Exhibition 3. <Laurent Grasso: A History Becoming the Future> Laurent Grasso's opening special exhibition <Looking at the water with its back to the mountain> shows the vision and direction of the Jeonnam Museum of Art. It captures the meaning of re-illuminating and sharing the world of works of artists who see and take footprints.
The opening special exhibition featuring the works of 13 artists from three countries consists of the exhibition of Uijae and Nam Nong, the exhibition of 10 contemporary artists including Lee Nam, Baruch Gottlieb & Jinran Kim, and the exhibition Laurent Grasso. A large number of related works are prepared to meet the expectations for this exhibition, which reinterprets tradition from a modern perspective.
Artist Lee Nam Lee will present a contemporary expression of <Sansu Palgok Byungpung> by Uijae, Byeong-yeon Cho's <Samsongdo> by Nam Nong, Ingi Hwang's <Mokdanhwaungeun> by Uijae, and <Plum Blossom> by Uijae by Heo Daljae.
In particular, it conforms to the new traditional concept of the opening exhibition that immersion in tradition itself creates a new future by resisting tradition, and was awarded the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2008. For the special opening exhibition of the Jeonnam Museum of Art, Laurent Grasso, a world-famous artist, has 17th-century tradition and at the same time is a pioneer of a new trend emerging in the 18th century <The Horseman> by Yoon Du-seo and <The Horseman> by Gyeomjae Jeong Seon, who perfected Joseon's unique painting method of authentic landscape painting. A new reinterpretation of Geumgang Naesan Chongdo> is drawing the attention of the world art world.