Nostalgics on realities

Curated by Kim Sung woo, Nostalgics on realities presents new and recent work by six contemporary artists: Jesse Chun, Eugene Jung, Yongju Kwon, Minsun, Hwayeon Nam and Yooyun Yang. Following the three-person show Myths of Our Time in 2023, this group exhibition is the second at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul to focus solely on Korean artists, highlighting their diverse contributions to Korea’s thriving contemporary art scene.  

Kim Sung woo is a Seoul-based curator and writer. Following an MFA in Curating at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2014, he led the curatorial projects, exhibitions and management of Amado Art Space, a not-for-profit space in Seoul, as its chief director (2015–19). He was appointed as a curator for the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018) and acted as a curatorial advisor for the Busan Biennale (2020) and SongEun Art Space (2019). In 2022, he launched the curatorial space Primary Practice in Seoul and, most recently, curated a film program with Frieze Seoul, Frieze Film 2023: It was the way of walking through narrative.

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