Art History's Yoon-Jee Choi Co-Curates "Hallyu! The Korean Wave" Exhibit

Ph.D. student in the UChicago Department of Art History, Yoon-Jee Choi, who is currently on leave working at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco has co-curated the exhibition, Hallyu! The Korean Wave. 

 

On view now until January 6, 2025, the exhibit steps into the spectacular world of Korean dramas, music, film, TV, fashion, and beauty - from Netflix hits like “Squid Game” and the Academy Award-winning “Parasite” to chart-topping K-pop idols and influential designers. It discovers how South Korea reinvented itself as a 21st-century pop culture phenomenon. Created by the V&A and touring the world, Hallyu! The Korean Wave includes nearly 200 objects and artworks that illustrate the limitless flow of creativity powering the world’s biggest, fastest-growing contemporary cultural wave from Asia. 

Yoon-Jee's research revolves around material culture and inter-regional influence within East Asian art history, particularly concentrating on the latter half of the Joseon Dynasty and modern Korean art history.