Past
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Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press: Pranayama Typhoon
June 16 - August 15, 2021 Barakat Contemporary is proud to present Pranayama Typhoon, the first solo exhibition by Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press in Asia. Banner first gained attention in the mid-1990s for her “wordscapes” and “still films”, which explored the relationships of primitive human desire and violence conveyed by traditional nudes, pornography, and... Read more -
Michael Dean: Garden of Delete
March 31 - May 30, 2021 Barakat Contemporary presents Garden of Delete, the first exhibition of the British sculptor Michael Dean (b. 1977, UK) in Korea from March 31(Wed.) to May 30(Sun.), 2021. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Michael Dean has studied at the Goldsmiths University of London and has since gained international stature as one of... Read more -
Yangachi: Galaxy Express
October 15 - December 27, 2020 Barakat Contemporary is delighted to present Galaxy Express, a solo exhibition of pioneering Korean media artist Yangachi, from October 15 to December 27, 2020. In Galaxy Express, Yangachi posits that digital art is a psychic medium allowing for communication with other universes. This exhibition presents a realization of such a... Read more -
Hassan Hajjaj: A Taste of Things To Come
August 5 - September 27, 2020 Barakat Contemporary presents a solo exhibition of the artist Hassan Hajjaj, A Taste of Things to Come, from August 5 to September 27, 2020. Hassan Hajjaj moved to England with his family at a young age and is an artist who lives and works in Morocco and England, using photography... Read more -
Chung Seoyoung: Knocking Air
May 12 - July 5, 2020 Barakat Contemporary will present Chung Seoyoung’s solo exhibition, Knocking Air, from May 12th to July 5th, 2020. Chung Seoyoung is an artist who played a leading role in establishing ‘Contemporary Art’ as a new category within the Korean art world in the 1990s. Focusing on sculptural elements, Chung Seoyoung began... Read more -
Peles Empire: Even here, I exist
March 12 - April 26, 2020 Barakat Contemporary is delighted to present the German artist group Peles Empire with the exhibition < Even here, I exist> for the gallery’s first show in 2020. Peles Empire is a collaborative duo consisting of the artists Katharina Stoever and Barbara Wolff. In 2005, the artists visited Peleș Castle, Romania,... Read more -
Wael Shawky: Al Araba Al Madfuna
November 29, 2019 - January 31, 2020 Barakat Contemporary presents Al Araba Al Madfuna, an exhibition by Egyptian artist Wael Shawky, from November 29, 2019, to January 31, 2020. Considered one of the most important artists in the Middle East, Wael Shawky attempts to reinterpret established historical narratives through film and a range of other media using... Read more -
Yunchul Kim: GLARE
September 19 - November 17, 2019 Barakat Contemporary is pleased to present the artist Yunchul Kim in its most recent exhibition, GLARE, running from 19th September to 17th November 2019. Yunchul Kim majored in electronic music in Korea and media art in Germany. Throughout his research on material substance, the artist has been examining the potential... Read more -
Gary Hume: Looking and Seeing
June 5 - August 11, 2019 Barakat Contemporary is delighted to hold the first solo exhibition in Korea by British artist Gary Hume from June 5 to August 4, 2019. Hume is considered one of the most important painters among the YBAs who studied at Goldsmiths, University of London in the late 1980s. Hume is well... Read more -
Robert Motherwell: Elegy
March 6 - May 12, 2019 Barakat Contemporary is pleased to announce Robert Motherwell – Elegy. Robert Motherwell was one of the leaders in Abstract Expressionism, the most revolutionary movement in 20th century contemporary art. He was one of the first-generation of Abstract Expressionist group known as the New York School alongside Jackson Pollock, Willem de... Read more -
Nicky Nodjoumi: Please Sit Down
November 21, 2018 - January 13, 2019 Barakat Contemporary is pleased to host the exhibition Please Sit Down by Iranian-American artist Nicky Nodjoumi from Wednesday, 21st November 2018 until Sunday, 13th January 2019. For over 40 years, Nodjoumi has built a very political and profound artistic world whose theme is the relationship between power and violence. Nodjoumi’s... Read more -
Shezad Dawood: Leviathan - On Sunspots and Whales
September 1 - November 4, 2018 Leviathan is an ambitious art project that examines urgent issues of the contemporary era. Through linkages with experts from different fields, it explores the connections among various contemporary issues that remain insoluble or not fully understood including climate change, marine welfare, democracy, migration, and mental health. Consisting of ten... Read more -
El Anatsui: Topology of Generosity
September 27 - November 26, 2017 El Anatsui: Topology of Generosity, presented by Barakat Seoul, sheds light on the potential of change that a single artist can generate. El Anatsui’s most representative works are large-scale installations reminiscent of tapestries, created by processing and connecting with copper wire thousands of used caps discarded from the bottles... Read more -
Alex Verhaest, Cho Moon Ki: The Absence of Paterfamilias
June 1 - August 6, 2017 The exhibition, The Absence of Paterfamilias, offers the possibility to compare the two artists’ dissimilar methodologies as they approach family portraits that may reflect reality though appear nonetheless strange. Respectively using painting and interactive film in the distant and quite dissimilar cultural spheres of South Korea and Belgium, these two... Read more
