Exhibitions

Gods, Demons and Generals: Icons of Korean Shamanism The exhibition includes representations of Samsin Halmoni 삼신 (Birth Spirit), Sansin 산신 (Mountain God), Taesin Halmoni 대신 할머니 (Great Spirit Grandmother), Yongwang 용왕 (Dragon King), Sinchungdang 신중당 (Guardian Spirits) and images of many other shaman deities. As fixtures of traditional shaman shrines, twelve paintings provide a setting for rites that over the centuries have informed Koreans’ world view and their belief system in both overt and subtle ways. To... Read More

    ExhibitionSeptember 7 - October 28, 2005 This exhibition examined the changing social realities of Korean society from the 1950s to the 1990s through a selected reading of Korea's most popular comic books. Featuring the works of 17 of the best-known artists, the exhibition offered a running commentary that reflected the lives of ordinary people—at once joyful, satirical and penetrating. What shines through these works most prominently is an engaged and vigorous civil society in Korea, continuously challenging... Read More

    Exhibition February 2 - April 10, 2005 This exhibition included four paintings of Korean dragons and a pair of dragon sculptures on loan from the Lea Sneider Collection. All the pieces mixed strict formalism with unexpected creativity. Two of the paintings depicted dragons as benevolent bringers of rain, symbolized by a dragon surrounded by clouds. A third painting depicted a dragon with carp swimming placidly beneath it, instead of jumping and striving to reach the heavens and become a dragon, as is usually... Read More

Art imitates life, and life may imitate art. Sometimes life becomes art. The artists and writers presented here juggle time and space, time zones and languages to produce their art and literature. Like the needle of a compass, they wobble as they set their direction. Staying in balance requires perpetual motion... constant adjustment for disruptive forces — a balancing act. Group Exhibition: Korean American Contemporary Artists October 21 - December 21, 2004 Open Monday through Friday from 10AM-5PM     Read More