<div dir="ltr">Dear members,<div><br></div><div>I would like to invite you to a lecture of contemporary Korean art as one of the Yoshiko Kakudo Memorial lectures, to commemorate a former curator of Japanese art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaker: Jongmin Baek</div><div>Date and time: October 23, 2018. 10 A.M.-11::30 A.M.</div><div>Title: "Contemporary Korean Art."</div><div>Location: Room 200, Art Building, Portland State University</div><div> 2000 S.W. 5th Avenue</div><div> Portland, OR 97201</div><div>Free and open to the Public.</div><div><br></div><div>Abstract of the lecture: </div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">More than ever before, contemporary Korean art now enjoys the attention of art lovers and critics from all over the world. The international art community seems to be shouting, “The Koreans are at the top of the art world!” In terms of popularity and market, at least partially, Korean art even replaces the outstanding but very expensive works of contemporary Chinese art, thus pleasing collectors’ complex taste buds as well as their pockets. This did not happen overnight. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Throughout modern history, Korean artists have been negotiating westernization while attempting to come to terms with national identity. Artists tried balancing between tradition and modernity, first under colonial suppression, then conditioned by the limitations enforced by a geographically and politically divided nation. Their art oscillated between the demands of and the reaction against dictatorship, student uprisings and citizen protests. How could Korean art become successful under these conditions, and how is a success even defined?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">This lecture will look into key factors influencing the development of Korean aesthetics and the construction of national identity in Korean contemporary art. We will look at both, the discourse on contemporary Korean art within Korea and overseas. Specifically, we will examine art exhibitions and market structures, government policies on art education and the representation of art at local levels, as </span><span style="line-height:115%"><font size="4">well as the presentation of Korean art at international art venues, such as the Venice Biennale.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ABOUT THE SPEAKER</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Jongmin </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Paek </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">is an Independent Scholar specializing in </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.15pt">Korean </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Art History, Modern and Contemporary Art,</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.55pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Cultural</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Studies.</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.55pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Most</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">recently</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Paek</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">was</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">the</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.15pt">Korea</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Foundation</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">and</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.45pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Academy</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">of</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.1pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.15pt">Korean</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Studies</span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-1.45pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Visiting </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Professor of </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.15pt">Korean </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Studies at </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Ca’ </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Foscari University, Venice, Italy (2010-2015). Her research interests include </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.15pt">Korean </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">and Asian art history; theory and criticism; history of modernity, race </span>and<span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)"> ethnicity; and </span>construction of<span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)"> social identities. She is currently pursuing a </span>PhD<span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)"> in </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:-0.15pt">Korean </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">Studies at Hamburg </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);letter-spacing:2.9pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32)">University.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Attached is the flyer of the event.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Thank you for your attention.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Best wishes,</span></p></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Junghee Lee<br></div>Professor of Art History<br></div>School of Art and Design<br></div>Portland State University<br></div>P. 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