MADE IN NEW YORK/ MADE IN SEOUL

This exhibition of works by sixty contemporary artists from New York and Seoul reveals the broad range of techniques, styles, and sensibilities active in printmaking today. Representing the state-of-the-art of the genre, these artists manipulate the deep tones and textures accessible to the printmaker to produce artwork with the eye-catching graphic quality that is the hallmark of print.

Printmaking, through its unique ability to produce affordable copies, has been long associated with the democratization of information—and it continues to be a force for wider dissemination of fine art, even in this digital age. Today’s print artists from New York and Seoul, through application of the wide palette of printer techniques, participate in and extend their respective country’s remarkable—and in the case of Korea’s, ancient—history of printmaking.

“Made in New York/Made in Seoul” is a joint effort of the New York Society of Etchers, the Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association, The School of Visual Arts, Carrier Pigeon magazine, and The Korea Society. The collection will also be exhibited at the Seoul Museum of Art’s Gyeonghuigung Annex from October 1-5, 2014.

 

June 11—August 15, 2014

 

Reception

New York

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 | 5:30 PM-8 PM

 

Gyeonghuigung Annex building of the Seoul Museum of Art
45, Saemunan-ro Jongno-gu, Seoul (Simmunno 2-ga)

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 | 4:30 PM-6 PM

 

For more information, please contact Jahee Yu

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Kyung-sook Shin: I’ll Be Right There

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Kyung-sook Shin, one of Korea’s most acclaimed writers and author of the international bestseller Please Look After Mom, has written a seventh novel, I’ll Be Right There, a coming-of-age story set in South Korea’s turbulent 1980s. Following the June 3rd release of the English translation of I’ll Be Right There, Ms Shin visits The Korea Society to discuss her life and writing, as well as her latest book.

A reception and book signing will follow.

 

 

Thursday, June 5, 2014 | 6:30 PM

 

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, 8th floor
New York, NY 10022

 

 

You may pre-order a paperback copy of the book, I’ll Be Right There, for pick-up at registration on June 5. Books will also be on sale at the program for $15.

 

Members – ticket: Free

Book Only: $12

Nonmembers – ticket:  $20

Nonmembers Plus Book: $32

 


 

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 Contemporary Culture programs are generously sponsored by CJ

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East Meets West Workshop

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July 25th is the deadline for this year’s Donghwa Cultural Foundation “East Meets West” International Essay Competition. Learn what it takes to win at from the staff of The Korea Society and past competition awardees at this special workshop. The Competition is open to all high school and college students, and prizes include $1,000 or a round-trip ticket to Korea, as well as special awards from the Consulate General of Korea in New York, the Korean Cultural Service New York, and The Korea Daily. Read more about it at the Donghwa Cultural Foundation.

 

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 | 6:00 PM

The Korea Society | 950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor

(@57th St) | New York, NY 10022

Register now

 

 

Korean Beauty Today

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In Marie Claire’s article, The New Skincare Superpower, the Korean beauty industry is described as being 12 years ahead of the U.S. in terms of beauty innovation and science. Alicia Yoon, co-founder of Peach and Lily, a website portal to “Asia’s best in beauty products,”  will be joining us to talk about how Korea became a global leader in the beauty industry and a country that others look towards for the latest beauty trends and sensational products. She’ll also discuss how Peach and Lily was launched and the role it plays in bringing Korean beauty to the U.S.

It’s not all business, though, as Alicia, who was trained as an aesthetician in Korea’s esteemed beauty schools, concludes the evening with a discussion on the Korean beauty regimen, including beauty tips and product recommendations to help demystify how Korean women keep such flawless and radiant skin!

 

Thursday, May 29, 2014  |  6:30 PM

 

Explorers and Above: Free

Members and Students: $10

Nonmembers: $20

 


 

 

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The Art of Maedeup, Korean Traditional Knotting

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In this knotting workshop, artist Karen Ahn teaches the Garakji (ring) knot, a versatile knot frequently used to make jewelry—including necklaces, earrings, and cufflinks. Maedeup, the traditional Korean art form of knotting silken cords, consists of over 35 intricate knots—with colorful names such as “dragonfly” and “plum blossom”—skillfully made into beautiful ornaments and accessories.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM

If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Y. Pak or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.

 Advance ticket purchase required for this event. Space is limited.

Members |  $25

Non-members | $40

 Materials included.

Bojagi: Korean Patchwork

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Create a Hot-bo (single layer Bojagi) which can either be displayed as art or used as a decorative household item, such as a window screen or table runner, during this 4 week, 12-hour workshop with artist Wonju Seo. Using silk material and the ssam-sol (filet stitchs), participants will sew their own unique designs.

Bojagi, or bo for short, refers to square hemmed cloth comprised of fabric remnants of various sizes and colors, sewn together in patchwork designs, which Koreans used to wrap, store, or carry things with during the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Bojagi were not only practical and versatile items in the daily lives of Koreans, but also very beautiful, attesting to the artistry that Koreans sought even in the most mundane aspects of their everyday lives. Hot-bo, specifically refers to unlined, single layer Bojagi which were made with silk, ramie, and hemp for wrapping and storing daily items such as blankets and clothes.  As time went by, the patchwork itself became a highly creative and artistic craft, and today people make Hot-bo for artistic and decorative purposes.

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This workshop meets for a total of 12 hours over four sessions:

Mondays,  April 21, 28, May 5, and 12, 2014 | 12:30 – 3:30 PM

If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Y. Pak or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.

 

Members |  $295

Non-members | $325

Participants are requested to bring their own fabric scissors and rulers. 

 

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Art Workshop Bojagi: Korean Patchwork Cloth is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.   

Korean Traditional Music Orchestra of the Blind

In Chosŏn times, blind musicians held official posts and performed for various court ceremonies and rituals. The Korean Traditional Music Orchestra of the Blind was founded in 2011 to revive this tradition of official recognition for sight-impaired musicians.

 

 

Thursday, May 8, 2014

 

6:00 PM | Registration

6:30 PM | Performance

 

Members: Free with registration

Non-members $10

Students: Free with valid Student ID

 

Performers:

 

Kim Soohee, Geomungo

Jung Chul, Percussion

Lee Jinyoung, Percussion

Park Jisun, Daegeum

Lee Hyuna, Court Vocal

Moon Jongseok, Daegeum

Yoon Garam, Pansoree

Byun Jonghyuk, Artistic Director and Haegeum

Choi Dongic, Director

Guest Artist: Park Gyeongmin, Piri


 

Korean Contemporary Ceramics

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When artists work in a medium as old as earth itself, in a country that has for centuries been recognized as a center for artistic expression in that medium, how do they continue to innovate? This challenge is answered by each of the artists in this exhibition of Korean contemporary ceramics.

YOON Kwang Cho, a leading buncheong artist, is a recipient of Korea’s most esteemed prize for contemporary art, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Artist of the Year. Yoon’s playful, carefree approach and coarse forms belie a powerful imagination and profound originality. KIM Yik Yung, also a recipient of the Artist of the Year prize, creates refined porcelain masterpieces with faceted surfaces that play with light. Min Kyu LEE’s porcelains, filled with recessed squares of negative space, elicit contemplation of the unseen. Young Mi KIM subjects her ceramics to several wood-firings, adding organic textures and colors to her botanical forms. SHIN Sang Ho possesses a vivid sense of texture and form, and the many legs of his African-inspired horse sculpture captures the energy of swift horizontal motion. Jong Sook KANG portrays the immigrant experience as adventurous butterflies, each encountering its own voluptuous Big Apple. KIM See Man’s poetic sensibility transforms functional space into aesthetic space with modern translations of buncheong vessels. Ji Wan JOO’s meditative groups of celadon and white stoneware cubes reference Korea’s ancient tradition of geometric patterns in a contemporary form.

The works by these artists represent the diverse range of ceramic art as practiced in Korea today, and exemplify the creative Korean spirit of artistry and innovation.

February 7, 2014-April  25, 2014

 

Gallery Opening
Friday, February 7,2014 |  5:30 PM – 8 PM

 

The Korea Society

Gallery Open Daily, M-F, 10 AM-5 PM

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.


 

 

 

9 Muses of Star Empire

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Filmmaker Hark-Joon Lee chronicles the making of an all girl band in this insightful documentary on K-Pop—the multi-billion dollar South Korean musical entertainment industry. 9 Muses of Star Empire follows the nine young women in a new girl group for a year as they are molded and trained by the powerful Star Empire Agency to be the next big K-pop sensation. As the everyday life of these girls unfolds, they relentlessly pursue their dreams in a world of jealousy, betrayal, and scandal. You’ll never look at K-Pop in quite the same way.

 

Following the screening, director Hark Joon Lee will be available to answer questions about the documentary, as well as what’s happened to 9 Muses since the 2010 filming.

 

(82 minutes, 2012)

Directed by Hark Joon Lee

Produced by Min-Chul Kim (Minch & Films) and Suk Kee Lee (Style Chosun)

 

Thursday, April 17, 2014  |  7:00 PM

The Korea Society
950 Third Ave., 8th Fl
(Entrance on 57th St.)

 

Members and Students: Free

Non-members: $10

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

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Co-presented with KAFFNY

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Director’s Talk with Hark-Joon Lee

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Director Hark-Joon Lee, long-time reporter turned filmmaker, discusses his amazing, and in some cases life-threatening, experiences making documentaries on two wildly different subjects: North Korean defectors trying to escape to freedom and K-Pop, Korea’s musical entertainment industry. Lee deeply embeds himself in his film projects and goes to extraordinary lengths in pursuit of stories he thinks are worth telling.

From 2007 to 2011, Director Lee lived among North Korean defectors in China filming episodes which tell the moving and dramatic stories of a few of the many North Korean defectors who have crossed into China and made the harrowing journey along the 20,000 kilometer escape route stretching through China to Laos and Thailand or north into Russia, traveling through Khabarovsk, Tynda and on to Moscow. Posing as a North Korean defector, Lee risked his life filming undercover to capture the haunting stories first-hand. He witnessed human trafficking, the smuggling of illicit drugs by North Korean soldiers, and a rare successful escape from North Korea by sea. Crossing Heaven’s Border, which captures several of these harrowing, heartbreaking stories, aired in 2009 on Wide Angle, a PBS series, and received an Amnesty International’s best in human rights journalism award and a 2010 Emmy award nomination.  Another documentary, Across Land, Across Sea, received an Emmy nomination in 2012 and has been shown in Korea and Europe.

For his documentary, 9 Muses of Star Empire, Lee got extraordinary access to the inner workings of the Star Empire agency by agreeing to become the 9 Muses’ manager during the year-long filming of the band as they prepared to make their debut. What emerges is a fascinating look at Korea’s musical entertainment industry, as well as a candid portrait of a physically grueling and psychologically challenging life, where the young singers must decide whether the price of fame is worth it.

In order to experience Hark-Joon Lee’s work, The Korea Society will be showing Across Land, Across Sea for the first time in the U.S. on April 16 at 6 PM, preceding our talk with Director Lee. 9 Muses of Star Empire will be shown at The Korea Society on April 17 at 7 PM. You can also watch his award-winning Crossing Heaven’s Border on PBS’s Web site.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

 

6:00 PM  |  Pre-Program Screening of Across Land, Across Sea

7:00 PM  |  Director’s Talk with Hark-Joon Lee

 

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, 8th floor
New York, NY 10022

 

Explorers and Above: Free

Students:  $5

Members: $10

Non-members: $20

 

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

 


 

Co-presented with KAFFNY

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 Contemporary Culture programs are generously sponsored by CJ

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