PKM GALLERY, Beijing is proud to present FAST BREAK from 13 April to 30 June 2007, the second special exhibition to be held at PKM GALLERY, Beijing since its opening in November 2006. FAST BREAK brings together a full-scale exhibition of Korean artists for the first time to Beijing, one of the most active contemporary art scenes today.
Fast Break, originally a term referring to a strategic swift attack in aim of scoring a point before the opponent is able to get in a defensive position in sports such as basketball or volleyball; is applied here to represent a moment to generate a fresh tone, an opportunity for recharge, and to create an 'artistic' team work. In broader terms, it is also a metaphor for experiencing the momentum of Seoul- from everyday amusement from incessant change, daily pattern of missing proper timing due to hesitation, routinized shock, and frequent lapse of memory and instantaneous and unpredictable energy of the present.
The fourteen young artists exhibiting in the show have lived through the time of high-speed growth and have experienced the trauma of cold war. They are now confronting the rapidly expanding 'place' of freedom and complexities of the value system. The artists vividly draw the topography of this transitional period with their discerning language and diverse themes:
Architectural landscape portraying the 'Korean Modernity'
- KIM Sanggil, KONG Sung-hun, KIM Bo-min, flyingCity
Double-edged perspective between the cold war and the post cold war
- Area. Park, PARK Chan-Kyong, ROH Jae-oon
Redemption of the memory suppressed by the Korean modern history
- BAE Young-hwan, SONG Sang-hee, JO Hae-jun
Individual imaginations confronting the instruments of logic and economics
- KIM Beom, KOH Seung-wook
Dramatized criticism of plastic utopia
- HAM Jin, YOON Jeong-mee
These artistic approaches will provide a richer prospect for comparison as well as providing a multi-dimensional interface in the capital city of a neighbouring country, formed of strong gravitation between polarities of past and future, freedom and equality.
Fast Break, originally a term referring to a strategic swift attack in aim of scoring a point before the opponent is able to get in a defensive position in sports such as basketball or volleyball; is applied here to represent a moment to generate a fresh tone, an opportunity for recharge, and to create an 'artistic' team work. In broader terms, it is also a metaphor for experiencing the momentum of Seoul- from everyday amusement from incessant change, daily pattern of missing proper timing due to hesitation, routinized shock, and frequent lapse of memory and instantaneous and unpredictable energy of the present.
The fourteen young artists exhibiting in the show have lived through the time of high-speed growth and have experienced the trauma of cold war. They are now confronting the rapidly expanding 'place' of freedom and complexities of the value system. The artists vividly draw the topography of this transitional period with their discerning language and diverse themes:
Architectural landscape portraying the 'Korean Modernity'
- KIM Sanggil, KONG Sung-hun, KIM Bo-min, flyingCity
Double-edged perspective between the cold war and the post cold war
- Area. Park, PARK Chan-Kyong, ROH Jae-oon
Redemption of the memory suppressed by the Korean modern history
- BAE Young-hwan, SONG Sang-hee, JO Hae-jun
Individual imaginations confronting the instruments of logic and economics
- KIM Beom, KOH Seung-wook
Dramatized criticism of plastic utopia
- HAM Jin, YOON Jeong-mee
These artistic approaches will provide a richer prospect for comparison as well as providing a multi-dimensional interface in the capital city of a neighbouring country, formed of strong gravitation between polarities of past and future, freedom and equality.
http://www.pkmgallery.com/publications/fast-break/
| Description: | Catalogue published in conjunction with the group exhibition 'FAST BREAK' at PKM Gallery, Beijing, in 2007. The first full-scale Korean art exhibition to be held in Beijing, it draws together fourteen artists who explore the conflicts and ironies of modern Korean society in their work. Artist biographies included. |
| Language/s: | Chinese, English, Korean |
| : | Limitation of Fast Break - PARK Chankyong(박찬경) |
| : | BAE Youngwhan(배영환), (Group) flyingCity(플라잉시티), HAM Jin(함진), JO Haejun(조해준), KIM Beom(김범), KIM Bomin(김보민), KIM Sanggil(김상길), KOH Seungwook(고승욱), KONG Sunghun(공성훈), Area PARK(박진영), PARK Chankyong(박찬경), RHO Jaeoon(노재운), SONG Sanghee(송상희), YOON Jeongmee(윤정미) |
| : | PARK Chankyong(박찬경) |
| Publisher/Organiser: | PKM Gallery |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| No. of Pages: | 52, SOFT COVER, 177X245MM |
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