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Seoul - South Korea 2020

Savina Museum Of Contemporary Art

Song of Myself

Group Exibition

Original invitation to the opening

English version of the invitation

Aerial view of the Museum

Exterior view of the Museum

The Savina Museum of Contemporary Art was founded as Gallery Savina in March 1996, and originally located in Insa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Convergence, change, challenge, innovation, and experimental spirit are used as a source of creativity, the museum plays the role of spreading the meaning and value of art throughout society.


Savina Museum of Contemporary Art's special summer exhibition "Song of Myself" is an exhibition that explores various relationships that form the self, starting with the essential question of "Who am I?" and seeks an approach to establish an integrated identity.

The title of the exhibition and its main theme came from a series of 52 poems by Walt Whitman, an American poet of the 19th century. This exhibition breaks the stereotype that self-identity has individuality, uniqueness and immutability, and emphasizes that it is formed in a changing process of creation with integrity, complexity, and fluidity. 


It conveys the message that it is able to realize my true self when the boundary between you and me disappears and conflicting elements of confrontation, competition, and contradiction are fused into the self.


Artists:

Kim Siha, Kim Nari, Koh Sang Woo, Yuna Park, Chan Hyo Bae, Setbyul Lee, Lee Nam Lee, Won Seoung Won, Semin Cho, Yosang Ji, Seoung Ku Han, Kim Junjiu and François Brunelle

Multiple views from the exhibition

A view from the exhibition

A view from the exhibition

Extract from a media article

A view from the exhibition

A view from the exhibition

A view from the exhibition

Link to virtual tour of exhibition

Savina Lee. Museum founder and director

Ms. Savina Lee founded the Savina Lee Museum of Contemporary Art in 1996. She did that with something very personal: passion. 

Right from the beginning Savina wanted that a maximum number of people would have acces to the Museum’s art so most of the exhibitions are available to be visited with virtual tours, even before COVID appeared to empty the physical spaces of the Museum.

Ms. Lee is also the President of the non-profit organisation Korean Art Museum Association.