Art Resilience | Saint-Frajou Museum | August 7 to September 7, 2021

The artists selected at the 7th International Art Resilience Fair are those who develop an original work without oscillating between the different modes of expression, sometimes figurative, sometimes abstract, sometimes tags ... Artists who do not fall under the thumb of fashion current aesthetics of ugliness . The artistic procedures are not displayed, considering that a work must "speak" for itself. The artists selected at the 7th International Art Resilience Fair are those who create original work without oscillating between the different modes of expression, sometimes figurative, sometimes abstract, sometimes tags ... Artists who do not fall under the thumb of current fashion - The Aesthetics of Ugliness .

Started from the sculptor Czong Ho Kim’s studio in 1994, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) became a unique cultural space founded and cultivated by artists. Since 1994, Czong Ho Kim has designed and built the art complex with a distinctive style, consisting of five buildings in Gimpo, Korea. In the 1990s, Gimpo used to be a rural area famous for rice farming, which has now transformed into a satellite city of Seoul with a fast-growing population. Meanwhile, the area around CICA Museum has developed into an industrial complex. While the city drastically transformed, Kim dedicated over 25 years of his life cultivating this art complex. Kim has considered living space as an extension of his Art practice, and therefore many details from his architecture, including interweaving angles of windows, roofs, and walls; and a restrained yet functional style of stair railings and facades were designed and finished by him. Kim has also designed the CICA Garden, where you will find several on-site sculptures blended into the space. Unlike many modern architecture designed and built in a short period of time, this unique art complex bears 25 years of consistent endeavors of an individual artist and his team. We encourage you to walk around this space, and find out our philosophy, style, and histories here at CICA.

CICA Museum has a collection of artist Czong Ho Kim’s sculptures, paintings, and architecture, as well as many renowned international artists’ works. For special exhibitions, we exhibit Contemporary Art pieces including painting, sculpture, and new media art. CICA also offers education and public programs for the cultural development of local communities.