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<br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><i> </i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To Register, please RSVP to<span>  </span><a href="http://www.lacma.org/Symposium2017"><span>www.lacma.org/Symposium2017</span></a></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><i>From Postwar to Contemporary Korean Art (1953-Present): Conflicts, Innovations and Interactions</i></b><b> </b>invites <span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">fifteen specialists in Korean modern and contemporary art to give presentations that survey the diverse developments of Korean art from 1953 to the present. These scholars will discuss the art movements and collectives that flourished and evolved during these important years of political conflict, artistic innovation and global interactions. The specialists will cover a wide range of issues: from material representations and canonical artworks to new media and digital networks, as well as, topics devoted to film, photography, and architecture. </span><span style="color:black">This symposium is co-organized by the co-editors of <i>From Postwar to Contemporary Korean Art (1953 - Present): Conflicts, Innovations and Interactions, </i>Korea Arts Management Service, Byucksan Education and Art Foundation, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">LOCATION: The Brown Auditorium, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; 5905 Wilshire Blvd; Los Angeles, CA 90036 </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">OCTOBER 20^th, 2017 SCHEDULE</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">10:00 to 10:10 AM <span>            </span>Welcome and Introductions</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">10:10 to 1:00 PM<span>            </span>PRESENTATIONS</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>In the Conflicts of Tradition and Modernity: Korean Modern Art, Circa 1953, </i>Carey Park, Hongik University </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Korean Architecture in the Evolutionary Modernization Process, from 1953 to 1988, </i>Dong-son Woo Korean National University of Arts</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Korean Artists in Japan after 1953 </i><i>―</i><i> Japan as a Laboratory for Korean Artists, </i>Mina Lee, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Japan</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Historicizing the Avant-Garde Contexts in Postwar Korea: >From Experimental Arts to Collective Groups (Origin, AG, ST)</i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> , Yeon Shim Chung, Hongik University<i> </i></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1:00 to 1:30 PM <span>            </span>CASUAL LUNCH</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1:30 to 2:00 PM <span>            </span>Korean Art Walkthrough: Unexpected Light: Works by Young Il Ahn</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">2:00 to 6:00 PM<span>             </span>PRESENTATIONS</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Participation TV: Nam June Paik’s Video Art, </i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">William Kaizen, </span><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Independent Scholar and Curator</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Minjung and After: Korean Art since Minjung Art of the 1980s, </i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Chunghoon Shin, </span>Korea National Research Center for the Arts</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Experimental Photographers of Korea,</i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> Young June Lee, </span>Kaywon School of Art and Design</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Contextualizing Korean and Cinematic Arts: Golden Genres and the National Popular in "Golden Age" Cinema</i>, Michelle Cho, Mcgill University<i> </i></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Return from Exile: The Art of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, </i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Lawrence R. Rinder, </span>UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>The 1990s: The Turning Point in Korean Contemporary Art, </i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Sunjung Kim, Gwangju Biennale Foundation</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">OCTOBER 21^st, 2017 SCHEDULE</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">10:00AM to 12:55 PM         PRESENTATIONS</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>The Paradoxical Place of Female Body image in Korean Feminist Arts</i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">, Dong-yeon Koh, </span>Chugye University for the Arts</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Contemporary Korean Media Art: Opening the Space of In-between, </i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Jung E. Choi, Duke University<i> </i></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Korean Architecture after 1988: A Globalization Claim,</i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> Seunghan Paek, </span>Yonsei University</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Considering Korean Contemporary Art and Diasporic Belonging: Korean American Art and the American Urban, </i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Kimberly Mee Chung, Hongik University </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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