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Light: Works from the Tate Collection
20211221-20220508

The show was held until 2022/05/08 at online, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art

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Exhibition Location

Buk-Seoul Museum of Art 1st floor Exhibition Hall 1
Buk-Seoul Museum of Art 1st floor Project Gallery 1
Buk-Seoul Museum of Art 2nd floor Exhibition Hall 2
Buk-Seoul Museum of Art 2nd floor Project Gallery 2

Exhibition Period

2021.12.21~2022.05.08

Admission

Adult(age 25-64): 15,000KRW/Teen(age 13-24): 12,000KRW/Children(age 7-12): 9,000KRW/*Special price and free tickets, please refer to specifics at https://tatelight.kr/, Buy Tickets: https://tickets.interpark.com/goods/21013002, https://ticket.wemakeprice.com/product/3000006890, https://booking.naver.com/booking/5/bizes/619165

Information on Docent Tour

[Docent] TUE-FRI 1PM(for 50min. limited for 25 people, first-come, first-served basis) *Visitors shall wait at at Info Desk BEOFRE entering the exhibition. [Special Docent] Every Tuesday 6:30PM, 8th March to 26th April (for 60 min., limited for 20 people, first-come, first-served basis) *Visitors shall wait at Info Desk with Ticket. [Audio-Guide] Charged KRW3,000, Ask Info Desk

Exhibition Area

paintings, sculptures, photographs, and installations

Exhibition Genre

Participating Artists

William Blake, J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Nam June Paik, James Turrell, Olafur Eliasson, and others

Number of Artworks

110

Host & Sponsor

HOST: SEOUL MUSEUM OF ART, TATE / ORGANIZER: SIWALL INC. / SPONSORS: SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT, THE BRITISH COUNCIL / PARTNERS: NOWON-GU, NAM JUNE PAIK ART CENTER

Inquiries for Exhibition

YEONSEO OH +82-2-2124-5275 (5284)

Inquiries for Visit

Siwall +82-070-8691-1883

Information on the Exhibition

The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) is presenting Light: Works from the Tate Collection in hopes of re-energizing the cultural activities of the citizens of Seoul.

SeMA launched a series of exhibition entitled “Masterpieces from Overseas Collections” after the great success of David Hockney held in 2019. As the second edition in the series, Light: Works from the Tate Collection is being organized in collaboration with Tate to present 110 works by 43 artists of great global popularity.

Organized collaboratively by the Tate and SeMA, the special exhibition Light: Works from the Tate Collection brings together 110 works by 43 artists, any of whom along would quickly attract a large audience. It offers an opportunity to experience works by artists ranging from the 18th century to the contemporary who explore the aesthetics of light in various mediums. They include figures such as William Blake, Joseph Mallard William Turner, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Yayoi Kusama, Olafur Eliasson, and James Turrell (Tate Collection) and Nam June Paik (Name June Paik Art Center).

This touring exhibition is set to arrive at SeMA departing from the Museum of Art Pudong (MAP) in Shanghai, China. Exclusively at SeMA, it will showcase Nam June Paik’s Candle TV. The exhibition provides an opportunity to experience a wide spectrum of light not only in an art historical context, but also the history of civilization, humanity, and the sciences by exploring such themes as religious light that symbolizes divinity, the light that launched modern physics, and the light that birthed Impressionism.

Beginning with Candle TV by Nam June Paik, who once said a light source is like a piece of information, the exhibition provides an opportunity to experience a wide spectrum of light―the religious light representing the divinity, the light that initiated the modern physics, the light that gave birth to Impressionism, and the light of the digital era―in the context of the history of art, civilization, humanity, and science.

The exhibition will be accompanied by an art history lecture series for adult audiences and workshops for children and young adult, led by creators from the related fields to explore major concepts in optics and color theory.

The SeMA opened a lounge on the third floor of the Buk-Seoul Museum of Art so that visitors can relax in comfort while enjoying the special exhibition. The space is designed by Nonstandard Studio and features weaving art by the Mingyes Project, which reinforces the Museum’s community-friendly ambience.

The exhibition catalogue will feature essays by Kerryn Greenberg (the former Head of International Collection Exhibitions at Tate), Young-Paik Chun (Professor at Hongik University), Park Sangwoo (Professor at Seoul National University), Sangchel Shin (Professor at Korea University), and Yeonseo Oh (Curator at the Buk-SeMA), among others.

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A cherished gem of northeastern Seoul, the Buk-Seoul Museum of Art is SeMA’s first and largest branch opened to the public in 2013. It seeks to invent new forms of exhibitions and learning programs of contemporary art. Buk SeMA is particularly animated by vibrant local communities including a dozen art colleges as well as many other educational institutions. The experimental spirit of a younger generation of artists plays a vital part in the diverse transdisciplinary programs of Buk SeMA, which aims to become a collaborative station for the future. (Photo: ⓒ Kim YongKwan)

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