Art Weekend

Since my job description is to survey customer's satisfaction, I thought I would pay a visit to the museums and gallery where the surveyors that I farmed out the project were conducting the survey this weekend. I was a bit excited to go since well I get to drive and get out of town and relax. I get paid (both for OT and per diem) and get a chance to appreciate some art. So what would be a more perfect way to spend the weekend?

Anyhow, first, at Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, there was an exhibition on Advertisement where they were showing the selected works from the One Show Awards.

There were more than 40 works on display. The essence of ads is, I believe, how well you can get your point across..that how pithy it is.. and how succint it is so that people, at a glance, would understand the gist of the work. And as I expected, the works were nothing but pithy and amazing (and very satrical as well to some extent)

And here are some of the work that I think are the cream of the crop.

Then, on Suday, I went to Nam June Paik Art Center and Gyeonggi Provincial Museum. First, I need to address who Nam June Paik is. He is a Korean-American artist who majorly was renowed for his post-modern works in the late 1970s until his passing, 2006. His works were majorly centered around video arts, employing a plethora of props e.g. tvs, screens and so forth. Since it is post-modern, to me, it is hard to fully understand what he wants to deliver or talk to about. An arbitrary pile of tvs and an arbitrary reel of montage of images is simply esoteric.. well, at least to me. And yet, Koreans still praises his works and his passion for art since, well, probably he is the one and only Korea-born artist whose fame and reputation is second to none in comparsion to other Korean artsts in general. Anyhow, let see some of this works.

And finally, I moved to Gyeonggi Provincial Museum which is only 5 min walk from NJP Art Center. I have been there several times before, so nothing was new so to speak. And yet it was nice to see many families enjoy the local culture and have a good time. Of course, dads looks tired whilst moms and kids were excited and running around. Whenever I see a Korean family in certain settings e.g. restraunts, amusement parks, museums, etc, I somewhat feel bad for them. Not because they all look tired and somewhat jaded.. well I can't wrap my head around the idea that I will have kids. Well, the idea always has been lingered somewhere in the back of my head. But not immediately. Seeing my friends, colleauges occasionally complain about raising kids, I tend to think that getting married is what I will eventually do, but having kids is something I would feel somewhat hesitant to say 'yes, of course' to if asked.

Anyhow..

The weekend was nothing but relaxing and fun... Hope yours was as well.