“DMZ Exhibition: CHECKPOINT Part 2” Installation view at Yonkang Gallery ©GYEONGGI PROVINCE18 artists, including Kim Westfall, Suh Yongsun, Minouk Lim, and ikkibawiKrrr, will participate in the exhibition DMZ Exhibition: CHECKPOINT Part 2. It will be held from October 6 to November 5. Following Part 1 of the exhibition in Paju (08.31 – 09.23, 2023), Part 2 will be held at Yeoncheon, utilizing the Yonkang Gallery in the civilian-controlled area and three Gyeongwon Line stations (Sinmang-ri Station, Daegwang-ri Station, Sintanri Station). For visitors with limited mobility, a tour bus will depart from Art Sonje center every Saturday from October 14 to November 4, and online registration will be accepted until three days before departure.
The exhibition marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War and aims to evoke a sense of place, history, and division in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) created during this period. Inaccessible to the public, the DMZ, a space for soldiers, has become home to a variety of plants and animals. The exhibition seeks to reflect on this sense of place. Rather than directly addressing social phenomena or the trauma of war, the participating artists shed light on the place from an artistic perspective, looking at the space unfamiliarly or abstractly.
At Yonkang Gallery, works by multiple artists are displayed across the first and second floors of the gallery and the nearby Imjin River Peace Wetland. While at the three stations of the Gyeongwon Line, one artist’s work is installed at each station.
