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Busan Biennale

The Busan Biennale is a biannual international contemporary art show that integrated three different art events held in the city in 1998: the Busan Youth Biennale, the first biennale of Korea that was voluntarily organized by local artists in 1981; the Sea Art Festival, an environmental art festival launched in 1987 with the sea serving as a backdrop; and the Busan International Outdoor Sculpture Symposium that was first held in 1991. The biennale was previously called the Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival (PICAF) before it launched.

The biennale has its own unique attribute in that it was formed not out of any political logic or need but rather the pure force of local Busan artists’ will and their voluntary participation. Even to this day their interest in Busan's culture and its experimental nature has been the key foundation for shaping the biennale’s identity.

This biennale is the only one like it in the world that was established through an integration of three types of art events such as a Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sculpture Symposium, and Sea Art Festival. The Sculpture Symposium in particular was deemed to be a successful public art event, the results of which were installed throughout the city and dedicated to revitalizing cultural communication with citizens. The networks formed through the event have assumed a crucial role in introducing and expanding domestic art overseas and leading the development of local culture for globalized cultural communication. Founded 38 years ago, the biennale aims to popularize contemporary art and achieve art in everyday life by providing a platform for interchanging experimental contemporary art.

2010

Living in Evolution

The Busan Biennale 2010 proposed a theme of 'Living in Evolution' and exhibited Sep. 11 to Nov. 20, 2010 at Busan Museum of Art, Busan Yachting Center and Gwangalli Beach. It was designed to identify relations between man's finite life and their creation, such as history and civilization, and to discover insights on relations between arts and society, the present and the future, and me and the world. Viewers had some to look back upon their daily life while enjoying artworks. Also they experienced 'evolution' of individuals and mankind.

2010부산비엔날레의 주제, 기간, 장소, 전시감독, 참여작가, 관람인원, 구송, 주최에 관한 정보제공
Theme Living in Evolution Period Sep. 11~Nov. 20,2010(71 days)
Venue Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan Yachting Center, Gwangalli Beach, Busan Cultural Center, Exhibition hall at the Busan City Hall, Geumyeongsan gallery, etc. Artistic Director Azumaya Takashi (Independent curator)
Total amount of visitors 551,238(Foreign:74,078) Host Busan Metropolitan City, Busan Biennale Organizing Committee
Support Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Exhibition
  • Main Exhibition Sep. 11~Nov. 20, 2010(71days), 158 artworks of 72 artists from 23 countries
  • Special Exhibition Sep. 12~Nov. 20, 2010(70days), 180 artworks of 180 artists from 3 countries
  • Linked Exhibition Aug. 28~Nov. 20, 2010(85days), 173 artists from 29 sites
  • Academic Program Pannel Discussion, Asian Biennale Forum
  • Education Program Conversation Program, Student Program, Invitation Program
  • Participation Program Docent Program, Artist Talk, Exhibition Review Competition
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