Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art

Person (detail), early 2000s. Suh Se Ok (Korean, 1929–2020). Ink on mulberry paper; paper: 130.5 x 139 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2021.102. © The Estate of Suh Se Ok. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and London
Person, early 2000s. Suh Se Ok (Korean, 1929–2020). Ink on mulberry paper; paper: 130.5 x 139 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2021.102. © The Estate of Suh Se Ok. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and London
Person (detail), early 2000s. Suh Se Ok (Korean, 1929–2020). Ink on mulberry paper; paper: 130.5 x 139 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2021.102. © The Estate of Suh Se Ok. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and London
A Suite Set of Dance, Dance, Dance: Dance, Dance, Dance #5, 2011. Kakyoung Lee (Korean, b. 1975). Created and printed by the artist with the help of Master Printer Tatiana Simonova. Drypoint; sheet: 39 x 54.3 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Jo Hershey Selden Fund, 2013.22.5
The Intermediate—Naturalized Klangkoerper, 2016. Haegue Yang (Korean, b. 1971). Artificial straw, steel stand, powder coating, artificial plants, artificial fruits, artificial vegetables, plastic twine, Indian bells, fringes, casters; 180 x 150 x 100 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller, 2018.29
The Intermediate—Naturalized Klangkoerper (detail), 2016. Haegue Yang (Korean, b. 1971). Artificial straw, steel stand, powder coating, artificial plants, artificial fruits, artificial vegetables, plastic twine, Indian bells, fringes, casters; 180 x 150 x 100 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller, 2018.29
Multifaceted Bowl, 1992. Ik-yung Kim (Korean, b. 1935). Porcelain, carved and glazed; h. 15.4 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the artist, 1992.139

Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art

Fri, 04/22/2022 to Sun, 10/23/2022

Korea Foundation Gallery | Gallery 236

Artworks

Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art sparks a stimulating discussion about contemporary Korean artists and their expressive language of defining diasporic artistic identities. Korean-born French painter Ungno Lee (1904–1989) reimagined traditional Korean ink painting and its conventional methods through his exploration of Art Informel (French Abstract Expressionist approaches of the 1940s and ’50s). Berlin-based Korean artist Haegue Yang (b. 1971), on the other hand, invites the audience to critically explore issues of identity, migration, and displacement. The selected works on display share each Korean artist’s experiences and challenges in the global art scene.

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Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art