The Gwangju Biennale is a contemporary art biennale founded in September 1995[1] in Gwangju, South Jeolla province, South Korea.[2] The Gwangju Biennale is hosted by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation and the city of Gwangju. The Gwangju Biennale Foundation also hosts the Gwangju Design Biennale, founded in 2004.
History[edit]
- Beyond Borders (1995)
- Unmapping the Earth (1997)
- Man and Space (2000)
- P_A_U_S_E (2002)
- A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water (2004)
- Fever Variations (2006)
- On the Road / Position Papers / Insertions (2008)
- 10,000 LIVES (2010)
- ROUNDTABLE (2012)
- Burning Down the House (2014), curated by Jessica Morgan, Fatoş Üstek and Emiliano Valdes[3][4]
- The Eighth Climate (What does art do?) (2016)[5]
- Imagined Borders (2018)[6]
- Minds Rising Spirits Tuning (2021), curated by Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala[7]
- Soft and Weak Like Water (2023), curated by Sook-Kyung Lee[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gwangju Biennale — Story". Pentagram. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Gwangju Biennale".
- ^ Jeesun Park (4 October 2014). "Gwangju Biennale: Burning Down The House". Ocula.
- ^ "Burning Down the House – Gwangju Biennale 2014". South South Art.
- ^ Rachael Rakes (9 November 2016). "The Eighth Climate (What Does Art Do): the 11th Gwangju Biennale". Ocula.
- ^ Hili Perlson (11 September 2018). "The Gwangju Biennale Is Overly Ambitious, Muddled, Difficult to Navigate—and, at Times, Extremely Rewarding". artnet.
- ^ Tessa Solomon (18 November 2020). "South Korea's Gwangju Biennale Reveals Artist List for Star-Studded 2021 Edition". ART News.
- ^ Andrew Russeth (10 April 2023). "Water World: At a Charismatic and Incisive Gwangju Biennale, Artists Navigate Crises". ART News.