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Visceral, Kinetic Energy Galore in Art Sonje Center’s Three Solo Exhibits

SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Describing “Carriers,” South Korean sculptor-installation artist Lee Mi-re’s latest work, as visually striking would be an understatement. You can’t unsee it once it’s seared into the brain’s visual cortex. Resembling an animal’s digestive organs, the installation work hanging from the ceiling and connected to the floor combines motors and [...]

Before Dawn Breaks, Inspiration Floods Artists’ Minds

SEOUL, Mar. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — “Dawn Breaks, Seoul,” a new exhibition at Art Sonje Center in Seoul, is not your ordinary exhibition. You are expected to actively participate in it by interacting with objects on display to form a narrative. A bewildering array of kinetic structures, the operation of which looks unclear at first [...]