Ik-Joong Kang “Moon Jar/Longing for Home”

The Korea Society

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Internationally acclaimed artist Ik-Joong Kang’s new site-specific installation “Floating Dreams to the Moon” premiers at the Korea Society. This solo exhibition will feature several new paintings by the artist as well as an installation of objects and over 6,000 drawings from Korean refugees.

Kang’s artistic practice provides a platform for humanity’s aspirations for achieving what appears to be impossible. Just as Korean moon-jars are made from two precarious halves united to form a whole, Kang’s paintings emphasizes how moon jars represent the potential of the Korean peninsula to reunite. Orchestrating the collection, replication, and display of Korean refugee drawings, Kang transforms these individual works to form his sculptures that polishes another facet of this cultural longing for home, accomplishing personal as well as political reunions.

Born in Cheongju and raised in Seoul, Kang moved to New York in 1984 where he lives today while working internationally. Kang was awarded a special Merit Prize in the Venice Biennale and his work is held in major public and private collections world-wide.

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Schedule

from January 16, 2020 to May 21, 2020
Artist Talk: Ik-Joong Kang with Dr. Katherine Anne Paul March 13, 2020 | 6 PM

Opening Reception on 2020-01-15 from 18:00
RSVP Required info@koreasociety.org or call (212) 759-7525.

Artist(s)

Ik-Joong Kang

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