The Seoul Museum of Art is holding an exhibition titled, 2013 Emerging Artists: Round-Up, Exhibition of Artworks by Artists on the SEMA Assistance Program. 

‘Emerging Artists: Exhibition Assistance Program for New Artworks' is the new name of the Seoul Museum of Art’s flagship annual project, which has been providing financial assistance and critics to potential young artists under the name of ‘SeMA Young Artists’ since 2008. This year, the newly renamed assistance program has been expanded to include various genres of art, in order to reflect the new trends of contemporary art in accordance with the museum’s intention of supporting talented artists working in various experimental genres. Furthermore, whereas the assistance previously focused on solo exhibitions, this year’s exhibition consists of a joint exhibition of works by 28 artists. 

The title of this exhibition,“Round-Up,”is a news and media term referring to ‘a summary of recent facts and events’. The exhibition is designed to showcase the representative artworks of twenty-eight artists who have held solo exhibitions around Seoul during 2013 with the museum’s assistance. It attempts to express the passion and pure desire of these young artists by configuring various artworks by the selected artists, which cannot be defined under one theme, in an intentionally-exaggerated or conflicting fashion within the exhibition hall. 

The Artist Relay Event is enable visitors to enjoy various forms of artwork during the exhibition period through direct communication with contemporary artists who might otherwise be perceived as distant or difficult. In addition, the exhibition will feature an exhibition space introducing ‘The New Artist Exhibition Assistance Program,’ along with data related to the solo exhibitions of twenty-eight selected new artists, to enable visitors to see the progress of the exhibition assistance program over the past six years, and to review the role and future direction of the program. 

It is hoped that this exhibition provides a valuable opportunity for visitors to enjoy a wide spectrum of contemporary artworks by passionate young artists, as well as various events such as Artist Relay Event. 

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A gooo enough relationship, 2013
performance, two channel HD video
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courtesy of the artist