October 7, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Join the Asia Society for a conversation with Dr. Sohl Lee and Dr. Jung Joon Lee, moderated by Yasufumi NAKAMORI (ACC 2016). Arthistorians and scholars Dr. Jung Joon Lee and Dr. Sohl Lee will share their insights on the postwar artisticresponses in South Korea. Dr. Jung Joon Lee’s current research and latest publication, Shooting for Change; KoreanPhotography after the War (Duke University Press: 2024), examine the role photography has played in both creativeand documentary endeavors throughout historical events. Dr. Sohl Lee brings her perspective from a forthcomingtitle that focuses on Minjung art of the 1970s and 1980s, a movement where artists responded in wide-rangingmediums to the political and social issues of the time. The stories told through the art of this period and emergedfrom Dr. Jung Joon Lee and Dr. Sohl Lee’s new research will provide a fuller picture of postwar life in South Koreaand the power of art in times of uncertainty.

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