The Shape of Time:
Korean Art after 1989

October 21, 2023–February 11, 2024

Through the lens of 28 Korean artists, all born between 1960 and 1986, the exhibition focuses on the rise of South Korea’s influence on a world stage and how as a country, they continue to grapple with their past.

This exhibition brings together works by contemporary artists of Korean descent in a vibrant installation that filters individual artistic practice through the collective memory of a generation that lived under South Korea’s authoritarian regime—and was the first to experience its new democratic freedoms. Many of the artists trained in Europe and the United States, immersing themselves in Euro-American ideals while coming of age at a time of rapid change in Korea.

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