Spazio Berlendis is happy to announce that from 20 April to 27 November 2022 it will host the exhibition “to where the flowers are blooming”, presented by Gwangju Biennale Foundation and the City of Gwangju, aimed at celebrating the Movement of May 18, 1980 (5.18 Democratization Movement) against the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan.
Opening
20 April, from 4 pm to 7 pm vernissage and press preview by invitation
Opening hours
Tuesday-Sunday from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm.
Exceptional openings
May 30th; June 27th; July 25th; August 15th; Semptember 5th and 19th; October 31st; November 21st.
Artists
Ahn Chang Hong, Kader Attia, Bae Young-hwan, Choi Sun, Ho Tzu Nyen, Hong Sung-dam, Kim Chang-hun, Jin Meyerson, Noh Suntag, Park Hwayeon, Suh Dasom.
The exhibition is curated by the exhibition department of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation.
The exhibition “to where the flowers are blooming” was first presented in Seoul, Korea, in May 2020 and then in Taipei, Cologne and Gwangju to finally arrive in Venice, after a two-year postponement due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The project aims to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the May 18, 1980 Movement(5.18 Democratization Movement), and to focus on the history and contemporary spirit of Gwangju, a city that played a key role in the democratization of Korea.
Reflecting on today’s humanity, the exhibition presents the spirit of Gwangju as explored through artistic language: its title is borrowed from the phrase “to where the flowers are blooming” from the final chapter of Han Kang’s novel “Human Acts”, which deals with the lasting trauma of May 1980 on Gwangju and questions which historical memories must be most tightly held onto. The exhibition explores the will of human communities to rise above the vivid memories of anguish and historical tragedy and proceed forward toward a better world.