Taekwang Group's Sehwa Museum of Art Successfully Concludes Gwanghwamun Concert Bringing Art and Jazz Together

Five performances held in conjunction with the Georg Baselitz exhibition
Five acts, including Kim Oki and the Moon Mihyang Trio, took part
The shared qualities of painting and jazz explored through music

The Sehwa Museum of Art, operated by the Taekwang Group Sehwa Arts and Culture Foundation, announced on October 19 that it had successfully concluded its jazz concert, “The Other Way: Transition,” in Gwanghwamun, Seoul.

The Moon Mihyang Trio performs at the Sehwa Museum of Art jazz concert "The Other Way: Transition," held on the 18th in the lobby of the Heungkuk Life Insurance Building in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. Sehwa Museum of Art, Taekwang Group.

The concert was held five times from October 14 to 18 at Hammering Man Culture Plaza in front of the Heungkuk Life Insurance Building in Gwanghwamun and in the building’s first-floor lobby. It was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition “Georg Baselitz,” allowing visitors to enjoy art and music together in their daily lives.

A total of five groups took part in the concert. The lineup began on October 14 with a duo performance by guitarist Kim Suyu and harmonica player Lee Hangyeol, followed by the Kim Yujin Trio, the six-member jazz band ZIP4 (Jipsa), saxophonist Kim Oki, and the Moon Mihyang Trio.

On October 18, the final day, the Moon Mihyang Trio, led by jazz vocalist Moon Mihyang, performed in the lobby of the Heungkuk Life Insurance Building. Hundreds of people visiting the museum and movie theater over the weekend watched the performance.

The concert was organized around the shared qualities of Georg Baselitz’s body of work, which broke with the conventions of traditional painting by depicting subjects upside down, and jazz, which developed outside traditional musical forms.

The Sehwa Museum of Art’s exhibition “Georg Baselitz” runs through December 27. The museum also offers a range of cultural and arts programs, including concerts and film screenings connected to its exhibitions.

“We organized this concert to extend through music the new perspectives Baselitz presented in painting and to give people the opportunity to experience art in their daily lives,” said Ahn Mihee, director of the Sehwa Museum of Art. “We will continue to expand our programs so that people can enjoy a variety of cultural and artistic experiences, including music and film, alongside exhibitions.”

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