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Tae Man Choi(Born in 1962)
Prof. Tae Man Choi, Artistic Director of the Busan Biennale 2004
Contemporary Art Exhibition, was born in 1962. He studied painting
and art theory at Seoul National University and also completed
doctorate course work in art history at Dongguk University.
As an independent curator and a former curator of the National Museum
of Contemporary Art in Korea, he realised numerous exhibitions in domestic
as well as international including "Auguste Rodin-The Great Hands"(Seoul Arts
Centre, 2002), "Love"(Marronnier Art Museum, 2001), "The Habitants in the Brave
New World"(Seoul Arts Centre, 2000), "Korean Contemporary Art in Beijing"
(China Art Gallery, Beijing, 1996), "Whitney Biennale in Seoul"(NMCA, 1993),
and "The Moran International Sculpture Symposium"(Moran Museum of Art, 1992).
Also as an art critic and writer, he writes for several art magazines and newspapers including Wolgan Misool and Art in Culture.
From 1997 to 2002 Prof. Choi was an assistant professor at Seoul National University
of Technology. He is also an accomplished author and has published several books including "Art as Communication", "Korean Sculpture Today", "Art and City", "Youth Shimmering in the Dark" and "Art and Revolution". Choi is currently an assistant professor at Kookmin University and the Chief Curator of Kim Jong Yung Sculpture Museum. |
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Manu D. Park (Born in 1959)
Manu D.Park, Curator of the Busan Biennale 2004-Contemporary Art Exhibition was born in 1959. He studied aesthetics at Seoul National University and philosophy and cultural Studies at Universite Paris 1(Pantheon Sorbonne). He also completed his doctorate course work in theory of art criticism at Universite Paris 1. He was the Director of Exhibitions for the Gwangju Biennale 2002(2001-2003). As an independent curator and art critic he organised the exhibition "Film, Contemporary Art and Spectators' Culture" at Art Sonjae Centre, Seoul in 2000 and he has been invited to lecture at various schools and institutions including the Curatorial Programme at De Appel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Further Mr. Park has been invied to participate as a juror for several art events and competitions such as the Nordic institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland and Hermes Korea Art Prize, Seoul, Korea.
He is also an author of numerous articles and books including "Media Aesthetics", "Cinematic Worldvision and Praxis of Film Language". Currently, in addition to his duties with the Busan Biennale Mr. Park is Chairman of Cultural Exchange Committee at Gwangju Culture Forum. |
