Working half days this week while my students are taking their finals combined with the sunshine that finally scared off those rainy monsoon days I was just itching to go out and do something. Luckily, a pal had the same idea and the Bukchon Hanok Village was a beckoning. We didn’t know exactly where it was but since I’m an Anguk gallery area regular I felt like I must have circle ...

Gallery Sun contemporary caught my eye during the Anguk wander the other day with its big front window showcasing a few works by artist Koh Sang Woo just asking me to walk in the door. So, I did. On the first floor the few works seem to showcase a nude neon painted womna and wondering how the effect was captured I followed the signs out the back door and up the staircase to the second floor showc ...

Wandering in Anguk always surprises me. Around every corner is another gallery and though I tend to take the same route as usual and add one more street the exhibitions are always changing so there’s always something to see. Today, after stopping into a gallery that was in the setting up process and talking with the owner about any other galleries he would suggest I ended up at Hakgojae Gal ...

On Sunday, I decided to head to Samcheong Park, beckoned by the flowering of the cherry blossoms, and in keeping true to my nature, away from the bustling and crowded streets of Yeoinaru. Samcheong Park is about a 30 minutes amble  up the road from Anguk station, exit 2. This was a particularly intriguing way to spend a Sunday as Anguk is simple and charming with  a sense of familia ...

Sitting outside the Gallery Chosun this little sign that read “A Voyage to Silence” caught my attention. Looking down the steps and seeing no one I figured what the heck? At the bottom of the steps was a sign in book and the artists introduction in Korean and English and what awaited beyond the tall black curtain was anyones guess. Soyoung Kang explains his taste for sailing and all o ...

Ararior Gallery is currently hosting an exhibit by Han Sungpil called Dual Realities. The exhibit will be there until May 8 and urge you to go. Quoting from the explanation provided by the gallery for the work “his subject is made by duplicating a duplicate. To duplicate the duplicate blurs the distinction between the actual and virtual object. Reality and virtuality hold the same virtual p ...