Linked to past exhibitions
exchange New Year’s greetings
▲ The President’s Office announced on the 8th that Ms. Kim Gun-hee, wife of President Yoon Seok-yeol, exchanged New Year greetings through a letter with Tadao Ando, a world-renowned architect, the 1.
The President’s Office announced that Ms. Kim expressed her support through a letter to Tadao Ando, who is actively working again after overcoming terminal lung cancer. The photo was taken together with Ms. Kim in 2016 during the collaboration.-Yonhap News
President Yoon Seok-yeol’s wife Kim Kun-hee sent a New Year’s letter to Tadao Ando, a world-renowned Japanese architect who met during an exhibition planner in the past on 1, saying: “We continue the relationship that helps close trade between Korea and Japan.” It was revealed in the written briefing on the 8th.
In 2016, Ms. Kim held a large-scale exhibition introducing French architect Le Corbusier for the first time in Korea, called the “father of modern architecture”, and was in a relationship with Ando Tadao at the time. Tadao Ando went from boxer to architect after reading Le Corbusier’s book.
In her letter, Ms. Kim expressed her support for Ando Tadao, who is actively engaged in business after overcoming terminal lung cancer, and contributed to Korea-Japan exchanges, saying, “Thanks to our past work together, we were able to deeply address the theme that we want to raise in our age through architecture.” she said do it.
Furthermore, Ms. Kim expressed her gratitude for the gift Tadao Ando sent to President Yoon at last year’s inauguration ceremony. At that time, Tadao Ando sent Ms. Kim an item of ‘green apple’, which means youth, a brochure explaining his recent project, and a photo taken together with Ms. Kim in 2016.
Then, on the 5th, Tadao Ando sent a reply expressing his gratitude for Ms. Kim’s New Year wishes. In response, Tadao Ando wrote his feelings about the “Le Corbusier” exhibition, which has become a hot topic, and thanked Ms. Kim for sympathizing with her philosophy, the presidential office said.
Tadao Ando, the ‘master of architecture’ who won the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel prize in the world of architecture, has representative works such as Church of Water, Church of Light and Naoshima Museum of Contemporary Art. In Korea there are Museum San, Bonte Museum and Magok LG Art Center.
Journalist Ahn Seok
