김기라, 벨기에 Art Festival Watou에 참여 | KUKJE GALLERY
김기라, 벨기에 Art Festival Watou에 참여
A Weight of Ideology_Without Breath, 2014, video
참여작가: 김기라
전시제목: On Being Alone and Unbearable Loneliness
전시기간: 2017년 7월 1일 – 2017년 9월 3일
전시기관: Art Festival Watou, Belgium
웹사이트: http://www.kunstenfestivalwatou.be/nl/pagina/924-1113/on-being-alone-and-unbearable-loneliness.html
국제갤러리의 김기라는 2017년 6월 1일부터 9월 3일까지 벨기에 와토우에서 열리는 제 37회 <Watou Art Festival>에 참여한다. <On Being Along and Unbearable Loneliness>라는 타이틀의 이번 전시는 다양한 작가와 시인들의 이야기를 통해 고독이라는 주제를 탐구하며, 총 11곳의 다른 장소에서 펼쳐져 시각 예술과 시 사이의 공존을 체험해 볼 수 있다. 이번 전시에서 김기라는 사회에 존재하는 강한 적대감을 표현한 비디오 작업 <이념의 무게_숨 없이>를 선보인다. 김기라는 그간 작품을 통해 한국의 현실, 역사, 이념 및 정치적 갈등과 대립 그리고 충돌 등 현대 사회에 대한 관심을 표현해 왔다.
Kira Kim participates in the 37th edition of Belgium’s Watou Art Festival from July 1 to September 3, 2017. Titled On Being Alone and Unbearable Loneliness, this year’s iteration will examine the theme of solitude in its many forms through the collected narratives of various artists and poets. The featured works will be exhibited across eleven different locations where visitors can experience a symbiosis of visual arts and poetry. Among these works is Kim’s video work A Weight of Ideology_Without Breath, which confronts the hostility that is prevalent in our society. Since the beginning of his artistic career, Kim has consistently shown his interest in contemporary society, unravelling the issues of conflict, opposition, collision within the context of reality, history, ideology, and politics within Korea.
Kira Kim participates in the 37th edition of Belgium’s Watou Art Festival from July 1 to September 3, 2017. Titled On Being Alone and Unbearable Loneliness, this year’s iteration will examine the theme of solitude in its many forms through the collected narratives of various artists and poets. The featured works will be exhibited across eleven different locations where visitors can experience a symbiosis of visual arts and poetry. Among these works is Kim’s video work A Weight of Ideology_Without Breath, which confronts the hostility that is prevalent in our society. Since the beginning of his artistic career, Kim has consistently shown his interest in contemporary society, unravelling the issues of conflict, opposition, collision within the context of reality, history, ideology, and politics within Korea.
[Source from the Watou Art Festival website]