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[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

Get a glimpse into Korea's Shamanic rituals with a photographer Kim Soo-nam, see a series of black-and-white portraits of Seoul's 'cool kids', one painter took on North Korea's leader through the power of art, and the Centre Pompidou to open an exhibition in Korea next year.

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"Korean shamanic ritual documented in photography"

Rituals involving the supernatural have long been part of Korean cultural, and in this post you'll see "rare photographs that offer a glimpse of shamanic rituals": "The exhibition features some 100 photographs, taken by the late Kim Soo-nam, a photojournalist who devoted more than 30 years to documenting scenes of shamanic rituals in Korea and other Asian countries. The photos reveal scenes of 22 major shamanic rituals that were or have long been practiced in Korea".

...READ ON THE KOREA HERALD

"'Recklessness and Rebellion': Meet The Cool Kids of South Korea"

Enjoy this post from Time from 2014 of a black-and-white portrait series by Sungjin Park on Korea's cool kids, titled: "Kid Nostalgia". "I had found something rather pure and naïve in their rebellion and immaturity", he told Time. "The way they reveal themselves as they roam around the periphery of the school system is so raw that there's an ironic beauty to it".

...READ ON TIME

""I am Sun Mu": the precarious existence of a North Korean satirical artist"

In a free society politicians and public figures can be expected to be ridiculed in satirical art, but those brave artists who take on leaders or figures of less-free societies accept greater risks for doing so: "... Yet Mr Sun, after all this, still has hope: he dreams of exhibiting his work in Pyongyang one day".

...READ ON THE ECONOMIST

"Pompidou to pop up in South Korea and China"

The Centre Pompidou in Paris ("a global trademark") plans to open an exhibition space in Korea in 2017 which is expected to attract thousands of visitors: "After South Korea, the next big "export" product will be another five-year centre in China, which might open in 2018".

...READ ON THE ART NEWSPAPER

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