With an hour to spare before departure for the airport, I paid a quick visit to the Seoul Museum of (Modern) Art (SeMA) in the former Supreme Court building near the Deoksugung Palace.
One of the first exhibits featured a couple of two-metre tall black rectangles on a white wall which drew a wry smile owing to a recent conversation with our Flossie about the definition of art. Another artist had obviously spent several minutes creating a piece using two pieces of material fixed to the wall by six nails.
Further round, a more thought provoking and somewhat disturbing painting by Choi Min-Hwa reflected past conflicts while a set of monochrome painting by Shin Hak-Churl provided futuristic depictions of hybrid monsters with weapons. I was particularly drawn to a painting of a watermill which appeared to belong to the early 1970’s colour-by-numbers genre.
Hardly a thorough review of the museum, but nothing else leapt out during my swift tour. At least my shirt was now dry.
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