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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.


2006 Sweetfish

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관리자 2009-08-26 16:43

작가Byung Su Choi
FOR BYUNG SU CHOI ART IS not merely a tool for expression, but a means for active social participation and enunciation. In 1986 Choi was arrested for his involvement in the creation of Jeongrung Mural. Since then he has become active as an artist working at the site of social strife, working against social injustices. Recently the artist has produced a diverse body of paintings and installations at the sites of anti-nuclear demonstrations and labor and environmental movements. Choi brings an image of sweetfish that grows in clear rivers to the waterscape of the Oncheoncheon Stream where most of fishes have disappeared. The concrete structure is visible beyond the image of silver fish made by puncturing the thick metal plates. The artist invites the audience to reflect on the environment, and to recall their own memories of the Oncheoncheon Stream that was once natural and clear watercourse during their youths.
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