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Woman + Body: Korean Feminist Artists

Laurie says:

I posted earlier about the international exhibition in Korea that included my work, Woman + Body curated by scholar and artist Hye-Seong Tak Lee .  The show included the work of US and Korean feminist artists and was sponsored by the Women’s Caucus of the Arts.  The exhibition was at Kepco Plaza Gallery Museum in Seoul and then went on to the Gwangju Cultural Foundation’s MediaCube 338 in Gwangju.  There is a beautiful video and photographs from the exhibition here.
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The people who ran the show were thrilled that I donated work for their opening night raffle. The opening night was crowded and very successful.
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In this post I want to put up some of the work of the Korean feminist artists who were in the Woman + Body. There are many truly stunning works of art in the exhibition.  I had a hard time making these choices.

Artist Priscilla Otani, the president of the Women’s Caucus of the Arts, was at the exhibition in Gwangju. . I asked her to email me (she is currently in Japan) about the Korean artists who were in the exhibition.
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by Yun Suknam
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The Korean women artists consist of two groups: the older artist’s who are well-established feminist artists such as Yun Suknam and Park Youngsook. The other group are young women artists, whose works were curated by Hye-Seong. Her desire, and the first gen feminists’ were to nurture growth of the next gen of feminist artists. By bringing this group together, Hye-Seong created an interesting synergy, particularly in social settings after the opening reception. A group of the young and old went out for dinner and stayed in a traditional Korean rental home. Next day a group of us toured parts of Gwangju. It is hoped this is the beginning of future collaborations between the older and younger generations.
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by Kim Eun Ju
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So the exhibition worked on many  levels including  an international collaboration and  a synergy within the 2 generations of Korean women’s artist community.
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by Lee Ju Ree
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This gave me an additional reason to be honored to have been in Woman + Body. It also increases my desire to go to Korea.
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by Lee Rim

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And finally:


by Nan Da

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The artists websites are really worth going to.

Laurie’s Photographs in International Exhibition in Korea

Laurie says:

I’m really excited that three of my photographs are in exhibitions in Korea that opened on the 13th of October. They selected the three photos I submitted – photographs of Kellen McCracken and Jerry McCracken (before and after transition) from Women En Large and Familiar Men, and my photograph a transwoman .
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(Quote from WCA)
This show was the brainchild of International Caucus of the Women’s Caucus of the Arts Chair sculptor Sherri Cornett and independent curator, artist and university lecturer Hye-Seong Lee, of Gwangju University. Coinciding with the Gwangju Biennale, Woman + Body includes works by members of the Women’s Caucus of the Arts and Korean women artists.

Dr. Tanya Augsburg from San Francisco State University juried the US artists’ works. She’s a feminist interdisciplinary performance scholar who specializes in contemporary art and performance.

The show explores a range of sexual identification — female, transgender, and male — with a contemporary 21st century view.

The exhibition is at Kepco Plaza Gallery Museum in Seoul, South Korea, October 13-19, 2012 and then at the Gwangju Cultural Foundation’s MediaCube 338 in Gwangju, South Korea, October 23- November 6, 2012.

Sherri Cornett emailed me from Korea;

First and foremost, Hye-Seong has pulled together a beautiful exhibition. I want to tell you all how privileged we are to be in this show with some amazing Korean artists – young and older. The three foremost feminist artists in Seoul have pieces in this exhibition. They are warm, inspiring and encouraging women: Yun Suknam, Park Youngsook, and Jung Jungyeob. The space at Kepco is large and gives breathing space between the works.

…I want you to know that the opening was attended by the head of the Korean-American Feminist Literary Association, the head of the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, the head of the Seoul City Museum – all women and all had encouraging and congratulatory comments. I enjoyed watching the reactions of the visitors and listening to all of the excited chatter (and wishing I could understand Korean!) …Heading home later today feeling embraced by women artists here, full of good food and stimulated by seeing inspiring art in our exhibition and in galleries around the city

I’ll hopefully be be posting more about this, including images of of the Korean works. I need to check for permission first.

Both Hye-Seong and Sherri have been marvelous to work with. Here are a few of the photos Sherri took at the Kepco Plaza Gallery Museum.
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Photos in the background on the left are mine
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