2017. 7. 5 (Wed) ~ 8. 4 (Fri) / Korean Cultural Centre Canada Gallery

Opening:  2017. 7. 5 (Wed), 6-8pm / Korean Cultural Centre Canada Gallery      (Please R.S.V.P.  here ) 

The Korean Cultural Centre Canada co-presents <2017 CDAK International Exhibition of Professional Artists> with the Communication Design Association of Korea (CDAK) at the KCC Gallery from Wednesday, July 5th, to Friday, August 4th, 2017.

Comprised of 89 contemporary posters created by the professional graphic design artists from Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, China and the U.S., who were invited by the CDAK for its 2017 international show, the exhibition describes the breath of Korean beauty shown in the whole clothing, food, and shelter in the viewpoint of modern people, and examines how the traditional beauty and contemporary aesthetics could be harmonized to be expressed through design art. Ultimately, exhibition seeks the social functionality of contemporary poster design that reinterprets and extends the meaning of Korean and Canadian design suitable for the communications and mutual understanding between the two cultures at the present time.

The Communication Design Association of Korea (CDAK) was incorporated in 1999 under the authorization of the Korean Ministry of Industry & Resources, with an aim to promote communications between international designers while supporting the enhancement of capacity and creativity among its members by organizing various exhibitions and educational programs.

For the realization of this mandate, CDAK has been organizing international exhibitions of professional graphic designers in different cities since its inception. This year, CDAK visits Canada as a part of Korea’s congratulatory events to the 150^th anniversary of Canadian confederation.

Under the theme of ‘Next Ko+nada(Korea+Canada)’ the exhibition will provide with an opportunity to think about the cultural design development between Korea and Canada.  This exhibition will create a place where the East and the West can communicate each other for the creation and enjoyment of culture/art and design dreaming of culture-centered society where the diversity and creativity of culture are respected. The design of the future here means all the cultural designs shown in every part of life in Korea, and it aims to communicate the meaning born by newly combining the past/present of design with the future.

The KCC launched in September 2016 under the jurisdiction of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea. Since then, a true increase in cultural exchanges has been witnessed between Korea and Canada. Interest in Korea and Korean cultural contents by the Canadian public has also escalated in the same time period, judging from the increased number of attendance at the recent KCC events.

Taking advantage of this positive momentum, KCC is eager to promote the creativity and excellence of Korean design culture in Canada while informing the design competency of Korea to Canada through visual messages.

Based on the vibrant friendship and mutual understanding between Korea and Canada, the exhibition is expected to provide the public in both countries with an opportunity to form a consensus in diversity and creativity by sharing each other’s art works, enabling us to march together in building a culture-centric society.