Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989
Welcome to the resource page for the exhibition Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989.
Please let us know of any useful resources we can post here.
Leslie Ureña’s exhibition lecture on March 7:
Shape of Time Curator Lecture 3.7.24
Mia Press Release: Minneapolis Institute of Art Explores complex array of Contemporary Korean Art in New Exhibition
Korean History with Dr. Frank Chance on March 19:
Video of Korean History lecture
Presentation slides:
Korean History Overview Slide List
Video, Cultural Fluency Training with Mia Front of House Staff:
Pronunciation Guide with Jung Sook Wendeborn
Shape of Time pronunciation session with Jung Wendeborn
Teachers Guide by Bridget Gallagher-Larkin:
Shape of Time Teachers Guide_FINAL
List of heads for Michael Joo’s piece:
JOO, Michael_Heads from Headless_032924
Additional Information on Eulji Theatre:
JUNG, Yeondoo_Eulji Theatre_supplementary information
Final panels and labels:
Large Print:
GCA242231_SoT_LargePrintLabels V1
Final checklist:
SoT at Mia_Checklist_03072024 final
Exhibition layout:
(to come)
Content resources
From your colleague Cara Richardson, Memory of the Dead and Responsibility of the Living : Noh Suntag’s Forgetting Machines (2006-2007)
An article about the exhibition: Craft and Stone, Korea’s Artistic Odyssey from 1989 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
From your colleague Margie Crone, more information about Kyeok Kim, on Instagram video
From your colleague Margie Crone, an Instagram post on artist Minouk Lim: Minouk Lim info on canes
From Hyperallergic, a review and information on artist Minouk Lim: Stories That Need to Be Told.
Minouk Lim article: South Korean Artist Minouk Lim Talks About Her Creative Practice And Being Part Of Para Site’s ‘Curtain’
Kyungah Ham, An Artist Unites North and South Korea, Stitch by Stitch
Do Ho Suh, from Art 21: “Some/One” and the Korean Military
Ju Se-kyun: Instagram post from the PMA
Ju Se-kyun: New Grammar of Representation to Shed Determined Representations
From your colleague Margie Crone, a video of Korean performance using mats, in connection to Suki Seokyeong Kang’s works: Traditional Korean Performance Story Ep.13 춘앵무 (Chunaengmu)
Suki Seokyeong Kang: A conversation in Ocula
From Frieze: Suki Seokyeong Kang’s All-Enveloping Landscape
From your colleague Jung, the dance performed for Suki Seokyeong KANG’s artwork.
Also from Jung, a Korean article with photos of the mat.
From K-Art Now: Artist Son Donghyun, From Traditional Portraits of Contemporary Figures to Studying Korean Paper in the Spirit of Traditional Korean Landscape Painters
Article on Donghyun Son: Portraits of a pop artist called Jacko
Interview : Yoo Eui Jeong, céramiste (you need to translate the website to English)
Interview (includes the piece Headless): MICHAEL JOO
DAM Blog post, includes info on Michael Joo work: Art that Speaks to Race, Gender, Climate & Other Current Issues
Article: SANG HEE YUN–BEWARE LACQUER
Sang-hee Yun: ‘Ottchil’ artist reshaping Korean craft with modern twists
Byron Kim, Synecdoche, 1991-present: National Gallery of Art label
Byron Kim: Art History Perspectives on Synecdoche
Heinkuhn OH: Left Face
Heinkuhn Oh bio and other information from Korean Artist Project
From your colleague Jung Wendeborn, a video of students performing the national gymnastics.
Context resources
From your colleague Margie Crone, an article on the popularization of Korean culture:
The “Korean Wave” and the Expansion of South Korean Culture
Portraits of Korean Kings: Rare portraits provide a peek at kings
From your colleague Martha Bordwell, her memoir, Missing Mothers, is in part about Korean adoption. She has also published some articles in the Korean Quarterly. Her book is available through online retailers, or you can reach out to Martha for it, too.
From your colleague Deb Baumer, info on a Korean exhibition running now at the Hammer Museum