THE KOREA SOCIETY

is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea. Learn more about us here.

Exhibitions

Songs of the Flying Dragons

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 | 6:00 PM
Exhibition February 2 - April 10, 2005 This exhibition included four paintings of Korean dragons and a pair of dragon sculptures on loan from the Lea Sneider Collection. All the pieces mixed strict formalism with unexpected creativity. Two of the paintings depicted dragons as benevolent bringers of rain, symbolized by a dragon surrounded by clouds. A third painting depicted a dragon with carp swimming placidly beneath it, instead of jumping… Read More

Balancing Acts: Korean American Contemporary Artists

Thursday, October 21, 2004 | 6:00 PM
Art imitates life, and life may imitate art. Sometimes life becomes art. The artists and writers presented here juggle time and space, time zones and languages to produce their art and literature. Like the needle of a compass, they wobble as they set their direction. Staying in balance requires perpetual motion... constant adjustment for disruptive forces — a balancing act. Group Exhibition: Korean American Contemporary Artists October 21 - December… Read More
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