■ Information

- Title : The first anniversary of the Korean Cultural Center_ Korean Contemporary Artist Exhibition

- Date : 27. Mar ~27. Apr

- Opening Reception : 27. Mar (Wed) 6:30

- Venue : Korean Cultural Center in HK (6-7/F, Block B, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong)

- Organized : Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong, Art Chosun

- Presented: ㈜CS M&E, Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

- Sponsor by: Seoul Art Guide

- Opening Hours : Tue ~ Sat, 10:00am - 18:00pm

■ Introduction 

1st generation _ Suh Seung Won, Hwang Yong Yop,

2nd generation _ Kim Keun Tai

3rd generation _ Kim Deok Han, Yoon Jong Ju

the first anniversary of the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong:  "Korean Contemporary Artist Exhibition" Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - Saturday, April 27, 2019

The Korean Contemporary Artist Exhibition, which will be co-organized by the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong (Director Park Jong Taek) and Art Chosun (CEO Kum Gyo Don), will be held from Wednesday, March 27 to Saturday to April 27 at the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong (6-7 / F, Block B, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong).

This exhibition is meaningful in a sense that it is the collaboration between the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong and Art Chosun, two institutions which aim to promote the excellence of Korean contemporary art and advance the artists to overseas markets. In addition, the exhibition kicks off with Art Basel Hong Kong, which would attract the attention of world artists and art lovers.

At the exhibition hall on the 6th floor of KCC, there would be consists of the works of Korea's 1st generation leading artists, Suh Seung won and Hwang Yong yop, along with the works of the 2nd generation artist Kim Keun Tai. On the 7th floor, the works of the 3rd generation of Korean contemporary artist Kim Deok Han and Yoon Jong Ju will be display, and five artists who participated in the exhibition will come up with their own artworks that have witnessed the beauty of Korea.

The 1st generation artist Suh Seung won who focused on his art work through traditional medium has turned contemporary art into his own version with a consistent theme over the half a century while artist Hwang Yong yop has been telling his life of experiencing war on the canvas. And the works of artist Kim Keun Tai, the 2nd generation of Korean contemporary art, can be seen, as a painter who devoted himself to revealing inner world through materials. Moreover, Kim Deok Han who was selected to discover various artists of Korean contemporary arts builds up his own world by repeatedly coloring and peeling with Korean traditional techniques and materials. The works of Yoon Jong Ju, who expresses meditative atmosphere as well as color of the East with the materials of the West, is definitely one of the promising artists in Korea.

The Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong and Art Chosun hope to raise awareness of the excellence of Korean contemporary art and the "unique spirit" of Korea as well as to exchange sense of art between Korea and Hong Kong through "Korean Contemporary Artist Exhibition", which marks the first anniversary of the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong.

SUH Seung Won, Simultaneity 17-356, 80.3x116.7cm, Acrylic on canvas, 2017

HWANG Yong Yop, One Day, 90.9 x 72.7 cm, oil on canvas, 2018

KIM Keun Tai, Discussion, 117x80cm, 2018 

KIM Deok Han, Overlaid Series No.09-1,91-1,96-1_East Asian, 49x49cm, Lacquer on panel, 2018

YOON Jong Ju, cherish the time_space, 100x80cm, acrylic,ink,medium on canvas, 2017