Now & NEW
Group Exhibition
Aug 7 - 24, 2008Gana Art Busan
Exhibiting 30 Photos of 11 Creative Artists from Five Countries
In modern art, marked by various media and unique concepts, photos as a medium are no longer considered to be simply a means to record or reproduce images. Rather, they have become accepted as a new genre of modern art, paving the way for various forms of expression and potential. This exhibition, "NOW & NEW of Modern Photos" will display about 30 photographic works created by eleven international photographers from Britain, Germany, China, Japan and South Korea: Seung-Woo Baek, Sang-Bin Im, Hyun-Mi Yu, Nicholas Hughes, Candida Hofer, Thomas Ruff, Nobuyoshi Araki, Miao Xiaochun, Cui Xiuwen, Liu Ren and Cang Xin.
The Metamorphosis of Modern Photography
Since the invention of photography in the 19th century, photos have made significant progress, encompassing many different types - including those for American geographical features and topography, news photos revealing reality, and those as an art genre. Now, photography has moved on from merely reproducing reality to covering a variety of themes, ranging from the impact of industrialization and urbanization, and their resulting aesthetic and environmental aspects, even including social, political and economical issues.
Photos as an art genre originated in England. Since the collapse of the Soviet and East European bloc and German unification in the late 20th century, Germany has emerged as the center of modern photography in the 1990s in terms of avant-garde photos and journalism. is now drawing keen attention from the rest of the world, Chinese photography - along with its modern art - is gaining explosive popularity worldwide too. Moreover, photographers from both Japan and South Korea are also attracting much attention these days. This exhibition will give visitors an opportunity to experience the various fascinating aspects of modern photography, reflecting the various unique forms of expression of photographers from the five participating countries.