Film to be made about pioneering sculptor Kwon Jin-kyu

• Published date: 10 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

A documentary film examining the life and works of the pioneering realist sculptor Kwon Jin-kyu (1922-73) will go into production, according to film studio Myung Films.

The production house signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week with the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) and the Kwon Jin Kyu Commemoration Foundation on the filming of the movie tentatively titled, "The Story of Kwon Jin-kyu."

Myung Films and the foundation are set to take charge of the production, and SeMA will cooperate by providing relevant archival materials and facilitating the shoot taking place inside the museum.

In 2021, SeMA became the recipient of the late artist's sculptures, paintings and drawings totaling 141 ? all donated by the Kwon Jin Kyu Commemoration Foundation. The museum subsequently mounted "Kwon Jin Kyu Centennial: Angel of Atelier" last year, the largest retrospective of the artist to date, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

More than 240 works of terracotta and lacquer sculptures, reliefs, drawings and oil paintings spanning between the 1950s and 1970s were put on view.

And in the first half of this year, SeMA will establish a permanent exhibition hall dedicated to Kwon at the Nam-Seoul Museum of Art in Gwanak District.

Born in 1922 during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial era in the...