Proclaimed by UNESCO in 2003 as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, p’ansori is a unique genre of Korean musical storytelling. Singer, Jin Wook Hong, performs traditional and contemporary pieces in this style, accompanied by musicians on the gayageum, bass, drums, and keyboard.
6:30 PM | Registration and Reception 7:15 PM | Performance
Korea Society Fellow, Patron, and Corporate members, please register HERE for complimentary tickets.
Jin Wook Hong is a p’ansori singer and an occasional gosu, p’ansori drummer. He began his musical training at the age of twelve, studying with masters, Woo Hyang Sung and Su Mi Kim and later trained as a p’ansori isuja, a successor, for Intangible Cultural Property No. 5. After completing his undergraduate studies at Seoul Institute of the Arts College, Hong relocated to the US to study Music Therapy at Molloy College.
Jeju is home to the world-famous haenyeo, female divers who gather marine goods for a living. These women have received considerable attention from around the globe. The haenyeo symbolize Jeju women, their unyielding spirit and lead role in boosting the Jeju economy. UNESCO designated Jeju haenyeo as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Magnum Photographer David Alan Harvey stayed in Jeju for about a month and found inspiration in the Jeju haenyeo.
David Alan Harvey (June 6, 1944) is an American Photographer based in North Carolina and New York City. Harvey has been a member of the Magnum Photos Agency since 1967. He has photographed extensively for National Geographic magazine and in 1978 was named Magazine Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association. Harvey is the publisher and editor of Burn Magazine, an online publication featuring the work of emerging photographers.
Photographer’s Afterword: “I was amazed every morning by these strong willed women, it’s clearly hard physical work and yet the women seem happy and are constantly joking and laughing with each other… I stayed in Jeju for about a month and continued to be inspired by haenyeo every day. I wanted to give a very special and humble thank you to all haenyeo who made me feel at home. I came to admire their resilience, free spirit, sense of humor, and warmth. These women divers showed me a whole new world. Bobbing around out there in the frigid Pacific on their little foam floats and then kicking down without oxygen tanks to pick up a few abalones of the ocean floor was simply something to witness. I was so honored to be in their presence.”
December 8 -22, 2017
Gallery Opening | 6 PM
Gallery Talk | 6:30 PM
For more information, contact: Jahee Yu, Art Exhibition Coordinator | 212-759-7525 ext. 301.
The Korea Society Gallery 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Gallery Hours: M-F, 10 AM-4:30 PM
Organized by (주최)
The Korea Society Jeju Special Self Governing Province
Supported by (주관) Euro Photos/Magnum Photos Korea Agent
Media Sponsor (미디어 후원) The Monthly Photo Art Magazine
Curators: Inhee Iris Moon, Ki-Myoung Lee Curatorial Assistant: Mijung Jo
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.
The 15th Annual New York Korean Film Festival Announces Upcoming Program
for November 3rd to November 5th, 2017 at the Museum of the Moving Image.
The New York Korean Film Festival returns to the Museum for its yearly celebration of the best in Korean cinema. This 15th edition of the Festival includes a wide range of genres, with action thrillers, comedies, romance, documentary, social drama, melodrama, and the madcap science fiction and social critique of Bong Joon-ho.
Fabricated City (조작된 도시) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017 | 7 PM Dir. Park Kwang-hyun. 2017, 126 mins. DCP.
A paranoid thriller with a high-tech edge, Park Kwang-hyun’s (Welcome to Dongmakgol) latest film pits a team of skilled video gamers against a mysterious underworld organization in a battle that rages through both the physical and digital worlds. When Kwon Yu (Ji Chang-wook), a former tae kwon do star turned video game addict, is framed for murder, his gamer friends come to his aid and in the process uncover a vast, murderous conspiracy. This nonstop thrill ride of a movie mixes jaw-dropping action scenes with pointed commentary about socioeconomic inequality in today’s Korea. Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter calls it “an updated version of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy set in the world of online video games…. Featuring a fast-paced plot and a snappy visual style, Park’s absorbing third feature should appeal equally to high-tech enthusiasts and action film fans.” (Description by Tom Vick, film curator, Freer and Sackler Galleries)
A Quiet Dream (춘몽) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 | 3 PM Dir. Zhang Lu, 2016, 98 mins. DCP
With Han Ye-ri, Yang Ik-june, Park Jung-bum, Yoon Jong-bin. In Korean with English subtitles. The loveable opening film of the 2016 Busan Film Festival follows three goofballs vying for the affection of the attractive owner (Han Ye-ri) of a dive bar in a scrappy Seoul neighborhood. The three wooers are well-known actor-directors riffing on their own films. Yang Ik-june plays a vagabond gangster (as in Breathless), Park Jung-bum is a defector from North Korea (as in The Journals of Musan), and Yoon Jong-bin’s character is reminiscent of the army private he played in Unforgiven. From this clever conceit, director Zhang Lu spins what Variety’s Maggie Lee called a “whimsical, frequently poetic urban rhapsody buoyed by its deadpan dropout protagonists.”
Yourself and Yours (당신자신과 당신의 것) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 | 5 PM Dir. Hong Sang-soo, 2016, 86 mins., DCP
With Kim Joo-hyuk, Lee Yoo-young. In Korean with English subtitles. The prolific Hong Sang-soo boldly and wittily continues his ongoing exploration of the painful caprices of modern romance that was inspired by Luis Buñuel’s That Obscure Object of Desire. Painter Young-soo (Kim Joo-hyuk) hears secondhand that his girlfriend, Min-jung (Lee Yoo-young), has recently had (many) drinks with an unknown man. This leads to a quarrel that seems to end their relationship. The next day, Young-soo sets out in search of Min-jung, while she—or a woman who looks exactly like her and may or may not be her twin—has a series of encounters with strange men, some of whom claim to have met her before. Yourself and Yours is a break-up/make-up comedy unlike any other, suffused with sophisticated modernist mystery.
Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 | 7 PM Korea, Jung Yoon-suk, Korea, 2017, 120 min., DCP
An audience favorite at the recent Rotterdam and New York Asian Film Festivals, Jung Yoon-suk’s appropriately irreverent documentary follows the anarchic exploits of the Bamseom Pirates, a politically outspoken, gleefully nonconformist two-man punk band. Performing mainly at street protests and political rallies, their satirical antics, which include blasting through one hundred songs in ten minutes in their first gig and titling one of their songs “All Hail Kim Jong-il,” take aim at the absurdities, inequality, and corruption of South Korean society. But they learn just how far they can go when their manager is arrested for posting allegedly pro-North Korean tweets.
Come, Together (컴, 투게더) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2017 | 4 PM Dir. Shin Dong-il, Korea, 2016, 122 min., DCP
With Im Hyeon-gook, Lee Hye-eun, Chae Bin. In Korean with English subtitles. An “assuredly executed drama with fiery performances” (Maggie Lee, Variety), Shin Dong-il’s engaging film illustrates the toll Korea’s hyper-competitive society can take on an ordinary family. When middle manager Beom-gu (Im Hyeon-gook) is fired from his job after eighteen years, his violent rage throws his family into turmoil. His wife Mi-young (Lee Hye-eun), now the sole breadwinner, starts cutting ethical corners in her job selling credit cards. Meanwhile, their daughter Ha-na (Chae Bin) frets over her college entrance exam. Shin’s psychologically astute film is a well-crafted combination of social critique and tense drama that movingly makes the case for following one’s passions rather than succumbing to societal pressures.
Okja Followed by live video call with Bong Joon-ho SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2017 | 7 PM Dir. Bong Joon-ho, Korea/United States, 2017, 120 mins., DCP
With Tilda Swinton, Ahn Seo-hyun, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal. In English and Korean with English subtitles. Hailed visionary Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) returns with a typically twisted, vegetarian-friendly blockbuster about the friendship between a young girl named Mija (Seo-Hyun Ahn, Monster) and her “super-pig” Okja. In the guise of a family movie, this madcap anti-corporate satire follows the duo’s fight against a villainous corporation—led by the always superb Tilda Swinton, who plays both a hypocrite CEO and her scheming twin sister. En route to freedom, Mija and Okja encounter a plethora of quirky characters, including a cadre of eco-terrorists led by a courteous troublemaker (Paul Dano) and a “Sir Attenborough” from hell (Jake Gyllenhaal).
ABOUT THE KOREA SOCIETY
The Korea Society is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.
ABOUT MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
Museum of the Moving Image (movingimage.us) advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. In its stunning facilities—acclaimed for both its accessibility and bold design—the Museum presents exhibitions; screenings of significant works; discussion programs featuring actors, directors, craftspeople, and business leaders; and education programs which serve more than 50,000 students each year. The Museum also houses a significant collection of moving-image artifacts.
Major support provided by the Korea Foundation.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.
G.E.M.iN.Y, short for Gayakeum Ensemble Music in New York, derives from the Korean phrase, “chaeminaji” meaning to have fun while performing. The ensemble, composed of founder, Rami Seo and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation gayakeumists, debuted in the form of a gayakeum orchestra in 2007 with “If This Gayakeum Could Talk.” In addition to performing traditional Korean music on the 12-string gayakeum, G.E.M.iN.Y plays music of all genres, including classical, jazz, crossover, and contemporary, on 18-string and 25-string gayakeums. To celebrate GEMiNY’s 10th year anniversary in 2017, the concert will showcase world music that brings together traditional Korean culture and the diversity of cultures in New York.
Thursday, November 2, 2017 | 6:45 PM
6:45 PM | Registration 7:15 PM | Performance
G.E.M.iN.Y 10th Anniversary Concert: The Nexus of Gayakeum and Generations
Hyo Seon Kim Iris Kim Joanne Booye Kim Sharon Daso Kim Chris Minkyu Park Julia Minji Park Soon Ok Park Dorothea Smith Hyerin Yoon Yeongseo Yoon Inae Yun
Performers from Rami Seo’s World Music Ensemble
가야금: 서라미 Rami Seo 기타: 최호경 Hokyung Choy 피아노: 박상훈 Sanghoon Park 콘트라베이스: 정상욱 Sang ouk Jung 드럼: Peter Manheim
In the course of his career, painter Po Kim worked in three distinct modes, gestural abstraction, realist still-life and symbolist figuration. This talk will examine each of these periods and look at how Po Kim’s work related to the art of the period, especially that of other artists working in New York. I will also seek to understand the motives that sparked his stylistic restlessness, and ask whether his early experiences of war and violence in Korea and Japan may have helped inspire his evident faith in the power of art.
Po Kim: Making Impossible Demands on Art
Gallery Talk with Raphael Rubinstein
Art critic and editor, Art in America Professor of Critical Studies University of Houston School of Art
Chef Hooni Kim, the owner of Danji, a Michelin-starred Korean restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, and Simon Kim, the proprietor of Cote, a modern Korean steakhouse in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, share their remarkable and challenging experience promoting Korean cuisine in New York City and globally. Marja Vongerichten, host of the PBS TV series “Kimchi Chronicles,” and the author of a companion cookbook titled, “Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen,” moderates the evening program.
Bringing the Flavors of Cote and Danji to The Korea Society Wednesday, September 13, 2017 | 6:30 PM
Korea Society Fellow, Patron, and Corporate members, please register HERE for complimentary tickets.
If you have any questions, please contact Kloe Byun or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.
About the Speakers
Born in Seoul, Korea, Hooni Kim lived briefly in London before settling in New York City when he was 10 years old. He grew up in New York City, but headed west to the University of California at Berkeley to study biology and obtain a medical degree. Hooni eventually changed course to follow his passion for food and returned to the East Coast to attend the French Culinary Institute. He followed up his formal culinary training at two Michelin three-star restaurants, Daniel and Masa.
Now Hooni Kim is the chef and owner of Danji, a Korean restaurant in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City. The 36-seat solo venture showcases authentic Korean flavors in a modern setting with a focus on classic techniques and quality ingredients.
In its first full year in business, Danji received a coveted star from the Michelin Guide and has been featured in numerous media outlets in the United States such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, New York Post, and The Village Voice.
Simon Kim is the proprietor of Cote, a modern Korean steakhouse in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. Born in Seoul, Korea, Kim began his hospitality career at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, while studying Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada. After graduation, Kim led the front-of-house team at Blue Fin in New York City, then moved on to work with Jean-Georges Vongerichten, at both Matsugen and The Mark. During his time at The Mark, Kim met chef Christopher Cipollone, who he later collaborated with to open Piora, a Michelin-starred new-American restaurant in the West Village. In May 2017, Kim fulfilled his lifelong dream to open a game-changing Korean barbecue steakhouse with Cote. Cote marries the conviviality of Korean barbecue with the top-notch ingredients, stellar service, and sexy interiors of the classic American steakhouse.
Marja Vongerichten (moderator) is a former model and actress, a chef, author and TV personality. Marja was born in South Korea; adopted at the age of three and raised in America. She attended the Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and was crowned Miss Teen USA for the District of Columbia. Marja is the host of the PBS TV series “Kimchi Chronicles” and the author of a companion cookbook “Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen.” Along with her husband, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Marja opened a Korean barbeque restaurant named “Chi-Q” in Shanghai, China. Marja established a pop up Korean restaurant called “Kimchi Goddess,” in partnership with ARAMARK, that she features on college campuses, such as American University in Washington, DC. Marja has created her own line of Asian food products under the brand name “Marja’s Original,” which will be on the market this Fall. Marja has been a pioneer in helping to introduce Korean food and culture to America.
Members of The Korea Society were invited to an exclusive private tour of an exhibition that showcased works from renowned private, American, Asian-art collections. Exquisite pieces such as porcelain bottle vases, hanging scrolls, and panel screens from the Silla Dynasty (5th century) through the Joseon Dynasty (19th century) were presented. The highlight of the exhibition was “A Blue-and-white Porcelain Jar with Autumn Grasses” from the first half of the 18th century, one of the finest delicately embellished Korean porcelain jars.
The tour was led by Dr. Young Yang Chung, Chair of the Program Committee at The Korea Society, and Takaaki Murakami, Head of Sale at Christie’s.
Private Tour of An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese & Korean Art
@ Christie’s New York 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
Step into the exclusive and discerningly curated world of Korean beauty at Glow Recipe! Glow Recipe co-founders, Christine Chang and Sarah Lee, recently appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank and their company has received extensive press coverage in outlets such as Vogue, Forbes, Fortune, and Chosun Ilbo. In recognition of their market leadership in beauty content and education, Glow Recipe was also cited by InStyle as one of the “Best Online Sources for Beauty.” Worth Global Style Network, WGSN, dubbed their site as one of its “Top 5 Beauty Blogs to Watch.”
The event will take place at Glow Recipe’s first ever pop-up store, Glow Studio Downtown, in the heart of Soho. Co-founders and beauty industry veterans, Christine and Sarah, will introduce the top K-beauty trends for 2017. After the talk, guests will enjoy a private shopping experience with exclusive discounts, samples and “gifts with purchase.”
If you have any questions, please contact Kloe Byun or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.
More about the Company
Sarah Lee and Christine Chang co-founded Glow Recipe in November 2014, with the mission to make curated Korean beauty innovations easily accessible to beauty-forward women around the world. In addition to being one of the fastest growing Korean beauty e-commerce sites, Glow Recipe uniquely functions as a brand incubator, helping to foster K-beauty brand partnerships with key US retailers such as Sephora and QVC.
The winners of the prestigious Onnara Gugak Competition visit The Korea Society for a special concert of traditional Korean music. The young masters will perform gayageum sanjo, p’iri sangnyeongsanpuri, jeongga suyangsanga, and the famous Arirang medley. The concert also features chunaengjeonon, a court dance inspired by singing nightingales on a fine spring day.
Young Masters in Concert: Winners of the Onnara Gugak Competition
Tickets: Free for Supporter, Fellow & Patron Members $10 Individual Members $20 Non-members
This performance is presented in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Center New York and the National Gugak Center.
If you have any questions, please contact Luz Lanzot or (212) 759-7525, ext. 309.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GUGAK CENTER
Gugak, or traditional Korean music, has been passed down through the ages and represents the breath of Korean history and culture. The National Gugak Center is the principal institution engaged in producing and disseminating traditional Korean music and dance. The Center’s Court Music Orchestra, Folk Music Group, Traditional Dance Theater, and Contemporary Gugak Orchestra actively perform to preserve and develop gugak. Also, the Gugak Research Office was established for academic research on Korea n music.
In addition to performance and research, the Center is engaged in education, and provides lectures for teachers, families, and foreign residents in Korea.
The Center’s museum exhibits 5,000 items representing the history of Korean music. The Namwon National Gugak Center for Changgeuk, the Jindo National Gugak Center (known for its training programs), and the Busan National Gugak Center are affiliated branches.
This illustrated slide lecture will introduce Korean Buddhist art, focusing on the late Three Kingdoms period (traditionally, 57 BC – AD 668), the Unified Silla period (668–935), and the Koryŏ period (918–1392). Buddhism reached Korea from China in the fourth century; by the Unified Silla period, most members of the royal family were Buddhists, and the royal court patronized the religion, building temples and commissioning sculptures; by the Koryŏ period, the nation had espoused Buddhism as the state religion. Thus, during the millennium from the fourth through the fourteenth century (and the end of the Koryŏ dynasty), Buddhism flourished, as did Buddhist art, so that this era was the golden age of Buddhism in Korea. This lecture will pay particular attention to the sculpture of the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla periods, to the magnificent temple architecture of the Unified Silla period (including Pulguk-sa and Sŏkkuram in Kyŏngju), and to the refined paintings and sumptuous sutras of the Koryŏ era. The lecture will explore the nature of Chinese influence on Korean Buddhist art, just as it will touch on Korean influence on Japanese Buddhist art.
If you have any questions, please contact Jahee Yuor (212) 759-7525 ext 301.
Space is Limited. Early Registration Requested.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.
About the Speaker
Recently retired after more than 25 years as a senior curator at the Harvard Art Museums (H/AM), Robert D. Mowry was also the university’s Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art (2000-2013) and Head of the Department of Asian Art (1991-2013). He continues to serve as Senior Lecturer on Chinese and Korean Art in Harvard’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture. Under his stewardship, Harvard added numerous and very significant works to what already was one of the finest collections of Asian art in the Western world. Mowry was instrumental in acquiring several renowned collections as well as important endowments for the H/AM, over and above annual fundraising efforts for specific acquisitions and exhibitions. The National Museum of Korea has named Robert Mowry its Senior International Fellow for 2013, and he is also senior editor of its scholarly journal, The Journal of Korean Art and Archaeology.
Mowry’s passion for Asian art and culture was sparked by his two-year service in the Peace Corps in Korea more than 40 years ago (1967-1969). He taught English at Seoul National University, before returning to the University of Kansas, where he completed his graduate work with Chu-tsing Li and Laurence Sickman, taking his degrees with honors. Fluent in Mandarin, he spent two years as a curatorial assistant and translator in the Department of Painting and Calligraphy at the National Palace Museum, Taipei (1975-1977). His career is distinguished with many pioneering leadership roles and ground-breaking scholarship. He was founding Curator of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at The Asia Society, New York (1980-1986), and, before that, Assistant Curator of Oriental Art at Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum (1977-1980).
Mowry is a popular speaker, consultant and author in his many areas of expertise, which include Chinese and Korean ceramics, Chinese painting of the Song, Yuan and Ming periods, Chinese jade, Chinese scholar’s materials, and Korean paintings. Among his many articles, catalogues, textbooks and books, perhaps his best known is Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400 (Harvard University Art Museums, 1996), the catalogue for an exhibition that he curated and that opened at Harvard’s Arthur M. Sackler Museum in December 1995 and then toured nationally in 1996. He also is the curator of and principal catalogue author for Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars’ Rocks (1997), another exhibition he organized.
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