Changwon Special City and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Host Exhibition "Munsin (文信): Toward the Universe"

Special Exhibition Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Munshin's Birth Held at Deoksugung Palace Until January 29 Next Year

Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, held the opening ceremony of the special exhibition "Moon Shin (文信): Toward the Universe" co-hosted with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art at Deoksugung.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, held the opening ceremony of the special exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of sculptor Moon Shin’s birth, titled “Moon Shin (文信): Toward the Universe,” at 5 p.m. on the 31st at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, co-hosted with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

This exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Moon Shin’s birth is a large-scale retrospective introducing the artist’s life and artistic world across various fields including sculpture, painting, crafts, architecture, and ceramics. It will be held at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, from September 1st until January 29th of next year.

Moon Shin (文信, 1922-1995) studied painting in Japan during the Japanese colonial period and was active as a painter after returning to Korea. Later, he moved to France and gained recognition as a sculptor.

He is an exceptional artist both within the flow of modern and contemporary Korean art history and in the context of Korean abstract sculpture developed since the mid-1950s. The exhibition also aims to show the messages of freedom, solitude, passion, and tension that the artist, who lived as an outsider throughout his life, conveys to contemporary audiences.

The subtitle of the exhibition, “Toward the Universe,” quotes the titles Moon Shin gave to various forms of his sculptural works.

Yoon Beom-mo, director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, who attended the opening ceremony, said, “This large-scale exhibition was created through the joint hosting of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and Changwon Special City, with active cooperation from various institutions, researchers, and collectors. Through this exhibition, we hope to spark interest in the life and art of Moon Shin, an artist whose uniqueness is undisputed but who remains relatively unknown to the public, and to provide an opportunity to reconsider the contemporary significance of life and art.”

Jo Myung-rae, 2nd Deputy Mayor of Changwon Special City, stated, “This exhibition will establish a new domestic and international evaluation and status of Moon Shin, who is celebrating his 100th anniversary, through systematic research and objective verification by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, which represents Korean art. It will also serve as an opportunity to elevate the cultural status of Changwon Special City, which preserves valuable assets such as the Changwon Municipal Masan Moon Shin Art Museum and Moon Shin’s works.”

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