[Press Release] Korean Cultural Centre India to showcase Korean contemporary art at India Art Fair 2025
- KCCI exhibition booth to participate in the Institutions section of India Art Fair 2025
- 16th edition of India Art Fair to be held at NSIC Exhibition Ground in New Delhi from 6-9 February, 2025
- 11 representative art works by three Korean artists to be on display at KCCI exhibition booth
The KCCI exhibition booth at the 2025 India Art Fair will present a unique perspective that harmoniously blends Korean traditional heritage with contemporary artistic expression. Artist Kim Keun-joong’s works will reinterpret ancient murals and traditional Korean painting with bold colours and intricate detailing. His series “Flower World” highlights peonies, symbolising prosperity and wealth. “I wanted to move beyond traditional depictions of desire and instead express the essence of the human heart,” he said.
Lee Gil-woo is known for his distinctive incense-burning technique on ‘hanji’ (Korean Traditional Paper). His double-pose works combine traditional landscapes with modern characters in a pop-art style, exploring the coexistence of Eastern and Western cultures. “The burned silhouettes reflect the duality and complexity of human nature,” said Lee. The artist is known for his exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in UK during the 2012 London Olympics, the 2010 Grand Prize at the 'Bangladesh Asian Art Exhibition' – the first Biennale in Asia.
Kim Deok-han is an artist of the newer generation who expresses the sense of subtlety through the traditional material of lacquer. He layers lacquer in multiple colours and repetitively peels them off, leaving only traces of each layer. This laborious process takes a long time as each coloured layer must dry completely before the next is applied. The artist explains that this process creates a record of time and space. By peeling off each layer and leaving only its traces, he captures individual moments of the past on the plane of a single artwork. Kim’s meditative approach to his materials and his choice of earthy colors inspired by traditional Korean ‘hanbok’ dresses leave a strong and profound impression in his works.
Hwang Il Yong, Director of Korean Cultural Centre India said, “The status of Korean culture in India is on the rise. The Korean Wave, which was sparked by K-pop and Korean dramas, is now becoming increasingly diversified and segmented. It is now expanding into Korea’s traditional culture, fine art, and visual arts. We have been planning and preparing through long-term consultation with India Art Fair team over the past year to showcase carefully the essence of selected Korean fine art and visual art at India's largest art platform, India Art Fair. We are grateful to the organiser, India Art Fair, for their continued interest and cooperation.”
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