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Hwang hopes the SIPA 2009 will become the discussion forum for this issue by bringing together various types of artworks from all over the world.
SIPA was organized to promote and develop printmaking and photography in Korea. This year's event features 43 galleries that are mostly from Korea, with a handful from Japan, France, Germany, the U.S., Italy and Singapore. It is much smaller than last year's event, which featured 63 participating galleries.
Visitors will be able find works by Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama and Bill Viola at the various gallery booths of the art fair.
Aside from the galleries, the SIPA 2009 will also offer several special exhibitions. ``Visual Intersection.kr.nl'' features artists from this year's guest country, the Netherlands. Participating artists are Eelco Brand, Ellen Kooi, Erwin Olaf, Martine Stig, Phillip Provily, Popel and Ruud van Empel.
Photographer Yoon Joo-yeong will show off his series of photographs of mothers throughout Korea in the exhibition ``The Mothers.''
Another special exhibition will be the Ex-libris exhibition, which is being hosted by SIPA for the first time. Ex-libris, which means ``from books'' in Latin, are bookplates that indicate ownership of books. The Korea Ex-libris Association and Dong Sang Bang Gallery will show a variety of bookplates from all over the world from their own collections, as well as exquisite Korean ones.
For the fair's public art project, Australian artist Jayne Dyer will be showing ``The Book Project," featuring installations filled with books. She is interested in the relationship between people and books, as well as issues of translation and communication in today's globalized society.
The SIPA also selected several rising Asian artists to showcase new works. Japanese photographer Nabuhiro Nakanishi was chosen for the Asia BELT Artist Project, while artists Kim So-hee and Cho Hyun-sook were picked for the BELT Artist Project for Korea.
For the duration of the art fair, SIPA is also organizing a children's art program, in collaboration with German art supply maker Faber-Castell. It includes a guided tour and a special art class to be conducted in Korean and English.
The art fair is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are 10,000 won. Visit www.sippa.org (Korean and English). To get there, get off Nambu Bus Terminal Station line 3, exit 5, and go on green bus 12 or 4429.
cathy@koreatimes.co.kr