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.
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관리자 2020-09-05 11:07
Born in 1979 in Busan, South Korea
Lives in Busan
BAE Jimin, Gwangan Bridge jct.-break up between U&I, 2006, SUMUK and white powder on Hanji paper, 290×860cm
BAE’s cityscapes are poetic and visually sophisticated, but at the same time they are scary because they remind us of the loneliness and melancholy that one may feel from time to time living in a contemporary modern city. The modern city’s chaos and calmness is the subject of BAE Jimin’s 2019 series Walking ocean, in which the static meets the dynamic in shades of black and white and the occasional subtle touch of blue, or a sparkle of light yellow and red from a car’s taillight. Even though the works might be considered traditional, the emotions of solitude that the paintings evoke are universal and could be experienced in any large city or urban environment. By using an old technique to portray contemporary landscape, BAE Jimin’s style generates a new vision of traditional Korean material and painting.