Koo Bohnchang: The Look of Things
- Period 2024. 11. 22. - 2025. 3. 30.
- Location Creation Space 3&4 of National Asian Culture Center
2024 ACC FOCUS special exhibition begins anew in solo exhibitions introducing world-class Asian contemporary art masters who have changed the framework of human culture and art. As a start, ACC invites photographer Koo Bohnchang, a pioneer in modern Korean photography. His works are based on a sufficient understanding of the subject’s materiality and historical trail. So even though the works are photographs of things, they have an overwhelming atmosphere reminiscent of portrait. 2024 ACC FOCUS 《Koo Bohnchang: The Look of Things》 examines the macro-narrative and micro-narrative of the objects Koo selected through his major series and focuses on the Korean character and Asian sentiment that exists within them.
presents a series of artifacts with historical background, such as Korean War artifacts, White Porcelain from the Joseon Dynasty, and Gold Crowns from the Silla Dynasty, transformed into video and installation. introduces a series of everyday objects discovered by the artist. It consists of various series, including , which is photographs of the artist’s collection, , which captures an installation from the 15th century French architecture, and
Guide
DMZ
〈DMZ 04〉, 2010.
Vessel
〈Vessel BM 04 BW〉, 2006.
Gobdol
〈Gobdol JM-GD 11-1〉, 2007.
Gold
〈Gold KR 045〉, 2023.
Blue and White Porcelain
〈Blue and White Porcelain EWB 06 〉, 2019.
Yin and Yang
〈Yin and Yang 001〉, 2020.
〈Yin and Yang 002〉, 2020.
Korea Fantasy
〈Korea Fantasy〉, 2017.
Kkokdu
〈Kkokdu 12〉, 1998.
Mask
〈Mask Gangneung Gwanno 03-1〉, 2002.
Chasse-Roue
〈Chasse-Roue 54〉, 2003.
Concrete Gwanghwamun
〈Concrete Gwanghwamun 01〉, 2010.
Interiors
〈Interiors 02〉, 2002.
Soap
〈Soap 13〉, 2006.
Object
〈Object 05〉, 2004.
Collections
〈Reflection 10〉, 1983.
