OVERVIEW

THE EXHIBITION IRONY & IDEALISM (SET AT THE GYEONGGI MUSEUM OF MODERN ART AND THE KUENSTHALLE MUENSTER) IS ORGANIZED AROUND HOW SOUTH KOREAN AND GERMAN ARTISTS REFLECT ON THEIR OWN HISTORY, CULTURE, IDIOMS, AND SOCIALITY, BUT ALSO THE CLICHÉS THAT SURROUND THESE PHENOMENA AND HOW THEIR RESPECTIVE VIEWS ON LIFE ARE CONNECTED. IRONY & IDEALISM QUESTIONS THE DIVERSE POSSIBILITIES FOR EXPRESSION IN AN OSTENSIBLY GLOBAL ARTISTIC LANGUAGE, GROUNDED IN THE SENSE OF A DIVIDED COUNTRY—A DIVIDED NATION—LIKE GERMANY FOLLOWING 1945. I HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK FOR GYEONGGI MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN ANSAN, SOUTH KOREA, TO DOCUMENT THE EXHIBITION AS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE. EXHIBITION DURATION: SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 ~ DECEMBER 3, 2017