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this weekend Jamie and I headed over to Insadong, the “art market” of Seoul according to wikipedia. there we saw lots of very bad paintings and uninspired shows but also some really nice finds. Insa art center had a great couple of shows; one on Vic Muniz, a group show titled “Orient Sprit” featuring a couple of pixelated paintings by Jung, Myaung-Gook, which you can see below, and Eco Flow by Kim Tae Sue. while looking at this show this guy that was next to me cordially gave one of his book catalogs to the owner of the space and after doing this he signed the good wishes book by the entrance and left. oh and all catalogs are priced at 3000 won (around $3). Also the Gana art center had this great show about an artists whose name I can only write in Korean and can’t begin to pronounce, but very nice sorta Nara inspired paintings by way of pop and a bit more personal.
Insadong is also home to Millimeter Milligram, one of the best paper, notebook, awesomeness stores I have ever been to. Their mission is to “make products with joy, which is useful for the notes about your private senses in your life” in short, they make some of the best designed and minimalist paper products with a sensibility geared toward personal customization and individuality. Most of their design comes from circusboyband a.k.a. Hyunsuk O; needless to say I really love his style and I bought so many of their stickers/
also the screaming females keep the good news rolling in, this time they released a video for their new single Bell produced by none other than the lovely Biz Lynch of courtlandtland.com. it debuted as a must-see-feature of the daily swarm - enjoy:
