The Brussels Korean Cultural Center is hosting a photo exhibition that started on Monday January 31st. This exhibition invites 4 representative Korean photo artists such as Kim Jungman, Kim Daesu, Kim Sinwook and Lee Jeonglok . Therefore, the exhibition presents 40 pieces of these artists which contain different perspectives and sympathies on the common subject of Trees.
“Street of Broken Hearts” by Kim Jungman contains a communion with trees over a long period of 10 years. A quiet roadside in downtown Seoul, unnoticed trees and mutual healing of humans are included in his works. Kim Daesoo presents bamboo works that embody the spirit of Korean scholars through his work “Colors of Bamboo,” while artist Lee Jeonglok expresses the energy and vitality of trees in a dreamlike way by focusing on the transcendent meaning of trees with “Tree of Life.”
I hope you will experience the mystery and depth of the universe that the deep reverberation of trees offers.
Kim Jaehwan, director of the Korean Cultural Center
The exhibition will be held in part of “PhotoBrussels Festival 06″, one of the largest photo festivals in the country. This festival launched the first edition in 2016 and this year is in its 6th edition. There are a total of 37 art centers across Brussels, including the Korean Cultural Center and the festival’s main exhibition hall, Le Hangar. There will be various workshops and lectures as well as various exhibitions during the festival period.
Under the festival title “In the Shadow of Trees”, the works of over 20 artists from around the world will be exhibited in photos and videos showing their explorations of trees. Each art center participating in the festival will present works ranging from documentary photography to serene and abstract black and white images with various perspectives on the meaning of trees.
As a Korean artist, Kim Jungman’s artwork “Street of Broken Hearts” is not only selected by the festival and placed in the main exhibition hall, but his representative image is also used for the official festival poster. His works capture neglected injured and broken trees on Ttukbang-gil in Seoul.
The exhibition at the Cultural Center opens on January 31 and runs through May 13. Fee entrance but registration required here.
