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This exhibition’s owner is artist who belongs to residency in Go-yang(My hometown). I didn't even know if there was an art museum near my house, but I accidently saw it on the street. It is difficult to define the theme of exhibition because it is an exhibition that releases each new work. So I focused each artist’s works and two of them remained impressive.     First, this work’s name is [Firework festival] of Moon sohyun. The artist focused on the festival. The festivals of the past were an important element of civilization that deviated from everyday suffering. During the festival, people were able to boil out their desire and stress and come back to their daily lives to do their part. In modern times, however, festivals are simply meant for idle, eating and eating. To criticize this point, the artist used stimulating video art and installation work. The video which shows flies are jumping into electronic insecticide and shows empty silicone mannequin...

This exhibition is [Kim hong do : Alive]. The main theme is re-birth media art of korean traditional painting which was famous in Joseon dynasty(The country before Republic of Korea). It placed in Yongsan, The war memorial of Korea. The exhibition hall is not so big because it is not a permanent exhibition. The exhibition consist of Kim hong do’s original paintings and media arts and divided with categories.     If someone is Korean student, that person would have seen Kim hong do in textbook. He can be called the greatest genius painter of the Joseon Dynasty. He drew Min sok do (the painting which drew ordinary people’s live), landscape painting, and painting of royal consciousness. This is what we usually know about Kim Hong Do. If there is no specific interest in him, people only know one or two representative paintings. The exhibition shows works which add imagination in original works but it is also an opportunity to learn more about Kim Hong-do as an art...