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[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

Learn more about North Korea's love of moving pictures, Gustav Klimt's media art is on view in Seoul until March 2017, resurfaced concerns over the authenticity of another Korean artist's work, and keep an eye on these young Korean photographers.

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"LIGHTS, KIM-RA, ACTION!"

Get a closer look at North Korea's cinema scene with these photographs from The Irish Sun. The DPRK's Dear Leader's love of the silver screen is no secret; he did, according to the post, have over 7,000 of them in his personal collection, and allegedly commented that films are a "powerful tool for education the masses".

...READ ON THE IRISH SUN

"Gustav Klimt's artwork presented as media art"

Until March 3, 2017, Koreans and travellers can catch the media art of the famous Viennese artist Gustav Klimt at the S-Factory in Seongsu-dong. His exhibition, "Klimt inside", "takes a new approach to introducing Klimt's artwork, mixing it with electronic music and lighting". There's more than one exhibition of Klimt's work, one of which includes a virtual reality Stoclet Palace to view the artwork Klimt created for one of his rich clients in Belgian...

...READ ON THE KOREA TIMES

"South Korea prosecutors say artist Chun Kyung-ja's 'fake' work is genuine"

One of the lessons of the year has been to be aware of "fakes", be it news or art. Korea has already seen one of largest art scandals this year, and now a decades-long debate over the authenticity of another piece of Korean art has resurfaced. Is Chun Kyung-ja's "Beautiful Woman" the real deal, like the South Korean prosecutors say it is, or did Chun herself admit it was a fake? Curiouser and curiouser.

...READ ON SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

"5 Photographers Shaking up Korean Youth Culture"

Sleek puts a number of young South Korean photographers in the spotlight whose work is provocatively progressive: "A number of the country's up-and-coming photographers are approaching previously avoided subjects and taking ownership of Korea's transformed ideologies..." Ji Yeo, for example, documents post-cosmetic surgery patients, while Aston Husimi Hwang focuses on globalisation and hip-hop culture.

...READ ON SLEEK

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