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[News] Enter ‘Garden of Learning’ in Busan
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The Korea Times
2012-10-15 16:29
Enter ‘Garden of Learning’ in Busan
By Cathy Rose Garcia
BUSAN — The Busan Museum of Art (BMA) can be easy to miss, next to the enormous BEXCO, department stores and towering buildings. The facade, which has been covered in black fabric squares, may even make one wonder if the museum is open.
But yes, it is open and the building’s eye-catching transformation is part of the Busan Biennale.
The biennale’s main exhibition “Garden of Learning” is at the BMA, while special exhibition “Outside of Garden” is found at different venues, namely Busanjin Station, Busan Cultural Center and Gwangalli Meworld.
This year’s event feels much smaller, more contained, and with less buzz than previous years. Perhaps this is a good thing, since it focuses more on the quality of the art rather than the quantity. Still, there are 330 pieces by 106 artists in the biennale but around 200 are at the BMA.
Artistic director and German curator Roger Buergel says the theme “Garden of Learning” started with his “relative ignorance.”
BUSAN — The Busan Museum of Art (BMA) can be easy to miss, next to the enormous BEXCO, department stores and towering buildings. The facade, which has been covered in black fabric squares, may even make one wonder if the museum is open.
But yes, it is open and the building’s eye-catching transformation is part of the Busan Biennale.
The biennale’s main exhibition “Garden of Learning” is at the BMA, while special exhibition “Outside of Garden” is found at different venues, namely Busanjin Station, Busan Cultural Center and Gwangalli Meworld.
This year’s event feels much smaller, more contained, and with less buzz than previous years. Perhaps this is a good thing, since it focuses more on the quality of the art rather than the quantity. Still, there are 330 pieces by 106 artists in the biennale but around 200 are at the BMA.
Artistic director and German curator Roger Buergel says the theme “Garden of Learning” started with his “relative ignorance.”
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