The Shape of Time

Korean Art after 1989

Elisabeth Agro, Hyunsoo Woo, Taeyi Kim , Ju Hui Judy Han

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Yale University Press
26 January 2024

History of Art & Design Styles; Decorative arts; Asian history

A lavishly illustrated overview of contemporary Korean art that offers new insight into the country’s tumultuous modern history and its multifaceted and vibrant art scene

Focusing on the work of 33 artists, this volume examines the ways contemporary Korean art reflects the dynamic changes in the country following the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and 1988 Seoul Olympics, when a newly democratic South Korea opened up to the rest of the world and quickly became a key player, both economically and culturally, on the global stage. Among the works featured are complex installations by Do Ho Suh and siren eun young jung; sculptures made from disparate materials by Yeesookyung; embroideries that engage with fraught political issues via covert transactions with embroiderers in North Korea by Kyungah Ham; and paintings of contemporary pop figures made using traditional East Asian techniques by Konghyun Son. Essays by a diverse group of scholars position the works in their historical and sociopolitical contexts within the accelerated timeline—and resulting compression of past, present, and future—of what has been called Korea’s long twenty-first century. With artist biographies, an illustrated chronology, and a selected bibliography, this study is the first English-language presentation of this material and is a significant contribution to the interpretation and understanding of contemporary Korean art and culture.

Distributed for the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Exhibition Schedule

Philadelphia Museum of Art

(October 23, 2023–February 11, 2024)

By: Elisabeth Agro, Hyunsoo Woo
With: Taeyi Kim
Contributions by: Ju Hui Judy Han, Suzy Kim
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 206mm,
ISBN: 9780876333020
ISBN 10: 0876333021
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 26 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elisabeth Agro is the Nancy M. McNeil Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts, and Hyunsoo Woo is the Pappas-Sarbanes Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions and the former Maxine and Howard Lewis Curator of Korean Art, both at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.