The Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art has collected contemporary artworks since its opening in 2006. In this exhibition, we present 22 works, which were produced in the early 2010s, from the GMoMA collection. This collection exhibition is composed of sensuous pieces that opened the way for various interpretations and criticism in art history and art theory under the identity discourse. These works are the results of attempts to unravel their stories in social and cultural aspects within the contemporary topic of ‘cultural identity.’ And they also function as contemporary cultural values.

Projecting a meeting between ‘me’ and ‘another me’, GMoMA has chosen ‘the meeting place for genders, the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art’ as a theme of this exhibition. Here, the term ‘Gender’ was inspired by the concept of the American philosopher Judith Butler (1956-). Butler focuses on ‘me in the process’ and ‘me in culture’ rather than ‘who I am’, and creates an opportunity to accept more types of people without prejudice. The exhibition looks at the collection from the present perspective in 2022 and seeks to awaken the moments when people sympathized with the works produced around 2010. The reclassified artworks will be displayed on one side of an exhibition room for a year with the memory of that time. At the same time, they will show traces of intense deliberation within the culture and society of that time, and the traces will reach out to the audience beyond the time difference.

In this context, the GMoMA proposes Engaging in GMoMA Collection. Firstly, we hope that these works will affect people’s viewpoints and emotions through this exhibition. During the one-year exhibition period, the works will become media through which visitors can revisit the museum at any time and view from their perspective and think of many things. Secondly, we hope that the program will open a public sphere for debate on gender issues. Starting with the different stories of each work, we would like to share the points where the works can respond to discrimination issues regarding status, race, gender, and disability. Thus, the GMoMA hopes that tolerance to the others would be ingrained into our society through Engaging in GMoMA Collection. The works dormant in the storage room are still waiting for ‘me’ who would listen to their stories at this very moment when cultural diversity is under active discussion.

Venue

GMoMA Exhibition Hall 1,2

Artist(s)

Sangwoo Kang, Wonjoo Park, Bae Young-whan, Sun Guojuan, Song Young Hwa, Jisan Ahn, JeongMee Yoon, LEE Bul, Sang Hyun Lee, Yeesookyung, Chung Seo-young, Yeondoo Jung, Jeong Jae Seok, Jung Jungyeob, Dong-hwan Jo·Haejun Jo, Young In Hong

Curator

Lee Haehyun / Bang Choa(Cooperative Curator)

Hosted and Organized by

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggi Cutural Foundation