StarToday (Maekyung) | Who Is Kim Hyun Jung, the Youngest Korean to Hold a Solo Exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum?
StarToday (Maekyung) introduced, on August 7, 2021, Korean painter Kim Hyun Jung ahead of her appearance on MBN's 'Grasshopper Playing with Ants.' The article covers her history as the youngest artist to hold a solo exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum, the behind-the-scenes story of her 'Naesoong Story' series, and her episode with Jeon Hyun-moo.
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Korean painter Kim Hyun Jung, drawing worldwide attention, appears on "Grasshopper Playing with Ants."
MBN's "Grasshopper Playing with Ants" (planned by Kim Chang-jae; directed by Ahn Dong-su and Jeong Hae-jun), airing on the 9th, welcomes the "idol of Korean painting," Kim Hyun Jung, to the studio. Kim, the youngest Korean ever to hold a solo exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a newsmaker who was named to Forbes' "30 Under 30 Asia" list. The daily life of Kim Hyun Jung, a Korean painter the whole world is watching, is set to spark viewers' curiosity.
Kim Hyun Jung burst onto the art scene like a comet with work built on a bold, unconventional worldview, stirring the whole world. Her signature series, "Naesoong Story," is a 21st-century genre painting depicting a woman in elegant hanbok engaged in incongruous acts — shopping for foreign snacks, hiking up her skirt to eat jjajangmyeon — a set of scenes captured as new genre paintings of the 21st century.
On this episode, Kim will reveal every detail behind the birth of "Naesoong Story." In particular, viewers will be drawn in by scenes of Kim, who uses herself as the model for her own work, putting on hanbok and climbing onto exercise equipment to stage unusual scenes for her paintings. She will also candidly explain why she has no choice but to be her own model, adding further intrigue.
Kim will also confess her own occupational hazard. MC Jeon Hyun-moo responds with unexpected empathy, saying, "It's like looking at myself," drawing bursts of laughter from viewers.
What does the daily life of Kim Hyun Jung, the artist the world is watching, actually look like? From the birth story of "Naesoong Story," the work that shook the art world, to the occupational hazard that struck a chord with Jeon Hyun-moo — all of it can be seen on MBN's "Grasshopper Playing with Ants," airing at 11 p.m. on the 9th.
[Shin Young-eun, StarToday reporter]
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