런던 한국문화원 '굿모닝 미스터 백남준' 전 2008. 2.1-3.7

[Beaux-arts]

런던서 '굿모닝 미스터 백남준' 전시회

고(故) 백남준의 영상작품을 소개하는 특별전이 31일 영국 런던에서 열렸다.

3월7일까지 런던한국문화원에서 열리는 이 특별전 제목은 '굿모닝 미스터 백남준'. 백남준이 1984년 인공위성을 이용해 전 세계 TV로 방영한 영상작품 '굿모닝 미스터 오웰'에서 제목을 빌려왔다. 런던한국문화원 개원을 기념해 마련된 특별전이다.

첼리스트 샬럿 무어먼과의 퍼포먼스를 영상화한 '글로벌 그루브, 1973', 전위음악가 존 케이지의 70세 생일을 기념해 발표한 '존 케이지에게 바치는 찬사, 1972', 절친한 동료 미술가였던 요셉 보이스와 함께 진행한 '보이스와 샤먼,1999' 등 대표작 3점이 전시되고 있다. 작품 길이는 세 작품 모두 30분 정도 된다.

이와 함께 백남준 서거 후 백남준아트센터가 제작한 작가의 일생을 담은 다큐멘터리와 작가의 대표작들을 편집해 만든 '아트비디오 넘버 2'도 비디오 스크린을 통해 보여진다.이 전시회에서는 백남준의 비디오 작품들과 함께 한국과 유럽에서 활동 중인 한국 작가 24명의 작품들도 선보인다.

영국 엘리자베스 2세 여왕의 얼굴과 자신의 어머니 몸을 합성한 조덕현의 드로잉 설치작 '소프트 파워', 런던한국문화원 공간과 가구를 직접 디자인한 최정화의 설치작 샹들리에와 실버컬렉션, 8시간 동안 비무장지대를 촬영한 김아타의 사진작 '온-에어', 소나무 작가 배병우의 사진작 `소나무 숲', 비무장지대 맨드라미를 그린 김지원의 유화 '맨드라미', 백남준 사진집을 낸 임영균의 사진작 '텔레비전 모니터 속 백남준' 등이 출품됐다.

런던서 '굿모닝 미스터 백남준'전을 기획한 독립큐레이터 이지윤

이 전시회를 기획한 큐레이터 이지윤씨는 "전통적인 가치에 도전하고, 동양과 서양의 문화 차이를 초월한 백남준 선생의 영상작품들이 소개되는 전시회가 런던에서 열리기는 이번이 처음"이라며 "이번 전시회를 통해 한국의 비디오 아티스트 백남준의 위상을 영국 문화예술계에 확실하게 각인시키려 한다"고 말했다.

전시회 기간 중 런던을 방문한 김홍희 경기도미술관 관장이 1일 전시회를 찾은 관람객들을 대상으로 '백남준과 플럭서스'라는 제목으로 강연한다.

초대일시:2008. 01.31 목요일 06:30pm

관람시간:09:30am~05:30pm / 토, 일요일 휴관

굿 모닝 Mr.백남준_Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK展

백남준.강승희. 강임윤. 구본창.구성수.김기라.김대수.김아타
김종학.김지원.데비한.배병우.배준성.송수남.신미경.윤미연
이왈종.이용백.임영균.장유정.조덕현.천우정.홍영인.황영성

공간디자인: 최정화

기획: 독립큐레이터 이지윤
주최:런던한국문화원
후원:문화관광부,주영한국대사관,경기문화재단,숨 프로젝트
협찬:LG,대한항공,네오룩

부대행사:강좌
"백남준과 플럭서스" / 김홍희
시간:2008.02.01 금요일  06:00pm
장소:런던한국문화원 1층 멀티홀

런던한국문화원
KOREAN CULTURAL CENTRE UK
Ground Floor, Grand Buildings,
1 Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5EJ

Tel. +44.20.7004.2600

http://london.korean-culture.or

1st February -7th March 2008 Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 5.30pm

Press View: Thursday 31st January, 5.30pm-6.00pm
Opening Reception: Thursday 31st January, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK
Ground Floor, Grand Buildings, 1 Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5EJ

Guest curated by Jiyoon Lee

Artists
Bien-U BAE/ Joonsung BAE/ Yujung CHANG/ Duck Hyun CHO/ Woojung CHUN/ Debbie HAN, Young In HONG/ Young-sung HWANG/ Eemyun KANG/ Seunghee KANG/ Atta KIM/ Daesoo KIM/ Jiwon KIM/ Jonghak KIM/ Kira KIM/ Bohnchang KOO/ Sungsoo KOO/ Wal-Jong LEE/ Yongbaek LEE/ Young Kyun LIM/ Nam June PAIK/ Meekyoung SHIN/ Soo Nam SONG/ Miyeon YOON

Good morning Mr. Nam June PAIK presents works by 24 Korean contemporary artists, including Nam June PAIK (1932-2006) whose three major video pieces will be shown in London for the first time.

Although better known as a founder of video installation art, he was also known as a collaborative force for some of the performance and mixed media works with number of artists such as Joseph Beuys and John Cage. He was the first truly international Korean artist, bridging East and West, visual art and music, high and low art. Curated by independent curator and art historian Jiyoon Lee, this exhibition is a celebration of Paik’s artistic spirit, that of creativity, communication and collaboration.
As an inauguration of the new cultural centre in London, this exhibition venue has been specially designed by internationally renowned Korean artist Jeong Hwa CHOI (Venice biennale 2005).

The exhibition title is inspired by Nam June PAIK’s groundbreaking satellite installation project ‘Good Morning, Mr. Orwell’ (1984) which linked New York and Centre Pompidou as well as hooking up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea. Performed and originally broadcast on the first day of year 1984, PAIK’s project was a rebuttal to Orwell’s dystopian vision of the future, highlighting the use of the mass media and communication as means of creativity and expression‎ of artistic freedom. Good Morning Mr. Nam June PAIK does not follow the format or content of PAIK’s project but instead takes its spirit, and relate it to our times. Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK is a celebration of random creativity arising from unintended collaborations, which in itself arises from the joy of communication.

Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK presents a documentary on PAIK with special screenings of Global Groove (1973) which was made with his close collaborator Charlotte Moorman; A Tribute to John Cage (1972) which is a homage to his teacher John Cage and Beuys and Shaman (1999)-recording of his performance with a close friend and colleague Joseph Beuys.

Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK looks at PAIK’s lifelong engagement with art as a collaborator, a friend and a contributor to Korean art. Moreover, the exhibition greets PAIK’s legacy and introduces international Korean contemporary artists including Duck-Hyun CHO who exhibited at Jeu de Pomme, Paris (2000); Joonsung BAE at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2008); Atta KIM at ICP NY (2007) etc.

Notes to Editors

There will be a lecture carried by Kim Hong-Hee. She is the director of Gyeonggi Museum of Art in Korea, the author of ‘Nam June Paik His Art’ (1992), ‘The Seoul of Fluxus’ (1993) and ‘Good morning Mr. Paik’ (2007).

Title: Paik and His Fluxus Friends
Date: 1st Feb 6.00-7.30pm at Korean Cultural Centre UK
Admission Free
RSVP required

This new venue and exhibition is designed by artist Jeong-Hwa Choi; internationally renowned Korean installation artist. He has recently shown at RedCat gallery (2007-8), in LA and Wolverhampton art gallery (2007)

Jiyoon Lee is an independent curator, writer and lecturer specializing in contemporary art, based in London. She has curated numerous international art exhibitions such as Welcome for Choi Jeong Hwa (Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK 2007), Through the Looking Glass (Asia House, London, 2006), Busan Biennale (Korea, 2006) and Seoul Until Now! (Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2005). Also as a director of SUUM Contemporary Art Project. She is currently working on her Ph.D at the Courtauld Institute on 'Korean and Japan contemporary art in post-1989 era'.

Sponsored by Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, LG Viewty, Korean Air, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, SUUM contemporary art project

Contacts
General Enquiry
Korean Cultural Centre UK
Stephanie Kim, Exhibition organiser
E-mail: curatorkim@gmail.com

Press Information and Images
Yujin Min, exhibition coordinator
e-mail: Yujin@suumproject.com

Korean Media Enquiries
Jungwon Gu exhibition manager
e-mail: Jungwon@suumproject.com

http://london.korean-culture.org
http://www.goodmorning-mrpaik.com/