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Che Ju Art Park
www.jejuarts.com/eng/eng_main.html
2_Ri, Aewol-Up,
Pukcheju-Gun,
Che Ju, 695-905
Tel: 02 379-4408

A private collection of over 350 outdoor sculptures dot the landscaped 25 acre Che Ju Art Park. Work is primarily by contemporary Korean contemporary artists. Founded in 1987 by  Kwan Mo Chung, sculptor, and professor of Shin Women's University in Korea.

 

Geumgang Nature Art Park and Biennale
www.natureartbiennale.org
Gongju,
Yeomisan Mountain,
South-Korea
Tel: 81 041 853 8828
E: yatoo@hanmail.net

The Geumgang Nature Art Biennale is an international nature art exhibition. The first Biennale was held in 2004 organised by a group of Korean artists called Yatoo and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, South Chungcheong Province and Gongju city. This exhibition takes place throughout the national park of Yeomisan Mountain, which now also hosts a permanent sculpture park called the Nature Art Park. This sculpture park displays a growing collection of works from the biennial, allowing visitors to see past works change over time with the effects of nature.

The biennial takes place from September – October and an impressive range of international artists take part.

 

Lee Il-Ho and Modo Sculpture Park
Baemikkumi Coast, Modo-ri Bukdo-myeon
Ongjin-gun Incheon, South Korea
Tel: +82 32 1330

Sculptor Lee Il-Ho built a personal studio and outdoor workspace on the small island of Modo, off the coast of Baemikkumi, South Korea, of which he landscaped the front lawn to exhibit twenty to thirty pieces of his own work. Additionally Lee Il-Ho’s collective work, “Eroticism Sculptures”, is displayed along the beaches to create the publicly accessible sculpture park in Modo.

Open all year round.

 

National Museum of Contemporary Art: Open-air Sculpture Garden
www.moca.go.kr/eng
PO BOX 427-080 Seoul Land Gil 209,
San 58-1, Makkye-dong, Gwacheon-si,
Gyeonggi-do, Seoul
Tel: +52 22188-6000
E: miaya@mct.go.kr

On the beautiful grounds of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, more than sixty sculptures are presented in the Sculpture Garden. The works on display are by national and international artists including Tal Streeter, Magdelena Abakanowicz and Mauro Staicioli.

The Museum is open from 10am till 6pm March to October, and 10am till 5pm from November to Febrauary. Extended opening hours operate on weekends. Admission is free.

 

New Sejoong Traditional Stone Museum
1 Yang-jiri
Seoul, 11 Korea, South
Tel: + 82-31-321-7001

This museum, the first stone museum in Korea, features a collection of over 10,000 stone sculptures dating from 57 BC to 935 AD located in a large forest grove. The museum was founded by Chon Shin-il, president of the Sejoong Corporation, and former chief of the Korean Wrestling Federation, after he saw a Japanese man buying large quantities of Korean stone sculptures in Insa-dong in 1980. The museum was opened to the public in June 2000.

 

Olympic Park
www.sosfo.or.kr/english/park/theme04.asp
88-8 Bangih-dong,
Songpa-gu,
Seoul 138-749

Created for the Olympic Games in 1988, artists from 85 countries are represented in this park including Charles Simonds, Dennis Oppenheim, Dani Karavan and Lee Seung-teak of Korea.

 

Yudalsan Sculpture Park
http://eng.mokpo.go.kr/home/eng/culture/tourism/yudalsan/
Mt Yudaslan,
Jeollanam-do, Mokpo

Originally opened in 1982, this was the first outdoor park for sculptures in Korea. The 49,500 square-meter park overlooking Mokpo City at the foot of Mt Yudalsan displays around 80 sculptures by Korean and international artists ranging from figurative to abstract in style. 

Open daily.

 

 

 

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