Information Overview

Date: 29 March - 7 June 2000 Venue: Biennale Exhibition Hall Theme: Man and Space  (see introduction) Areas / Curators: Europe, Africa: René Block North America: Thomas Finkelpearl South America: Yu Yeon Kim Asia: Arata Tani Korea, Oceania: Hong-hee Kim Special section: Kwang-su Oh Participants: 84 artists in the main exhibition Artistic director: Kwang-su Oh Special exhibitions: (Summaries of the contents on the website) Forest of the Human Beings & Forest of Painting Venue: Joongoe Park Curators: Se-kwon Oh, Sung-hee Kim Human Beings and Gender Venue: Education & PR Center Curators: Jeong-geol Seo, Marie-Laure Bernadac Art and Human Right Venue: Biennale Exhibition Hall Curator: Ichiro Hariu The Past and Present of Fine Arts in North Korea Venue: Gwangju City Art Museum Curators: Jae-gil Yoo, Chan-dong Kim Aspects of Korean and Japanese Contemporary Art Venue: Gwangju City Art Museum Curator: Jin-sup Yoon New Media Art Theme: A Scar Venue: Joongoe Park, Web S Curator: Sup Lee Organizers / Contact: see Gwangju - start page Website: www.gwangju-biennale.org/last-biennale/2000/english/4th_all.html Note: This overview has been compiled from information on the official website of the Gwangju Biennale. We do not assume responsibility regarding the correctness of this information. The spelling of Korean names has been adapted to the internationally most common form - first name followed by last name. Pat Binder and Gerhard Haupt, Universes in Universe

Further information: Monoculture and its Discontents Extensive review of the 3rd Gwangju Biennial, by Frank Hoffmann. Includes an interesting analysis of the art system in South Korea. In: Art in America, November, 2000. (printer version) [en]

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		See also: Arts of South Korea in Universes in Universe

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