until Sunday February 01 2015

PLATEAU, Samsung Museum of Art
T : +82 2 22 59 77 26
55 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu
100-716 Seoul
Korea

PLATEAU, Samsung Museum of Art presents Before/After Mass Studies Does Architecture, an exhibition of of the architect Minsuk Cho. With the constant blurring between the boundaries of art and architecture, the exhibition reexamines architecture as a concurrent force of contemporary art that shapes the cultural terrain of our time.

As the everyday gains importance, contemporary art emphasizes the experience of the artwork as a site-specific, architectural space. Contemporary architecture, on the other hand, delves into installations within the spaces of art and publicity and the performative nature of the discipline.
Before/After provides an overview of Cho's work over the past 12 years. Centered on the before and after ofdoing architecture, it offers a critical reflection on the status of the architectural discipline in Korea and in the global arena.