Calling all art-lovers in the ATL! There’s a brand new exhibit coming to the High, and you don’t want to miss it!
“Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan” is making its American debut at the High Museum of Art before heading off to the Phoenix Art Museum in the fall! This stunning exhibition features art from the renowned painter, Kim Chong Hak, who was born in 1937 in Pyongan-bukdo, Sinuiju, in what is now the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
What is Kim Chong Hak’s art about?
The High Museum of Art’s Wieland Family senior curator of modern and contemporary art, Michael Rooks, says,
At Mount Seorak, Kim forged a physical, spiritual and emotional relationship to the Korean landscape inflected by his generation’s collective memories of colonization, war, geopolitical conflict and economic crisis. His painterly synthesis of tradition and contemporaneity stood in contrast to monochromatic painting’s chasteness, austerity and remove from its specific social and cultural context.
You’ll feel that connection to the land and emotions just by looking at and learning all about Kim’s work.
In addition to East Asian and Western art history, Kim’s work has been influenced by his enthusiasm for collecting traditional Korean folkcraft, especially folk embroidery and carved wooden “marriage” geese. The exhibition includes a selection from his personal collection.
The exhibition will also feature Kim’s drawings and sketchbooks from the 1970s to the present, including a group of recent botanical studies on Korean hanji paper (made from mulberry bark), and an introductory biographical video by award-winning filmmakers Jung Dawoon and Kim Jongshin of Giraffe Pictures. You definitely don’t want to miss it!
Okay, okay I’m IN! How do I see it?
When: You can check out “Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan” at the High Museum of Art from April 11th, 2025 – November 2nd, 2025!
Where: The High | 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Learn more and snag your ticket on the High’s website, here!
Check out all the amazing art! Don’t miss the American debut of “Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan”!