Grenzgänge
Subtitle: nord- und südkoreanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Sigg = Border crossings : North and South Korean art from the Sigg Collection
By: Herausgeber, Kathleen Bühler und Nina Zimmer
Contributors: Kunstmuseum Bern
Publisher: Kunstmuseum Bern; Hatje Cantz
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Bern; Berlin
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9783775749169
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Korean Art; Exhibitions; Private collections
Other titles: Border crossings :
Description: A comprehensive, richly illustrated catalog will be published for the exhibition, with an extensive interview with the art collector Uli Sigg, in which he comments on his time as an ambassador and on the reasons for his collection. Thanks to the cooperation of South Korean authors, the topic of the border is illuminated in (South) Korean contemporary art. Proven experts explain the iconography and methodology of North Korean art and explain the ideological function of socialist realism with North Korean characteristics (Juche). In addition, the artists themselves have their say in interviews. The publication is structured as a comprehensive companion book along the exhibition and, in addition to art historical contributions on the subject, offers comprehensive contextualizations of the works on display.00The Swiss art collector, consultant and manager Uli Sigg (*1946) began collecting contemporary Chinese art in the 1970s, and in doing so he assembled the world's largest and most important collection. During his time as Swiss ambassador to China and North Korea, he succeeded in acquiring some works from the art academies there.00Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (30.04. ? 05.09.2021).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in German and English.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Bern, April 30 - September 5, 2021.