Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art is delighted to present “Memories of the Future,”
the first group exhibition of contemporary art in 2010, which follows the series of
past exhibitions at the museum that has broadly encompassed Korean and international,
traditional and contemporary art. Including six Korean artists and five
international artists, this exhibition addresses diverse tendencies in contemporary
art. It is also an attempt to expand the notion of art both conceptually and spatially
by unfolding in the museum’s Ground Gallery for special exhibitions as well as in its
other interior spaces and outside.

Art in the past—painting and sculpture, for instance—used to have fixed forms and subjects. Since the emergence of Marcel Duchamp in the 1910s and through the subsequent artistic movements such as Pop Art, Conceptual Art, and Fluxus in the 1960s, new contents and forms have come to constitute new art. “Memories of the Future”—the title of this exhibition and also of a work by Laurent Grasso, one of the participating artists—symbolizes how contemporary art explores artistic realms that were believed to be impossible.

We hope that “Memories of the Future” serves as an occasion to reflect on the new meanings of contemporary art, which has been transcending many boundaries and expanding infinitely. The exhibition is also an opportunity for the viewers to communicate with and participate in the works of art, the artists, and the exhibition spaces more actively, and thus to experience and understand contemporary art
in a more intimate way.