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The Gana Art Gallery is situated on Mt. Bukhansan in Seoul, South Korea. This
gallery was designed by the internationally famous architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte
and has the biggest floor space in the Korea. Flaunting off its western, modern
design and an optimally created in bed, the Gana Art Gallery is itself an art.
The Gana Art Gallery was established in 1983 and since then the gallery
has organized three hundred exhibitions where international as well as Korean
artists have participated. The Gana Art Gallery concentrates on contemporary
arts of the 20th century and also Western Arts. This art gallery has played
a major role in introducing international art to Korea.
The exhibitions include contemporary and modern art like painting, video art,
sculpture, installation and also contemporary photography. In fact from year
2001, the Gallery has started the annual 'International Photo Festival.'
This significant event has created opportunities for the mainstream contemporary
artists to exhibit their work in Korea. As a result of this they are gaining
the attention of the world. Such renowned artists who participated in these
kinds of festivals and exhibitions were Andreas Thomas Ruff, Gursky, Hiroshi
Sugimoto, Kenneth Noland, Sam Francis, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein Vanessa
Beecroft, Elger Esser Thomas Struth, Vik Muniz, Candida Höfer and others.
One such interesting exhibition that took place from Dec 15 - Jan 7, 2007 was
The Year of Golden Pig. In Korea pigs are traditionally regarded as a fortunate
animal that symbolizes wealth and luck for Korean people. The year 2007 is called
the 'Year of Golden Pig'. It is said that this Golden Pig Year comes every 600
years according to the Yin & Yang theories of and the Five Elements.
In order to celebrate such occasion, Ganaart Gallery gathered seven different
remarkable artists and presented an amazing range of pig paintings and sculpture
from the 'Pig Stories' of each artist.
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Address-97 Pyungchang-dong
Chongno-gu
Seoul, 110-012 Korea
Open Hours- 10am-7:30pm
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