Painting the Co-existence of Contradictions: Interview with Lee Doohwan

“Living an isolated life with little interaction with others, I painted dark self-portraits of me trapped in loneliness.”

“Expressions” Art Exhibition

The Expressions exhibition at Gwangju University is a collaboration of six talented foreign women who are currently residing in Gwangju. The theme “Expressions” came about as an opportunity for each to share their own perspectives on expat living, as well as to express their thoughts on the current global climate, both in public and personal ways. Each artist, with her own creative liberties, was able to reflect and form beautiful revelations for her artwork.

“The Most Personal Is the Most Creative”: Talking with Artist Kim Mi-ae

“This is my mission: to find the beauty in women as being strong, confident, and challenging.”

Top of The Drop

Each month, Daniel Springer of the Gwangju Foreign Language Network (GFN) picks his favorite newly released tunes that you may not have heard yet, along with some upcoming albums and EPs that you might want to keep on your radar.

The Miner Artist, Hwang Jae-hyung: Mining for Truth

“Art is an intermittent cough that shares the pain of others, and it is the talk of pain.”

Choi Soon-im: Borderless Traveler in the Arts

“I thought that the process of sculpting was much like life itself: A creature can come out into this world only after breaking through the hard outer shell.”

Top of The Drop

Each month, Daniel Springer of the Gwangju Foreign Language Network (GFN) picks his favorite newly released tunes that you may not have heard yet, along with some upcoming albums and EPs that you might want to keep on your radar.

Lee Min and His Pan-tablo Printmaking Technique

Lee Min majored in fine art at Chosun University and moved to Japan to major in printmaking at Dama University. Through the experimental process with various printmaking techniques, Lee pioneered a new genre of printmaking which he calls “Pan-tablo.”