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[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

Artsy speaks to a B.G. Kuhn about curating an exhibition on contemporary North Korean art, see one artist's stunning paintings of traditional Korea, a veteran South Korean sports photography is honoured, and enjoy some symmetrical and powerful photographs of Korea's many bridges.

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"North Korea's Artists Are Breaking Out of 70 Years of Isolation"

In a country as oppressive as North Korea you wouldn't necessarily think that the arts would be high on the cultural agenda, but you'd be very wrong. In this fascinating post, you'll hear from B.G. Muhn (South Korean-born artist and a professor at Georgetown) about his experience curating a recent showing of contemporary art from the DPRK in Washington called: "Contemporary North Korean Art: The Evolution of Socialist Realism".

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"Artist Kim Tae-soon portrays elegant, breathtaking beauty of Korean life"

Kim Tae-soon has created a stunning series of paintings that depict "various images of the Korean traditional house arouses the longing for a simple, tranquil Korean lifestyle". In July there was an exhibition of her work at the COEX in Seoul and in this post on The Korea Times you'll get a glimpse of her beautiful work.

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"Veteran sports photographer honored"

Keeping the spirit of the recently concluding Olympics in Rio: Kim Min-jae, a veteran sports photographer, was recently awarded the Sports Merit Medal for his "contributions to the development and promotion of Korean sports". Congratulations, Kim, and to all the South Korea sports men and women who took part in Rio!

...READ ON THE KOREA HERALD

"Muscular concrete bridges of Seoul celebrated in new photo series"

Chris M. Forsyth, a Montreal-based 'lensman', has produced a 27-photo series called "Seoul Bridges". Chris has gone around to some of the bridges on the Han River and snap some brilliant images that play with perspective and depth; he "focuses on the undersides of the South Korean capital's muscular spans", and while the bridges themselves may not be the most beautiful in the world, what Chris has captured here is the largely unseen, unappreciated, symmetrical power of these mighty manmade structures.

...READ ON CURBED

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