“Mega Seoul 6 decades” is the name of the photographic exhibition that the National Museum of Fine Arts will open this Thursday 29 September at the Borges Cultural Center.

The exhibition brings together the work of thirteen Korean artists who will portray the imposing Asian city from 1960. Total, the sample is made up of 67 images of the capital of the Republic of Korea.

With imposing records of ago 60 years, This proposal will reveal the passage of time and the transformation of one of the most amazing places in the world..

It is worth noting that “Mega Seoul 6 decades” is carried out within the framework of the celebration of the 60 anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Argentina, is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea and the Ministry of Culture of Argentina, and is supported by the Seoul Museum of Photography.

The exhibition can be visited with free admission from Wednesday to Sunday from 14 a 20 at the Viamonte site 525 until the 20 of November.

The director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Andrés Duprat, He expressed that "recording more than half a century in the life of a city implies assuming the vertigo of transformations from a pious and critical point of view at the same time" and added: “As modernization progresses, much is gained, but also, hopelessly, much is lost”.

within that line, this exhibition “conjugates both contingencies through the aesthetic experience: is a record, a ritual of passage, a spell, a testimony and a warning about the passing of a society that sees itself with a lucid and subtle gaze”, finishes Duprat.

Participating artists are photographers Eunjong Lee and Hyewon Keum, and photographers Han Chungshik, Soontai Hong, Kim Kichan, Joo Myung Duck, Koo Bohnchang, Gap-Chul Lee, Ahn Sekwon, Brother Byungsang, Chanmin Park, Sunkwan Kwon and Park Ki Ho.