"Ahl Stars 2012" Exhibition
Dean Project
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The jurors selected four artists from a strong field working in a wide range of materials and practices. At a time when Korean and Korean-American artists are impacting visual culture in a particularly compelling way it is exciting to participate in the Foundation`s ongoing efforts to locate and expose new talent. This is a key moment for Korean artists as they assume leadership roles in the arts across a broad spectrum as never before in contemporary history. The work of this year`s winners is informed by an awareness of global arts practices and is characterized by philosophical inquiry, issues of identity and history, extreme material investigation and transformation and a challenging, humorous take on reality and representation. The work of each artist is individual, highly identified and fully realized. Hong Seon Jang coaxes extreme transformation from an idiosyncratic array of obdurate materials that would at first glance appear to offer little potential; creating visceral works that take on lives of their own. Jang`s is a world where common everyday materials escape their mundane functions, morphing and proliferating into new exotic roles. From the impermanent and ephemeral he elicits unique entities of unexpected beauty.
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Schedule
from November 14, 2012 to December 15, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-11-17 from 16:00 to 18:00