Man and Space
dal 28/3/2000 al 7/6/2000
Segnalato da
28/3/2000
Man and Space
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
"Man and Space", is the future forward theme of the Kwangju Biennale 2000. The site of the 5.18 Democratic Uprising lends itself as a social-subject to the overall humanitarian theme of the exhibition. Under the direction of chief-curator Chan Suk-won, the Biennale will consist of a main exhibition with five parts: "Asia" curated by Arata Tani featuring 20 artists such as Ma Liuming, Zhan Xiaogang, and Wong Hoy Cheong; "Europe/Africa" curated by René Block with 21 artists i.e. Ghada Amer, Peter Land, and Esko Männikkö; "Korea/Oceania" curated by Kim Hong-hee with 13 artists the likes of Justine Cooper, Yi Soon-joo, and Byron Kim; "North America" by Thomas Finkelpearl has a 15 artist line up including Nikki S. Lee, Amy Adler, and Ellen Harvey; "South America" by Yu Yeon Kim offers another 13 with Miguel Angel Rios, Coco Fusco, and Silvia Gruner; "Special Corner" by Oh Kwang-su will group together 9 including Anthony Gormley, Miguel Chevalier, and Giuseppe Penone; "Human Beings & Gender" curated by Marie-Laure Bernadac with a special Korean component curated by Seo Jeong-gurl profers 35 heavy hitters lead by Nan Goldin, Sylvie Fleury, and Pedro Almodovar.
The other half of the Biennale is the Special Exhibition consisting of four parts: "The Facet of Korean & Japanese Contemporary Art" curated by Yoon Jin-sup exhibits 41 such as Takeshi Hayashi, Lee Kang-so, and Heu Hwang; "The Past & Present of Fine Art in North Korea" by Yoo Jae-kil and Kim Chan-dong presents 15 artists like Lee Mac-Iim, Choi Je-nam, and Han Sang-ik; "Forest of Human Beings & Forest of Painting" curated by Kim Sung-hee and Oh Se-kwon shows a whopping participation of over 2000 artists commissioned to make 40 x 40 cm sized work; "Arts & Human Rights" by Ichiro Hariu offers up a selection of 31 including Anselm Kiefer, Reinhard Sobye, and Zwelethu Mthethwa.
The Biennale can be viewed from March 29-June 7