We are pleased to introduce this book selling on consignment sales with Hyunsil books; Being Political Popular South Korea Art at the intersection of Popular Culture and Democracy, 1980- 2010, edited by Sohl Lee.
To the Introduce a wide range of Korean political art, Being Political Popular: South Korean Art at the Intersection of Popular Culture and Democracy, 1980-2010, showcases 17 artists and collectives who investigate the question of politics, collectivity, and social engagement in diverse mediums, including woodblock print, comic drawing, painting, collage, photography, installation, performance, and video. The art works at hand clearly demonstrate the proximity to and interaction with popular culture, occasionally driving and formulation the very cultural ethos of the time.
This book was published to accompany the exhibition(Curated by Sohl Lee) of the same title held Sep. 20 – Nov.20, 2012 at the University Art gallery(UAG), University of California, Irvine(UCI) and includes artist’s writings and manifestos by Minouk Lim, mixrice, Hein-kuhn Oh, and Sangdon Kim.
Over the past three decades, South Korea society has experienced a dramatic political paradigm shift-from authoritarian regime to democratic polity – during which art served as a productive site of social imagination. South Korea artists have actively participated in this sociopolitical transformation, giving tangible and material forms to the seemingly universal notions of democratic participation, public culture, and civil society.
Sohl Lee, Being Political Popular: South Korean Art at the Intersection of Popular Culture and Democracy, 1980-2010,
Issued by Hyunsil books
Edited by Sohl Lee
Colored, 18X25.5cm, 208pages, Language: English, Designed by Practice
ISBN 978-89-6564-069-2 03600
Price: 30.00(USD)
contents
Sohl Lee Introduction: Between Minjung and Taejung
1 Sites of Resistant Collectivity_ Choi Byung-soo, Kim Fong-won, Labor News Collectiv, Park Jae-dong
2 Reenacting History_ Kim Min-gi, Hong Sung-dam, Hein-kuhn Oh
3 Between One and Many_ siren eun young jung, mixrice, Minouk Lim
4 Seoul Tour/ Pyoungyang Express_ Chan-kyoung Park, Seung Woo Back, listen to the city
5 The Past is the future_ Park Bul-dong, Nam Cung Ho Seok
6 Play to Fly_ Sangdon Kim, Minari and Hack
A Letter to the future of Korean Art
Minouk Lim The(Im)Possibility os Art as Life
Namhee Lee Minjung, History, and the Crisis of Historical Subjectivity
Chang-nam Kim Kim min-gi and the 1970s South Korean Youth Culture
Wan-kyung Sung The Rise and Fall of Minjung Art
Biography
Inquiry