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TRACING MOVEMENTS

SEP 6–FEB 25, 2024

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, SEOUL

Jung Yeondoo: One Hundred Years of Travels

For the tenth edition of the annual MMCA Hyundai Motor Series, renowned South Korean multimedia artist Jung Yeondoo (2023), about diasporic identities, with a sound installation inspired by John Lennon’s song in a room of hanging cactishaped sound absorbers, and a large wall of sugar sculptures, reminiscent of archaic castle walls. In these works, Jung contemplates how cultures across borders are inextricably linked through global events.

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