“KOREA. Contemporary Art from South and North Korea”
Opening Reception Program / September 30, 2015
Jorgensen Gallery / UConn-Storrs / 5:30pm to 8:20pm
Storrs, CT – The Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts and the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University Connecticut proudly present the exhibition “KOREA. Contemporary Art from South and North Korea” at the Jorgensen Gallery from September 30 through December 11, 2015.
OPENING RECEPTION PROGRAM
5:30 – 6:00: Opening Remarks by Cathy Schlund-Vials, Director of Asian and Asian American Studies Institute / Followed by an Introduction to and Dialogue with the Curator of the exhibition, Heng-Gil Han
6:00 – 7:00: Gallery Tour of Exhibition with Curator and Artists attending the Opening
7:00 - 7:30: Intermission
7:30 - 8:20: “DRUM KOREA” Percussion Performance / Chamber Stage – Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
“KOREA” presents work by South and North Korean artists in juxtaposition. To enrich the context, the exhibition also collects some items from North Korea such as art related books, posters, and stamps. The exhibition does not attempt to intervene in any political matters. Focused only on art, the exhibition is a comparative study that attempts not only to explore arts from the two Koreas, but also to provoke a critical reflection on current international exhibitions driven by the force of the global art market and to provide a space for a philosophical discourse on the possibility of writing about a deep continuity of perpetually altering contemporary art that advances by the logic of contradiction.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Heng-Gil Han is Co-founder and Director of Korea Art Forum, a New York based not-for-profit organization devoted to bridging the world through art. The current exhibition is an improved edition of KOREA that he previously presented in 2014 at the FiveMyles in Brooklyn, NY.
ABOUT “DRUM KOREA”
To enhance the public experience of the exhibition, “Drum Korea” will perform a set of Korean percussion music as a part of the Opening program. Performed by the New York Korean Traditional Marching Band, a professional Korean traditional percussion group based in Flushing, NY, its members include Chunseung Lee, Sangyul Lee, and Maggie Kim.
MORE AT http://jorgensen.uconn.edu/about/gallery.php
For more information, contact: Ms. Fe Delos-Santos at fe.delos-santos@uconn.edu