The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) will be hosting the exhibition “East Asia Feminism: FANTasia,” an exploration of the current state and implications of East Asian women’s art from a feminist perspective. Within the debates on the intersection of globalization and localism and the issues of gender and reproduction in modern art discourse, the art of Asian women has consistently been a subject of criticism due to its political implications in terms of geography and gender.

From a Western-centric and patriarchal perspective, Asia and women both fall under the category of “invisible other.” This category is also the realm of fantasy, in which charm and intimidation coexist at the border between reality and non-reality. Within this context, this exhibition’s title (FANTasia) was derived as a compound word combining the terms “fantasy” and “Asia.”

Through the diverse works of 14 participating artists from various countries, including Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and India, visitors are provided the opportunity to heighten their understanding of feminism and learn about the current status of East Asian women’s art.