Gallery Busan, located in the multicultural complex F1963, is a solo exhibition of the celebrated German photographer Candida Höfer who is widely acknowledged for pushing the boundaries of contemporary photography. The show will remain open to the public through November 8, 2020.
