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Korea Herald
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Young painters share their inner worlds
Kukje Gallery in Seoul displays paintings by young artists and Park Chan-kyong's curated exhibition At a time when visual images overflow, produced in excess by advances in technology, painters agonize over their role and how their work is received by viewers. Kukje Gallery brought together a group of young artists, born in the 1980s and '90s, at the exhibition 'Next Painting: As We Are.' The gallery refers to the six artists -- Mackerel Safranski, Kim Se-eun, Yoo Sin-ae, Lee Eun-sae, Jeon Byung-koo and Jeong Yi-ji -- as 'digital natives who naturally embody the media environment," but still stick with the oldest art medium of painting. Safranski focuses on her inner self, expressing her personal experiences with a long-term eating disorder and insomnia. Her paintings often feature a mysterious and uncanny atmosphere with thought-provoking images and narratives. 'I consider my body as a room that I am living in, which I cannot share with anyone else. I delve into images that are constantly created in myself,' she said Thursday at Kukje Gallery. Living in the Netherlands for the past few years, where the artist faced unfamiliar situations, she realized she had tended to perceive only the surface of things without a deep understanding of or connection with them. Such 'ah-ha" moments became a cue to create new paintings, the artist said. Jeong captures the landscapes and objects she has seen in daily life, and stories about the people around her. The images of snapshots turned into her own visual language of painting with strong and rhythmic brushstrokes. Coinciding with the exhibition, another show, 'A Faraway Today' takes place at the gallery's hanok space. The exhibition, curated by Park Chan-kyung, who has worked extensively as a film director, curator and writer, reflects Park's longstanding interest in tradition, folk belief and Korean modernity, collaborating with artists Kim Beom, IM Young-zoo, Cho Hyun-taek, Choe Soo-ryeon and Choi Yun. The exhibitions run through July 20.
South China Morning Post
06-02-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
South Korea blocks Chinese AI DeepSeek from government computers
Park Chan-kyong and Agence France-Presse Published: 10:44am, 6 Feb 2025 South Korea 's defence and trade ministries said on Thursday they had blocked DeepSeek's access to work computers, following a request from the country's data watchdog for the Chinese AI start-up to clarify how it manages user information. DeepSeek launched its R1 chatbot last month, claiming it matches the capacity of artificial intelligence pacesetters in the United States for a fraction of the investment. South Korea, along with countries such as France and Italy, have asked questions about DeepSeek's data practices, submitting a written request for information about how the company handles user information. Seoul's defence ministry said on Thursday it had blocked DeepSeek from military computers connected to the internet, while the trade ministry said that access had been temporarily restricted on all PCs within the agency. 'Access to DeepSeek from military work computers has been blocked,' a defence ministry spokesperson told This Week in Asia. 'The ministry has reinforced security precautions regarding the use of generative AI and implemented necessary pre-emptive measures for military personnel's work devices.' The trade ministry said DeepSeek has not responded to the data watchdog's inquiry.
