Korean pavilion

The Korean pavilion houses South Korea's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Background

The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.[1]

Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well. Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in venues throughout the city.[1]

Organization and building

The pavilion, designed by Seok Chul Kim and Franco Mancuso, was built between 1994 and 1995.[2]

South Korea has participated in the Venice Biennale since 1995.[3]

Representation by year

Art
  • 1995 — Yoon Hyong Keun, Kwak Hoon, Kim In Kyum, Jheon Soocheon (Commissioner: Il Lee)
  • 1997 — Hyungwoo Lee, Ik-joong Kang (Curator: Oh Kwang Soo)
  • 1999 — Lee Bul, Noh Sang-Kyoon (Curator: Misook Song)
  • 2001 — Michael Joo, Do-Ho Suh (Commissioner: Kyung-mee Park)
  • 2003 — Whang In Kie, Bahc Yiso, Chung Seoyoung (Commissioner: Kim Hong-Hee)
  • 2007 — Hyungkoo Lee (Commissioner: Soyeon Ahn)
  • 2009 — Haegue Yang (Commissioner: Eungie Joo)
  • 2011 — Lee Yong-baek (Commissioner: Yun Chea-gab)
  • 2013 — Kimsooja (Curator: Kim Seung-duk)
  • 2015 — Moon Kyungwon, Jeon Joonho (Curator: Sook-Kyung Lee)
  • 2017 — Cody Choi, Lee Wan (Curator: Lee Daehyung)
  • 2019 – Hwayeon Nam, Siren Eun Young Jung, Jane Jin Kaisen (Curator: Hyunjin Kim)[4]

References
  1. Russeth 2019.
  2. Volpi 2013.
  3. Lee Woo-young (August 2013, 2012), Kim selected for Venice Biennale Korea Pavilion The Korea Herald.
  4. Alex Greenberger (September 14, 2018), Hwayeon Nam, Siren Eun Young Jung, and Jane Jin Kaisen Will Represent Korea at the 2019 Venice Biennale ARTnews.

Bibliography
  • Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Retrieved April 22, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Volpi, Cristiana (2013). "South Korea". In Re Rebaudengo, Adele (ed.). Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale. Rome: Contrasto. p. 194. ISBN 978-88-6965-440-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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