The Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles (KCCLA) coordinates "Fall Exhibition Launch," a collaboration with five Korean galleries Andrew Shire Gallery, Inmo Gallery, Korean Cultural Center, Modern Art Gallery and Sabina Lee Gallery.
Of these participating galleries, four are located on Wilshire Blvd, in or near Koreatown, and one, Inmo Gallery, is located in the burgeoning art scene of Los Angeles¡¯ Chinatown. In recognition of the contributions that each of the galleries makes to the cultural vitality of this city and beyond, KCCLA helps promote their efforts. This joint project is further intended to give each of the participating galleries greater exposure to both mainstream and Korean audiences.
Andrew-Shire Gallery, located on 3850 Wilshire, #107 (213 389-2601), will present an exhibition entitled "The Group Show," with artists Jimi Gleason, Barbara Kaleta, Nicola Lamb, Anders Lansing, Cindy Lopez, Sergio Onaga, Greg Rose, Roland Reiss, Coleen Sterritt, and Arron Sturgeon. The exhibition runs from September 8-30, with an opening reception on September 8, from 7-9 PM.
Architect Eric Owen Moss will have a solo show at Inmo Gallery entitled, "Recollecting Forward: 10 Years and the New City," from September 9-30. The gallery is located on 971 Chung King Road, Los Angeles Chinatown (213 626-4225) with an opening reception on September 9, 6-9 PM.
Modern Art Gallery, on 3240 Wilshire Blvd., #200 (213 487-2565) has organized an international exhibition entitled "Ten Ten" which includes ten artists from Korea: Wook-Jang Cheung , Jung-Mun Huh, Young-Jae Im , Jai-Young Jeong, In-Ja Kim, Mi-Jin Kim, Seop Kim, Jin-A Lee, Duk-Chan Park, Hyung Taick Yoo, and ten from other countries: Angelica (France), Renee Amaitai (France), Tatiana Goldina (Russia), John Greco (U.S.A.), Marjan Hormozi (Iran), Sven Kalb (Germany), Atanas Karpeles (Bulgaria), Leonard Konopelski (Poland), and Hideo Sakata (Brazil). Exhibition runs from September 22-October 5, with an opening reception is on September 22, from 6:30 PM.
An exhibition entitled, "Line Flowing in Space" featuring artists Helena JinAh Min and Tom Post at Sabina Lee Gallery, 3921 Wilshire Blvd., #210 (213 389-2601), will be held from September 8-30, with an opening reception on September 8 from 6-8 PM.
The Korean Cultural Center, located at 5505 Wilshire Blvd., (west of La Brea) will present an exhibition guest curated by Yong Soon Min entitled, "Charm Offensive." A broad range of works including photographs, serigraphs, mixed media paintings, video and interactive computer projection by the following nine artists will be featured: Kim Abeles, Rheim Alkadhi, Steve Appleton, Kaucyila Brooke, Mark Greenfield, Connie Samaras, Allan Sekula, Yong Sin and
Joo Kyung Yoon. Exhibition runs from September 8 - October 12, 2000. An opening reception on Friday, September 8, 6-8 PM, will showcase the rock music of Left of Zed with John Cho from 7:30 PM.
The title of the exhibition, "Charm Offensive" is a term coined by political analysts to refer to the unexpected ¡®open¡¯ posture of North Korean leadership in the recent historic meeting between North and South Korean Presidents as well as with officials from other countries.
The exhibition appropriates this curious word play to suggest a vital tension that motivates and animates the selected works. While these works appear at first glance to operate within comfortable and comforting strategies of aesthetic conventions such as landscape or documentary, viewers are also lured into a deeper engagement with further associations and meanings.