GROUP EXHIBITION

Curated by Sung woo Kim, this group exhibition presents new work by 6 Korean artists: Jesse Chun, Eugene Jung, Yongju Kwon, Minsun, Hwayeon Nam and Yooyun Yang. The second group exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac to specifically highlight Korean artists – following the 2023 show Myths of Our Time – the presentation continues the gallery’s celebration of the global reach of the dynamic contemporary art scene in Seoul. Paintings, drawings, sculptures and video works will be brought together across the first and second floors of the Seoul gallery, highlighting the distinctive practices of the participating artists.Sung woo Kim is a Seoul-based curator and writer. Following his MFA in Curating at Goldsmiths (University of London) in 2014, he led the curatorial projects, exhibitions and management of Amado Art Space, a not-for-profit alternative space in Seoul, as its chief director (2015–19). He was appointed as a curator for the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018) and was a curatorial advisor for the Busan Biennale (2020) and SongEun Art Space (2019). In 2022, he launched the curatorial space Primary Practice in Seoul, and, most recently, he curated a film program with Frieze Seoul, Frieze Film 2023: It was the way of walking through narrative.