Traditional Korean Painting for Modern Times: In Seongmin Ahn’s paintings, it is not our past we are looking at but our possible future. - John Yau, Hyperallergic
In her solo exhibition at The Korea Society, Seongmin Ahn presents a series of paintings and wall installations that fuses her insight in the relativity of perception with a deep regard for traditional Korean art, especially minhwa–folk painting. In her work, Ahn begins with traditional forms and themes, which she then extends into multi-disciplinary and multi-media practices by adopting science, technology, and multiple cognitive models.
In conversation with Eleanor Hyun, Associate Curator for Korean Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seongmin Ahn discusses her work, her career, and her solo exhibition at The Korea Society.
Artist Talk: Seongmin Ahn
with Eleanor Hyun
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | 6 PM (EDT) | In Person
Friday, March 24, 2023 | Video Release
@ The Korea Society
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Seongmin Ahn holds an MFA in Asian traditional painting from Seoul National University and another MFA in mixed media from the Maryland Institute College of Art. As an active participant in the contemporary art scene in New York and East Asia, she has exhibited work at such major venues as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, and the Charles Wang Center at Stony Brook University. She has received a number of funding awards, including two Pollock Krasner Foundation grants, AHL foundation artist grant and Café Royal Cultural Foundation grant. Her work has been reviewed in The Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Plain Dealer and others. Her work has been acquired by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, Princeton University Art Museum, and Hudson River Museum.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR:
Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun is the Associate Curator for Korean Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She joined The Met in September 2019. From 2015 to 2019, she worked at the British Museum as the first Curator for the Korean Collections. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago completing a dissertation on late imperial Joseon Korean and Qing Chinese art.
