Exchange Exhibition of Autistic Writers from Korea and Taiwan Held

'The Bridge of The World'
Exhibition Dates: 2020. 11.13 ~ 11.30
Exhibition Venue: Blue One Gallery (15-1 Insadong 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul)...A project with Ahn Yunmo and friends with autism worldwide

Ryland Lee (Taiwan), Jesus and Me, 2020

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Since 2010, mid-career artist Ahn Yunmo (57), who has been conducting world tours with autistic artists not only domestically but also at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Bozar Art Center in Europe, as well as in Africa and Asia, has planned this exhibition both online and offline for autistic artists who are in relatively more disadvantaged environments within the art field, which has been weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This project, prepared to re-promote opportunities for communication through paintings with people around the world, is titled "Bridge of the World" and will be held from November 13 to 30 at the Blue One Gallery in Insadong, Seoul.

This exhibition is a special exchange exhibition featuring autistic artists from Taiwan and South Korea. As a form of exhibition conducted in a non-face-to-face social atmosphere, a website will be created to exhibit videos and artworks online together. Videos containing stories about the artwork creation process will also be produced, and even after the exhibition ends, continuous activities such as introducing the artists and their works through the website will be carried out.

The exhibition will showcase about 30 paintings by seven autistic artists: Gye Inho, Kim Sejung, Kim Taeyoung, Lee Byungchan, Cho Jaehyun, Chi Liang Yu (Taiwan), and Leland Lee (Taiwan).

The featured artists have long worked and exhibited with artist Ahn Yunmo, and the Taiwanese autistic artists are active in Taiwan and were selected upon recommendation by the Xiaolong Park Museum of Art in Taiwan.

Starting from South Korea, this exhibition project, which will provide continuous opportunities for autistic artists of various nationalities to interact through the "Bridge of the World" project, is planned to expand into a biennial exhibition featuring autistic artists from diverse nationalities.

Lee Byung-chan 'Happy Chef'

Artist Introduction

Gye Inho: Level 1 autism, 2 solo exhibitions, over 50 domestic and international group exhibitions

Kim Sejung: Level 1 autism, 1 duo exhibition, over 50 domestic and international group exhibitions

Kim Taeyoung: Level 1 autism, 2 solo exhibitions, over 50 domestic and international group exhibitions

Chi Liang Yu (Taiwan): Level 2 autism, 3 solo exhibitions, about 30 group exhibitions

Lee Byungchan: Level 1 autism, 1 solo exhibition, over 50 domestic and international group exhibitions

Cho Jaehyun: Level 1 autism, 1 solo exhibition, over 50 domestic and international group exhibitions

Leland Lee (Taiwan): Level 2 autism, 5 solo exhibitions, about 30 group exhibitions

YAP YUN MO AHN AUTISM PROJECT... A project with Ahn Yunmo and autistic friends worldwide

YAP was established in 2010 by artist Ahn Yunmo, autistic artists with artistic talents, their families, and people interested in autism, aiming to pursue communication with the world through paintings due to the limitations of verbal communication characteristic of autism.

Through various projects with artist Ahn Yunmo and autistic friends worldwide, it seeks to share messages of challenge, dreams, and hope through art among children and youth with disabilities in Korea and similar disabilities worldwide, exchange cultural arts globally, and serve as a small catalyst for realizing humanity that transcends different languages, religions, and races.

For autistic friends, painting is a means of self-expression and communication with the world. The project aims to provide opportunities to share their beautiful and honest stories expressed only by them with many people and to create opportunities to newly highlight their artistic aspects.

The various projects with autistic friends worldwide and artist Ahn Yunmo are completed through the participation of hundreds of thousands or millions of similar disabled children and youth around the globe, becoming the largest art installation and a warm messenger of hope that can be shared with people worldwide. Therefore, through their works, it hopes to create a warm world without discrimination based on race, language, disability, or non-disability, where people communicate with each other.

Main YAP projects:

(Beijing, Paris, Brussels, Bali, Taiwan, Jakarta, Ethiopia, Kenya, Thailand, New York, etc.)

2020 Becoming a Butterfly, Xiaolong Park Museum of Art, Tainan, Taiwan

2019 Becoming a Butterfly, KCC, Hanoi, Vietnam

2018 Becoming a Butterfly, Connect, Gabriel Nahyun Community Center, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

2017 Becoming a Butterfly / APS, Hong Kong 2017 AFA Gallery / Ethiopia, Africa

2014 World Tour Project - Becoming a Butterfly / United Nations European Headquarters, Bozar Art Center, Brussels, Europe

2014 Ahn Yunmo World Tour Project - Becoming a Butterfly / Valerie Goodman Gallery, Rockefeller Preserve

Queens Museum, Port Authority Terminal Window, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York

2003-2012 Nationwide Tour Project with friends with developmental disabilities / Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Art One Gallery, etc.

Artist Ahn Yunmo studied at Hongik University and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, working with everyday life as his subject. He has held 80 solo exhibitions domestically and internationally, including New York and Europe, and has been conducting projects with autistic friends for 18 years. He has planned and conducted numerous exhibitions in New York, Europe, Asia, and Africa, including the world tour project "Becoming a Butterfly" and the nationwide tour project "Beautiful Painting Journey," and has participated in over 1,350 group exhibitions and art fairs both domestically and internationally.

His works are extremely warm in their understanding and expression of the human inner self. Featuring anthropomorphized animals, his works, accompanied by humor and laughter, allow viewers to observe life from a slight distance. Like modern fables, they approach us sensually and familiarly.

Chi Liang Yu (Taiwan), Banquet, 2020

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