National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art 'Awakening to the World' Exhibition Wins Asia Pioneer Exhibition of the Year Award

Exhibition view of "Awakening to the World" at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
[Photo by National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] The exhibition "Awakening to the World: Asian Art and Society 1960s-1990s," co-hosted by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), won the 2019 "Exhibition of the Year" award at the Asia Art Pioneers Award held in Shanghai, China.

"Awakening to the World: Asian Art and Society 1960s-1990s" is a three-country traveling exhibition jointly planned through about four years of research and investigation by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, the National Gallery Singapore, and the Asia Center of the Japan Foundation.

The exhibition highlighted the dynamic aspects of Asian contemporary art from the 1960s to the 1990s through representative works by over 100 artists from 13 Asian countries, drawing significant attention from the Asian art community during its run. The exhibition was successfully held starting at the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (October 10 to December 24, 2018), followed by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon (January 31 to May 6, 2019), and then the National Gallery Singapore (June 14 to September 15, 2019).

Yun Bum-mo, director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, stated, "The 'Awakening to the World' exhibition, co-hosted by Korea, Singapore, and Japan, introduced not only Korean contemporary art but also the dynamism of Asian contemporary art to the world. We will further strengthen exchanges with the Asian and global art communities based on this award."

Meanwhile, artist Yang Hye-kyu jointly won the Asia Art Pioneers Award's Artist of the Year category alongside Cao Fei, Ho Tzu Nyen, and Nikhil Chopra.

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