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Next Door
 Portrait Series

Nebenan Huam-dong x Goethe-Institut © Novemberstudio/Jungjae Park

For nearly 60 years, the Goethe-Institut Korea has been part of the cultural landscape on the slopes of Namsan in Seoul. A new portrait series now highlights artists from the surrounding neighborhood. In the alleys at the foot of Namsan and inside their individually shaped studios, internationally experienced artists open their workspaces and offer insights into their creative worlds. The series presents a vivid, diverse, and international picture of the contemporary art scene in Korea–shaped by space, ideas, and sources of inspiration.

Interview with
Artist Ga-Ae

Her stay in Belgium lasted merely a little over a year the artist Ga-Ae begins calmly. And yet, the sensibilities and impressions of that period continue to resonate throughout her collages. Since returning to Korea and having a child, she has been rethinking the borderlines between caregiving and work. We met the collage artist Ga-Ae in her rooftop studio overlooked by Namsan, [the hill overlooking the centre of Seoul,] where she spends her days, and invite you to explore her work, made not on a computer, but with paper and the scissors she holds. 

Gaae Interview © Leslie Klatte © Leslie Klatte

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