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[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

Hear how artist Haegue Yang is passionately unconventional in her approach to her work-life, The Korea Herald has a packed arts and entertainment calendar to diarise, learn more about the history of pottery in Korea, and photographer Lee Myoung-ho captures space-time his own way.

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"Why do we demonise work? Korean artist Haegue Yang defies convention"

Has passion become a taboo in art? Award-winning Korean artist Hague Yang thinks so, and in this intriguing piece from the South China Morning Post she shares her thoughts on artistic passion and living (creating) on the borderlands between personal and private life: "I don't like the notion of a personal life that exists outside of a work life. Unless, that is, you have a family and need to negotiate more private time to spend with them [...] Being a single person, I can be more inventive".

...READ ON SCMP

"[Highlights] Arts and entertainment calendar"

The Korea Herald highlights some upcoming exhibitions, theatre productions, music concerts, dance performances and classic music events. Be sure to take a look and because the rest of 2016 is packed with once-in-a-lifetime events you won't want to miss. So much to see and do, yet so little time...

...READ ON THE KOREA HERALD

"Korean Celadon"

Learn more about the long and fascinating history of Korean pottery with this informative entry on Korea Arts: " The finest examples of celadon were produced during the middle and latter part of the 11th century by artisans who remain unknown today. With the Mongol Invasions which started in 1231 AD the flourishing culture began to decline, and along with it, the quality of the pottery being produced. By the beginning of the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910) most of the delicate manufacturing techniques for celadon had been lost..."

...READ ON KOREA ARTS

"Photographer Lee Myoung-ho captures ' act '"

Lee Myoung-ho is a South Korean artist with an unusual approach to his work which he describes as, "dipping film into time and space for a moment". If you're in and around Daegu you can catch his work until mid-October. His "Mirage #1_Gobi" piece is particularly alluring. Enjoy...

...READ ON THE KOREA TIMES

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