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 Exhibiting Korea 2007A New, Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs at The Korea Society The Kyopo Project Cindy Hwang Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 6:30 PM Millions of Koreans live outside of Korea; many of them have never even set foot in their home country. In Korean, they're known as kyopo. And the Kyopo Project, organized by photographer Cindy Hwang, tells their story. Begun in November of 2004, the Kyopo Project is a collection of over 100 portraits-both photographic and literary-of overseas Koreans from around the world. The stories and images of these kyopo, fully integrated into countries as far afield as the U.S., Canada, Denmark and Brazil, reveal an emerging, dynamic identity that defies received wisdom on kyopo in both Korea and around the world. At an enlivening and inquisitive gallery talk, Cindy Hwang will display sections of the Kyopo Project, and discuss how today's trans-national kyopo communities are reshaping their host countries and Korea.
Cindy Hwang is a freelance photographer in New York City. Her photos often seek to capture the inherent beauty of her subjects through traditional and interpretive portraiture. Much of her work included in the Kyopo Project focuses on capturing the collective persona of a cultural diaspora and the inherent synergies produced by subjects during the documentation process. Hwang is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. A fashion industry expert, her clients include Guess Watches, Equilend, Elle International, Angelo Filomeno and Jessica Corr. Questions, registration? call Jinyoung Kim, senior program officer for arts, 212-7597-525 ext 316 or email. Exhibiting KoreaA New, Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs at The Korea Society Exhibiting Korea, a new monthly series of presentations on the fine arts, film, fashion and architecture of the Korean Peninsula, is debuting this April. Series programs will address contemporary trends in cultural expression in Korea, and take audiences back to important movements they might have overlooked. These gallery talks, given by top experts, critics and artists, will put the colors and shapes of modern Korea on display-and explain the cultural and historical contexts behind them. Please join us.
Other Programs in this Series (all held at The Korea Society Auditorium, 6:30 PM)
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