The New Acquisition of Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art

◆ Period February 16 (Thu) to March 6 (Sun), 2017

◆ Venue Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art

Kwon Yongju, Ki Seulki, Kim Eok, Kim Yongchul, Kim Eunsook, Kim Eull, Kim Juree, Kim Joon, Kim Djinsuk, Yoo Yeunbok, Moon Sohyun, Park Kyungryul, Park Yuna, Park Jeeun, Bak Hyongryol, Pyon Naeri, Song Mingyu, Shin Sunghy, Yang Junguk, Yoo Youngho, Yoo Hyunmi, Lee Kangwook, Lee Kyunghee, Yee Sookyung, Lee Wonhee, Lee Jongsong, Lee Hyukjong, Lim Nosik, Jeon Hyunsun, Jeong Soyoun, Cho Minah, Joo Hwang, Choi Hochul, Ham Kyungah, Han Sungwoo, Simon Morley

The Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art presents The New Acquisition of Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art as its first exhibition in 2017, from February 16 through April 16. The museum is displaying the collection it has been acquiring from 2013 to 2016.

This exhibition shows 43 artworks by 36 artists in total. Of these, 18 artworks were acquired through the 2016 Gyeonggi Rising Artist Contest and the 2016 Art Gyeonggi Start Up. An additional 11 donated items and 14 from the Gyeonggi Creation Center are included in the group of works on display.

The Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art has collected eminent artworks in accordance with the museum’s collection policy. Recognized for various activities based on the collection, the museum has become one of the major modern art museums of Korea.

As the major activities of museums – such as exhibition, education, research, and so on – depend primarily on its collections, the museum has been doing its utmost to expand the number of quality acquisitions. The New Acquisition of Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art will introduce various endeavors and aspects of Korean contemporary art to viewers through the new collection of Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art.

◈Exhibition Sections and Main Works

Ki Seulki, The Moment of Chewing Gritty Sand 01, 2015, archival pigment print, 130×100㎝

Kim Eull, Beyond the painting 15-13, 2015, mixed media, 103×83×11㎝

Park Kyungryul, Your Mass, 2014, oil on canvas, 112×146㎝

Kim Yongchul, Sunrise at Yongwang Mountain #3, 2015, oil on canvas, 42.4×72.2㎝

Yoo Yeonbok, DMZ, 2010, multicolored woodcut, 60×180㎝

Choi Hochul, Unfulfilled Wish of Going Back Home, 2015, digital printing, 90×100㎝

Yoo Youngho, Greeting Man, 2015, aluminium, urethane, stainless steel, 350(h)x100x120㎝

Song Mingyu, Have a Nice Day, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 145.5×89.4㎝

Kim Djinsuk, Maria with Crown, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 30×41cm

Ham Kyungah, One Day Before Exhibition, 2004-5, single channel video, 1min 44sec