[KS] Public lecture on contemporary Korean art by Jongmin Baek on Oct. 23, Portland State University

[Junghee Lee]

Dear members,

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.

Speaker: Jongmin Baek
Date and time: October 23, 2018. 10 A.M.-11::30 A.M.
Title: "Contemporary Korean Art."
Location:  Room 200, Art Building, Portland State University
                 2000 S.W. 5th Avenue
                 Portland, OR  97201
Free and open to the Public.

Abstract of the lecture:

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.

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?

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 well as the presentation of
Korean art at international art venues, such as the Venice Biennale.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Jongmin Paek is an Independent Scholar specializing in Korean Art History,
Modern and Contemporary Art, Cultural Studies. Most recently Paek was the
Korea Foundation and Academy of Korean Studies Visiting Professor of
Korean Studies
at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy (2010-2015). Her research
interests include Korean and Asian art history; theory and criticism;
history of modernity, race and ethnicity; and construction of social
identities. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Korean Studies at Hamburg
University.

Attached is the flyer of the event.

Thank you for your attention.

Best wishes,
Junghee Lee
Professor of Art History
School of Art and Design
Portland State University
P. O. Box 751
Portland, OR  97207-0751
U. S. A.
leeju at pdx.edu

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