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 1. Black Atomic Hybrid Space 2. Connecting Human Paintings
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관리자 2011-04-11 22:58
It is not surprising therefore that Moerman who so likes to contemplate the "transformation of the soul" and "lines" has in recent years acquired an interest in East Asia and Japan in particular. Since his first visit to Japan in 2005, Moerman has returned several times to study avidly not only traditional culture such as calligraphy and Buddhist thought but also the culture of modern Japan that includes manga and anime. In 2009, he spent several weeks in Shanghai for a solo exhibition for which he produced the work locally.
For this exhibition, which marks the first time he has exhibited work in South Korea, he will stay in Busan for several weeks to produce drawings and wall paintings using stickers that will cover the walls of first floor of the art museum. Moerman's lines running wild and free across the surface of the walls will organically tie together all the exhibition spaces in the museum and all the people who visit it.