Seongbuk-gu Women's Rights Media Special Exhibition 'March (Women’s March)' Successfully Concluded

Life of Comfort Women Expressed Through Contemporary Artists' Perspectives Highlighting Women's Rights... Exhibition of 42 Works by 12 Contemporary Artists Including Kim Seungwoo, Kim Wongun, Lee Inam, Hanho

2021 Seongbuk-gu Women's Rights Media Special Exhibition 'March (Women’s March)' held at Dongduk Women's University Art Museum

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) successfully concluded the special media exhibition on women's rights titled "Women’s March".

Held throughout Seongbuk-gu since the 26th of last month, the "2021 Seongbuk-gu Women’s Rights Media Special Exhibition - Women’s March" was curated by artist Hye-yeon Jeon and featured 42 works across various genres including media art, painting, and installation by 12 contemporary Korean artists (Seung-woo Kim, Won-geun Kim, Hyun-ji Kim, Chang-yong Shin, Sang-soo Lee, Lee Inam, Kyung-ja Han, Seung-gu Han, Ho Han, Soon-myung Hong, Il-hwa Hong, Hyun-ho Hwang??). The exhibition attracted approximately 1,200 visitors to both indoor and outdoor venues.

This exhibition originated from a project linked to Glendale City, California, USA, which was the first in the world to erect a Peace Statue of a Girl on public land and established the Comfort Women’s Day six years earlier than Korea.

Seongbuk-gu has maintained a sister city relationship with Glendale since 2015 and this exhibition marks the sixth collaboration. Through "Women’s March," the exhibition aimed to artistically reflect on the lives of comfort women who suffered but were not comforted, and to reexamine ongoing unresolved issues of women’s rights from past to present.

The exhibition was held at five locations across Seongbuk-gu (Dongduk Women’s University Museum & Art Gallery, Artnoyd 178, Gallery 17717, Seoul Seongbuk Media Culture Maru, and Seongbukcheon Fountain Maru Plaza), with each venue showcasing works tailored to the characteristics of the respective media.

Especially due to COVID-19 making face-to-face visits difficult and some venues being far for citizens, an outdoor media exhibition titled "Gallery Comes Outside - Becoming the Window to the World" was held at Seongbukcheon Fountain Maru Plaza, allowing visitors to view works from all five locations at once.

Additionally, a related lecture titled "Unrecognized Female Independence Activists, Who Are They?" was conducted online.

Visitors expressed satisfaction, saying, "It feels like a new form of exhibition culture coexisting with the COVID-19 era," and "It provided an opportunity to view women’s rights issues through the eyes of contemporary artists."

The "Women’s March" exhibition was hosted by Seongbuk-gu and the Seongbuk Cultural Foundation, supported by the Seoul City Gender Equality Fund, and represents a meaningful collaboration among public, private, and academic sectors including Seongbuk-gu, Seongbuk Cultural Foundation, Seoul City, Seongbuk Cultural Center, Dongduk Women’s University, local cultural spaces, and civic organizations.

The media exhibition videos will continue to be available online on the Seongbuk Cultural Foundation’s YouTube channel for citizens who could not visit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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