I'm so excited to announce I along with the Jason J. Kim Oral Design NY Center will be sponsoring an important art exhibit in NYC.
This first part of the exhibit opens this Wednesday April 9th at the Gallery Korea of the Korean Cultural Service NY with a reception that goes from 6-8pm. It's located at 460 Park Ave on the 6th floor if you are in the area. See below for the details on where and when the exhibit will also be shown.
This exhibition is the second part of the two-part project from “The Archive of Korean American Artists” of the AHL Foundation. After the successful first exhibition held in 2013 that presented archival materials of Korean artists active in the US from 1955 to 1989, this second exhibition showcases archival materials, documents, and early artworks by Korean artists from 1989 to 2001. While the first exhibition showcased 45 artists including Whanki Kim, Po Kim, Nam June Paik, and Ik-Joong Kang, this second exhibition features a younger generation of artists, many of whom are video, mixed media, computer graphics, and installation artists. Among more than 200 artists of this generation, 45 artists have been specially invited to exhibit their pivotal works stemming from the 1990s and 2000s; many of the works are reflective of the global events of the times such as the IMF bailout of Korea during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 market crash by the dot-com bubble, the anxiety of the “Y2K” Millennium Bug in 2000, and the catastrophic tragedy of the 9/11 attacks.
This is a monumental undertaking, comprised of approximately 70 works by 45 artists as well as documentary materials.
I do hope you get a chance to see it while it's still around!