[Photo] South Korean artists to submit joint entry for Carnegie Museum exhibition

The Carnegie Museum of Art has invited writer Han Kang and video artist Im Heung-soon to submit a joint work for the museum’s 57th international exhibition which will be held in October. “The museum asked Han Kang and myself about a joint art piece, and we have discussed doing so since last year,” Im told Yonhap News on Apr. 16. “It will be a work that deals with the modern and contemporary history of our country. I will announce concrete details soon.”

Han is one of South Korea’s best known novelist, and won the prestigious Man Booker prize for her novel, “The Vegetarian” in 2016. Im won a Silver Lion award at the 2015 Venice Biennale for his documentary, “Factory Complex,” which focused on the labor conditions facing women in textile factories in South Korea and Southeast Asia. (by Roh Hyung-suk, culture correspondent)