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Spectrosynthesis Seoul

Spectrosynthesis Seoul

The exhibition catalogue Spectrosynthesis Seoul includes introductions to the works of the 74 participating artists, along with essays by a range of scholars and researchers. It features texts by the exhibition’s curators Sunjung Kim and Yongwoo Lee, a commissioned essay by artist Sung Hwan Kim relfecting on a personal selection of works from the Sunpride Foundation collection, a critical essay by Nam Woong, and a chronology of queer art compiled by art historian Harry C. H. Choi.

Contents
16 Patrick Sun, Preface
20 Sunjung Kim, Spectrosynthesis Seoul
33 The Two-Sided Seashell
98 Sung Hwan Kim, Brick Is Gay
204 Yongwoo Lee, Tender: Invisibly Visible, Unlocatably Everywhere 
231 Tender: Invisibly Visible, Unlocatably Everywhere 
282 Nam Woong, Queer Representation and Language, Aesthetic Form, and Political Practice
298 Harry C. H. Choi, An Incomplete Chronicle of Queer Korean Art
332 The Writers
334 Colophon 

Text
Sunjung Kim, Sung Hwan Kim, Nam Woong, Yongwoo Lee, Harry C.H. Choi
Editor
Najung Kim
Designer
WORKS
Published by
Art Sonje Center
Publication Date
March 20, 2026
ISBN
979-11-88658-77-0
Price
50,000