SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has thrown its support behind an ambitious cultural project that will see the world’s largest Hangeul (Korean alphabet) mural adorning the walls of the Korean Cultural Center New York in Manhattan, the company announced on October 7. The Hangeul Wall Project, a collaboration between artist Kang Ik-Joong and the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has installed a mural at the pressurized pump station in the Oil Tank Culture Park in Mapo District. The artwork, titled “Dragon Song,” was made by artists Stephen Pusey, Kim Min-soo, Lee Jeong-jae, and others. The painting uses eco-friendly materials to describe how the Oil [...]
SEOGWIPO, Nov.23 (Korea Bizwire) – Sincheon village in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, has been reborn as an ‘Art Village’. The region is the shooting location of the movie ‘Sunshine’ (2014), which illustrates the struggles of a girl who is a North Korean defector becoming a pop artist. After a few pop art murals were painted during [...]
![[Feature] Wall Painting That Can Revive a Neighborhood](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/editor.jpg "[Feature] Wall Painting That Can Revive a Neighborhood")
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Painting on the walls has become a national fad since a few years ago. Bleak urban neighborhoods get a makeover with bright paintings on the walls. Even villages in mountains or on the sea try to attract more visitors by putting on drawings on the walls. One of these wall paintings, [...]