Art Magazine of JoyRoute Nov. 2013 | Page 28

money to invite world star artists. So, we can see and hear about the exhibitions through many kinds of media.

On the other hand, how about exhibitions of Korean young artists? Many of big museums open exhibitions for young and fringe artists group. But the promotion for exhibitions of contemporary artists is not comparable with that of old masters. That is why unfamiliarity between general public and Korean contemporary artists has been remaining for a long time. We can get answer about how to solve this problem from policy about art museum of Singapore that is growing to global art market. Singapore Art Museum has no art work of world-famous artists. They invest in Singaporean young artist or Asian contemporary art instead of world-famous artists. Although, many people visit the museum to enjoy unknown contemporary art.

In order to make general public feel free about contemporary art, enough investment of promotion forcontemporary art exhibitions is top priority.

- YeNi Ma([email protected])

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