The influence of Western art on China, Korea and Japan has by no means eliminated tradition, but instead challenges it to develop and evolve along new lines in the course of globalization.
Works by renowned Chinese, Korean and Japanese artists Qiu Shihua, Leiko Ikemura, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Kimsooja and Yu Duan testify to the vitality and creative resilience of contemporary East Asian art. They constantly draw anew from rich traditions to achieve impressive new inventions, rediscoveries and re-interpretations.
With such perspective, Horizons juxtaposes individual pieces of ancient art from the three East Asian countries represented by the MOK: China, Korea and Japan with the artists’ modern works. Transcending the bounds of their cultural origins, these new creations resonate with concepts derived from modern Western art. The exhibition presents richly striking positions at the interface between Far Eastern and Western art.
