Crown Haitai Opens Sculpture Exhibition at Hangang Park with Seoul City for 3 Years

Yoon Young-dal, Chairman of K-Sculpture Organizing Committee at Crown Haitai Confectionery (left), and Yoon Jong-jang, Head of Han River Project Headquarters (right), are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a strategic cooperation agreement for the successful hosting of the outdoor sculpture exhibition held at Han River Park.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] Seoul’s Hangang Park is transforming into the world’s largest “roofless mega sculpture gallery.”

Crown Haitai Confectionery and the Seoul Metropolitan Government (Hangang Project Headquarters) announced on the 9th that they will hold a large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibition at Hangang Park for three years until 2024. Previously, Crown Haitai held an outdoor sculpture exhibition called “2021 K-Sculpture Hangang Heung Project” at Hangang Park for three months starting in October last year.

Through this agreement, a year-round permanent sculpture exhibition will be held on a rotating basis to bring joy and happiness to citizens through sculpture works. In particular, a special sculpture exhibition hall will be set up and operated in September, when Frieze, one of the world’s top three art fairs held in the UK, takes place.

The company expects that with the operation of a mega outdoor sculpture gallery at Hangang Park, the plan to “globalize Korean sculpture” will also get on track. A Crown Haitai Confectionery official said, “The strategic cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government was based on a shared understanding that sculpture works can provide happy enjoyment to citizens’ lives and serve as a driving force for the globalization of Korean sculpture,” adding, “We will do our best to strategically cooperate between the public and private sectors to develop Hangang into the world’s best outdoor sculpture gallery.”

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