Part II: Culture Print

Part II Artists
TOMORROW 2014 Part II: Culture Print
EVERYWARE, HYBE, Tendance Floue, KANG KangHoon, KOO JiYoon, GWON Osang, KIM DaUm, KDK(KIM DoKyun), KIM SunTei, KIM SuYeon, KIM SuJin, KIM Hyunsik, KIM HongSeok, MIN SungHong, PARK JiHye, PARK CheonWook, SON JongJun, SONG MyungJin, OH YongSeok, WON SeoungWon, YOON SangYoon, LEE Donggi, LEE SuJin, LEE JongGeon, LEE JinJu, JEONG ZikSeong, CHUNG ChiYung, CHOI Jinoon

Part II: Culture Print

Purpose
Culture Print goes hand in hand with the concept of Sprout, its center mass on the concrete reality of the present and future orientation of the culture and arts in Korea. Rapid development of technologies, particularly in computers and IT, convergence and consilience of knowledge, along with socio-cultural issues such as consideration of ecological, environmental issues, globalism, nomadism mutually influence the topography of art and culture in Korea. Korea Tomorrow is more than a narrative about a vague, veiled, indefinite future. It has always looked to changes of the present initiate dialogue and discussion of new topographies, open doors to communicating and interacting with the public, and to seek new and changing potential. Such efforts are clearly represented in Culture Print of Part II as correlated images of Dokseoyeoga(Taking a Rest After Reading Books)by Jeong Seon* and Miindo(Portrait of a Beauty)by Shin Yun-bok**, presenting the Korean heritage that values leisure and everyday culture that simultaneously embrace pragmatic values and technology. Focus of the second part will be on practical aspect of trends and potential for future development identified in arts and culture of Korea. Focus will be split between subcategories of Hybridity, Information, Identity, Mobility, and Ecology, ascoordinates to the current address of contemporary art in Korea.

 *Jeong Seon (1676–1759), Korean landscape painter, pen-name Gyeomjae (meaning humble study). One of the exceptional Korean painters to depart from traditional Chinese styles.
**Shin Yun-bok (1758–?), Korean genre painter of the Joseon Dynasty, known for his realistic depictions of daily life in his time.