Park Chan-kyong, ‘Belated Bonsal,’ 2019, HD film, 5.1 channel sound, 55 min. Courtesy of the artist and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA).In the second half of 2023, various exhibitions introducing Korean contemporary art are set to take place in the United States.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York will present Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s, from September 1, 2023, to January 7, 2024.
The Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, in celebration of the opening of its Modern and Contemporary Gallery, will feature Park Chan-kyong’s solo exhibition Gathering from October 7, 2023, to October 13, 2024.
Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989, showcasing works by Korean and Korean-American artists born between 1960 and 1986, from October 21, 2023, to February 11, 2024.
