[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

See the results of an awesome mashup between Japanese warriors and "Star Wars", get a glimpse of Korea's recent past, South Korean minimalism taps into a growing global market, and one talented postmodern Korean artist recently hade his first solo exhibition in the UK.

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"Korean artist stuns with 3-hour Star Wars illustration merging the Force and feudal Japan"

Whether or not you're a Star Wars fan, this kind of talent is incredible. Late last year, before "The Force" was awakened, Kim Jung Gi drew for three hours in front of cameras a scene that combined feudal Japanese warriors with iconic Star Wars figures. "Between art school and the military, he developed a keen eye and amazing memorization techniques that made it possible for him to draw straight from his memory, no sketches necessary".

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"Iconic Photos Give A Glimpse Of What Modern South Korea Used To Be"

South Korea has undergone massive changes over the past 50 years, and in this post you'll get a glimpse of the country from the late 60s onwards. These iconic photographs are from documentary photojournalist Min-jo Jeon and they reveal interesting snippets of Korea's past in pictures.

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"South Korean artist opens new digital exhibition in Qatar"

Korean art in all its variety and splendour is constantly reinventing itself. Artists like Lee Lee Nam, who, like many Korean artists, are exploring the borderlands between past and present, local and international. Nam recently showcased some of his unique and postmodern pieces in Qatar: "Lee Nam is known for digitally reinterpreting traditional Korean ink painting masterpieces as well as European classical paintings into a contemporary new art form".

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"A Surging Auction Market Points to Korean Minimalism as the Next Gutai"

Is Korean minimalism set to take the art world by storm? South Korean artist Park Seo-bo recently had his first British exhibition, and, according to Katharine Kostyal, curator for the White Cube Show, "[It is a] move away from this obsession with the new, and always buying the latest youngest artist, and mining recent history". Less is more?

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