Jung Kang-ja is one of the few female artists who led Korean experimental art that flourished in the 1960s to 1970s. Yet, the artist remains relatively unfamiliar to many.
Arario Gallery sheds light on the artist’s path, presenting some 70 works in Shanghai and Seoul. The exhibition in Shanghai titled “Jung KangJa: Life Goes On” gives a glimpse of Jung’s path from the 1980s to 2000s, showing many of the works that were inspired by the artist's travels across South America and Africa.
Arario Gallery presented the artist in Seoul last year at art fairs as well as her solo exhibition, “Jung Kangja: It Has Always Been the Beginning,” which ran through Dec. 30, 2023, showing some 40 works.
The exhibition in Seoul focused on Jung’s late paintings from 1995 to the 2000s, showing how she took a turn toward abstract and transcendent forms in the late years -- some of the works show motifs symbolizing the traditions of her homeland such as reinterpreting hanbok, the traditional Korean attire.
