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[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

South Korea's largest art fair is coming soon to Seoul, enjoy a captured moment from the UN's multimedia archives from 1950, Street Art Utopia has an extensive collective of Korean street art to marvel at, and see some of the beautiful creations of a florist qua tattoo artist.

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"Biggest Art Fair In South Korea Opens Next Month!"

The 15th Korea International Air Fair (KIAF), the largest art fair in South Korea, kicks off at COEX in Seoul on Wednesday, October 12. Kim Sun-young, president of KAMS (Korea Arts Management Service) says that KIAF is not just about buying and selling art, it's about people connecting through art. If you're in Seoul in October, be sure not to miss out on one of biggest art events in Korea. art lovers will also be happy to know that the 2016 Korean Gallery Weekend will be running simultaneously (October 13-16) at the cultural centre Nemo.

...READ ON KOREA PORTAL

"Civilian Life Revives in Korea"

Here's a great black-and-white image courtesy of the UN's multimedia database of a middle-class Korean farmer (Lee Soo Nam) and one of his sons eating breakfast from 1950: "Lee Soo Nam's forbears have farmed this land for seven generations. At present he farms half of it and rents the other half. He had an ox and cart, but both were taken by the North Korean army".

...READ ON UN MULTIMEDIA

"Collection of Street Art from South Korea"

Korea's artistic expression and works exist not only in museums and galleries but all around town, as this great post by Street Art Utopia attests. If you've ever taken a stroll around one of Korea's major cities (or one of the country's many art villages) you would have noticed some of the magnificent works of art that adorn the streets, steps, walls and pavements. In this post, you can browse some 63 photographs of street art in Korea, many of which are simply spectacular...

...READ ON STREET ART UTOPIA

"A South Korean Artist Is Breaking Taboos with Flower Tattoos"

Even though tattoos are taboo in South Korea, many are still getting inked in spite of the current laws. In this post on The Creators Project you can view some of the beautiful work of Zi Hwa, a floral arranger/tattoo artist: "There's a bias against tattooing [...] While there was recently a push to bring it above ground, that seems to have lost traction. So she works to shine a positive, comforting light on the art, making her style counterintuitively political".

...READ ON THE CREATOR'S PROJECT

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