The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989

The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989A lavishly illustrated overview of contemporary Korean art that offers new insight into the countrys tumultuous modern history and its multifaceted and vibrant art scene Focusing on the work of 33 artists, this volume examines the ways contemporary Korean art reflects the dynamic changes in the country following the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and 1988 Seoul Olympics, when a newly democratic South Korea opened up to the rest of the world and quickly became

the same command of the art of storytelling that we find in his films

Edition of 20

At the age of one

through the eyes and words of those most deeply involved

Queen and Vogue magazines from the mid-1960s onwards: stars of stage and screen

where she lectured on Medieval

replaced the next day by a fresh stock of hilarious

each work is reproduced full-page and full-colour

biology and art centres on the guiding question: What do plants really want

As complex a character as Schiele

Made over a twelve-year period and bridging three generations

Sanell Aggenbach photographed by Gerhardt Coetzee