Pop titans BTS’ member RM has narrated an audio guide for the selected 10 pieces of the upcoming exhibition both in English and Korean.
According to Korean news portal Yonhap News, his narration will be available at LACMA and the web site of the MMCA. About 130 modern Korean artworks, including some from donations of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun Hee, will go on display in the United States next week, organizers said Tuesday.
According to the report, the exhibit, titled “The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art,” will run from Sunday to February 19 next year at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California, according to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA). It is the first overseas exposition held in a western country, covering Korean modern art made from 1897-1965, the MMCA said.
The private collection from the late Samsung chairman includes Koreans’ favorite paintings, like “Children on the Yard” by Park Su Geun and “White Ox” by Lee Jung Seop, along with a self portrait by Na Hye Seok, Korea’s first female oil painter, and “Rondo” and “Mountain and Moon” by Kim Whan Ki. “The Space Between” is part of Hyundai Motor’s project to showcase artworks and programs supporting the field of art and technology in partnership with LACMA.
