Kyuchul Ahn, Time of Plants II, 2015, Steel, wires, and plants, 700x500x500cm ©Gyeongnam Art Museum
From July 21 to October 29, the Gyeongnam Art Museum will present How To Archive, an exhibition based on works by Kunyong Lee, Kyuchul Ahn, and Jeong-A Bang.
The exhibition takes a comprehensive look at the ‘archive’ as a methodology often used in contemporary art. It interrogates the reasons for the current interest in archives and how contemporary museums archive art, exploring them in the form of an exhibition. The exhibition focuses on how, especially since the 20th century, traditional media such as painting, and sculpture have been gradually deconstructed and works have been developed with objects, video, and performance. In this context, the exhibition seeks to discuss the methods of contemporary museums to archive various works that cannot be encompassed by conventional archival methods. To this end, the works of Kunyong Lee, Kyuchul Ahn, and Jeong-A Bang’s works are considered as archival objects in this exhibition. Based on the works of the three artists, it will challenge the limits and boundaries of how an art archive can and should change depending on the artist’s own style, philosophy, and components of work.
Following the opening of the Art Archives, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA AA) in April, this exhibition demonstrates the interest of Korean contemporary art scene in archives. Also, it can be a special experience in that it showcases the work of Kunyong Lee, Kyuchul Ahn, and Jeong-A Bang, who have left their mark on the Korean contemporary art scene.
