Recommended free exhibitions to see in Gwangju in winter, Koo Bon-chang; Portraits of Objects

#WinterTravel #PlacesToVisitInGwangju #FreeExhibition 🔖KooBonchang: Portrait of Objects 📍National Asia Culture Center ACC Culture Creation Center Complex Exhibition 3.4 Gallery (38 Munhwajeondang-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju) 2024 ACC FOCUS 〈KooBonchang: Portrait of Objects〉 is an exhibition that focuses on the grand and micro narratives of the objects selected by artist KooBonchang through his series of objects, and on the Koreanness and Asian sentiments that exist within them. It introduces a total of 160 works and 200 archives, including the major object series of KooBonchang, a pioneer of Korean modern photography, such as 〈DMZ〉, 〈White Porcelain〉, and 〈Mask〉 (total of 14 series), the unreleased video work 〈Korea Fantasy〉, and the artist's collection. This exhibition showcases works that reveal the artist's unique characteristics of using props in a sensual way. A series of photographs of the collections of Onyang Folk Museum draws attention to the beauty of simple artifacts made from natural materials and shows the power of simplicity.