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ЮЖНОКОРЕЙСКОЕ ИСКУССТВО И COVID-19
In the Republic of Korea, contemporary art has taken the path of conceptualism long ago. When a new threat swept across the world and people faced the reality of “lockdowns”, Korean art institutions res: ponded with a series of exhibitions. In 2021, public and private museums in the Republic of Korea presented exhibitions created in the context of the coronavirus. For example, the National Museum of Modern and Con: temporary Art produced an exhibition titled “The COVID:19 Catastrophe and Recovery,” which showed how society has changed during the pande: mic. The exhibition “Artificial garden, the border between us” in the same museum asked questions about how humanity treats the planet and living beings. The Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art presented a large:scale pro: ject “Seven Questions for Man”, where it was shown what the barbaric at: titude of mankind towards nature and humans leads to. Museum of Con: temporary Art in Busan has prepared an exhibition dedicated to overco: ming the consequences of the coronavirus infection. Gwangju Biennale held in 2021 was also dedicated to changing realities and issues of overco: ming COVID:19. These exhibitions mostly carry the message of the need to rethink the relationship of humans to the planet, nature and humanity itself. The coro: navirus has produced an unprecedented concentration of the “green agen: da” in South Korean art. This article examines exhibition projects of the largest public and private art institutions of the Republic of Korea, the cu: ratorial message, ideas and messages of artists, shows how the South Kore: an art community answers the questions “Who is to blame?” and “How can we live on?”.
