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Invitation to the VIP Fam-Tour with Gwangju Biennale & GJFEZ for ECCK Members!
❗❗ Limited slots available! only 5 slots left! Expenses necessary for the program, such as luncheon and transportation, will be covered by Gwangju City and GJFEZ.
The 14th Gwangju Biennale consists of the main exhibition soft and weak like water, international symposium, public programs, as well as the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion which coalesces art institutions from around the world.
Main Exhibition soft and weak like water
The 14th Gwangju Biennale soft and weak like water (April 7-July 9) takes its inspiration from a chapter of Dao De Jing, a fundamental Daoist text, which speaks of water’s capacity to embrace contradictions and paradoxes. The Biennale proposes to imagine our shared planet as a site of resistance, coexistence, solidarity, and care, by thinking through the transformative and restorative potential of water as a metaphor, a force, and a method. Bringing together around 80 artists from different corners of the globe, the Biennale will present over 40 commissioned projects and new works. Artists from different cultural backgrounds and generations summon forgotten pasts and histories into the present, shifting the narrative focus to the peripheries, highlighting previously overlooked stories.
Gwangju Biennale Pavilion
Initiated in 2018, the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion Project involves holding associated exhibitions with prominent overseas cultural organizations to bring the world’s art environments to Gwangju and communicate a message unique to the city. In addition to the main exhibition, the 14th Gwangju Biennale Pavilion expects to generate synergistic effects as culture organizations take part in weaving the Gwangju area into a dynamic contemporary art environment.
Three institutions participated in the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018), and two in titutions participated in 2021. For the 14th Gwangju Biennale this year, the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion will be the largest in scale, with culture and art organizations taking part from nine countries, including Switzerland, Israel, and potentially Ukraine.
Partner institutions in and around Gwangju include the Gwangju Museum of Art, Leeleenam Studio, Gwangju Media Art Platform, Dong-gok Museum of Art, Eunam Museum of Art, LeeKangHa Art
Museum, 10YGROUND, Yangrim Gallery, and Gallery Podonamu.
Public Programs
The 14th Gwangju Biennale complements the main exhibition with a rich series of public programs that are offered throughout its duration. During the opening weekend (April 7-8), the Gwangju Biennale Foundation and Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational will cohost a symposium, which will bring together artists, scholars, and curators to speak on artistic practices and discourses as they relate to the planetary vision offered by the Biennale.
Invitation to the VIP Fam-Tour with Gwangju Biennale & GJFEZ for ECCK Members!
❗❗ Limited slots available! only 5 slots left! Expenses necessary for the program, such as luncheon and transportation, will be covered by Gwangju City and GJFEZ.
If you are interested, RSVP HERE
The 14th Gwangju Biennale consists of the main exhibition soft and weak like water, international symposium, public programs, as well as the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion which coalesces art institutions from around the world.
Main Exhibition soft and weak like water
The 14th Gwangju Biennale soft and weak like water (April 7-July 9) takes its inspiration from a chapter of Dao De Jing, a fundamental Daoist text, which speaks of water’s capacity to embrace contradictions and paradoxes. The Biennale proposes to imagine our shared planet as a site of resistance, coexistence, solidarity, and care, by thinking through the transformative and restorative potential of water as a metaphor, a force, and a method. Bringing together around 80 artists from different corners of the globe, the Biennale will present over 40 commissioned projects and new works. Artists from different cultural backgrounds and generations summon forgotten pasts and histories into the present, shifting the narrative focus to the peripheries, highlighting previously overlooked stories.
Gwangju Biennale Pavilion
Initiated in 2018, the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion Project involves holding associated exhibitions with prominent overseas cultural organizations to bring the world’s art environments to Gwangju and communicate a message unique to the city. In addition to the main exhibition, the 14th Gwangju Biennale Pavilion expects to generate synergistic effects as culture organizations take part in weaving the Gwangju area into a dynamic contemporary art environment.
Three institutions participated in the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018), and two in titutions participated in 2021. For the 14th Gwangju Biennale this year, the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion will be the largest in scale, with culture and art organizations taking part from nine countries, including Switzerland, Israel, and potentially Ukraine.
Partner institutions in and around Gwangju include the Gwangju Museum of Art, Leeleenam Studio, Gwangju Media Art Platform, Dong-gok Museum of Art, Eunam Museum of Art, LeeKangHa Art
Museum, 10YGROUND, Yangrim Gallery, and Gallery Podonamu.
Public Programs
The 14th Gwangju Biennale complements the main exhibition with a rich series of public programs that are offered throughout its duration. During the opening weekend (April 7-8), the Gwangju Biennale Foundation and Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational will cohost a symposium, which will bring together artists, scholars, and curators to speak on artistic practices and discourses as they relate to the planetary vision offered by the Biennale.