Front view of Museum of Contemporary Art Busan ⓒMuseum of Contemporary Art Busan

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Venue : Busan, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan
Dates : 16 JUN 2018 - 12 AUG 2018

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On June 15, there had been an opening of Museum of Contemporary Art Busan (Director, Kim Seong-youn, MOCA BUSAN) as a public art museum focusing on contemporary art.

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“The inaugural exhibition presents the museum’s direction, reflects on our society, and provides insight on the imminent future to find the true implication of art that the new world demands, by focusing on nature, new media, and human,” said Kim Seong-youn, the director of MoCA Busan.

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The inaugural exhibition of MoCA Busan will continue until August 12th, as an experimental site connecting locality and the world, daily life and art, and today and tomorrow, making Eulsukdo an island of art that receives and communicates diverse imaginative thoughts and values.

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■ EXHIBITIONS

《Vertical Garden》

Permanent Installation

Vertical garden at the exterior wall of the art museum. Patrick Blanc connected to his own exhibition with the same name, created new recognition and developed discourse on nature and art. His project is made up of 175 species of local plants planted on the exterior wall of the art museum, acknowledging harmony of nature and art at Eulsukdo (179th Natural Reservation), where the art museum is located.

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Patrick Blanc, 《Vertical Garden》 ⓒ Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

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《People Walking the Future》

16 JUN 2018 - 12 AUG 2018

A group exhibition of 5 Asian artists (individuals/teams) including Taehun Kang, Mioon, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, and Chen Chieh-jen.

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 〈vapour〉 ⓒ Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

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《Tobias Rehberger : Yourself Is Sometimes a Place to Call Your Own》

Permanent Installation

A giant installation attracting engagement of visitors, and a series of patterned paintings on the wall, at the lobby on the first floor.

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At the lobby, the visitors experienced diverse contemporary artworks with various forms and methods, including “Yourself Is sometimes a Place to Call Your Own”, a series of giant installations by Tobias Rehberger. ⓒ Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

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Tobias Rehberger ⓒ Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

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《Sound-minimalism with Zimoun》

16 JUN 2018 - 12 AUG 2018

Hum of Natural Phenomena a huge sound-based installations

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Zimoun, 255 Prepared ac-motors, 325kg roof laths, 1.8km rope ⓒ Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

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《Artist Projects I, II, and III》

16 JUN 2018 - 12 AUG 2018

New media art, installation exhibitions at the rooms on the first basement and the first floor.

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Jeon Joonho, 〈Mirror and blossom in a flower garden〉 ⓒ Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

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Posterⓒ Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

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For More info:

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