During the month of October 2022, Gwang-ju Media Art platform GMAP in Gwangju City, South Korea’s sixth largest metropolis displayed on its façade, the ‘Memories of Four Seasons’ show by artist Oh Myung Hee, much to the delight of unexpecting onlookers. The artistic display is part of the larger exhibition ‘The Days Were Snowy But […]
The new Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde made its long-awaited première at the 79th Venice Film Festival. According to director Andrew Dominik, the film is an “emotional nightmare fairytale” which chronicles Monroe’s often tragic life, from her troubled upbringing through to her death aged 36 in 1962.The life of the Hollywood star was punctuated with happier […]
Artist Oh Myung Hee reframes the historical female experience in Korea at this year’s Venice Biennale Following the Korean War, the country was impoverished and starving. Yet to the women of Korea, the end of the war also ushered in an era of personal liberation. Japanese suppression gave way to a Western democratic system, opening […]