MMCA Seoul | inaugural exhibitions in new contemporary art museum
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The latest trends and forms of contemporary art have gone on display at the newly opened Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea - MMCA Seoul.
The museum, located in the heart of Seoul next to Gyeongbokgung Palace, is marking its opening in a big way, presenting five exhibitions that encompass diverse forms of contemporary art in exhibition spaces that measure a total of 10,450 square meters.
The museum invited some of the most popular and emerging artists in the international art scene ― among them, Korean installation artist Suh Do Ho, Japanese artist Kishio Suga, who is behind the Japanese art movement Mono-ha, British media artist Tacita Dean, American artist Kim Jones known for antiwar artworks and shocking street performances, and emerging young artists such as Korean media artist Yang Min-ha.
The
Connecting_Unfolding exhibition invited a team of curators from six countries:
Eunju Choi, Richard Flood, Ann Gallagher, Yuko Hasegawa, Sook-Kyung Lee, Bernhard Serexhe, and Pooja Sood to select the seven participating artists: Tacita Dean, Kim Jones, Amar Kanwar, Marc Lee, Lee Mingwei, Kishio Suga, and Minha Yang
Other inaugural exhibitions to launch the new MMCA Seoul:
Zeitgeist Korea
Home Within Home Within Home Within Home Within Home - Do Ho Suh [image]
Read more about the new MMCA Seoul in
Korea Herald