Venue: Gangneung Green City Experience Center (E-ZEN)

“The Dictionary of Evil,” theme of the Gangwon International Biennale 2018, presents the efforts made by artists to observe the special or universal evils of our society, against a backdrop of the moral consciousness of human beings in an endless present, rather than a religious or ethical perspective on the “lack of good.” These efforts are grounded in the fundamental role of the Biennale and the artist’s duty to question the essence and role of art in society through artistic language. The Biennale strategically presents the “artistic need” for a humane response to contemporary issues, where conscience crosses absence of mind, while also discussing, from a highly realistic perspective, the issues, and discourses that contemporary art must address.

The exhibition represents 100 years of modern history as a “dictionary,” and connects the past and present through a “Mobius strip” that indicates circularity instead of beginnings and ends. In this time and space, artists examine themselves and consider the lack of good or evil behavior, and the history of disasters and catastrophes enacted for various reasons.

Participating Artists : 58 Artists/teams including Im Heung Soon, Cho Duck Hyun, Tacit Group, The Propeller Group, Rafael Gomez Barros, Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan, Yangachi, Wael Shawky, Thomas Hirschhorn, Walid Raad and more.

-Thematic Exhibition: 110 artworks from 58 teams of domestic & foreign contemporary artists from 23 countries
-Related Program: Opening ceremony, Peace Project 155, portfolio review and experience
-Academic Program : Biennale Conversation I, II

 

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