• 03 - 25 July: Exhibited at Saatchi Gallery, London
• 13 - 21 October: Arts House, Singapore
• 01 - 30 November: Jeil Building, Seoul
• 03 - 14 November: Seoul Museum of Art, Gyeonghuigung, Seoul
• 18 – 30 November : Korea Foundation, Seoul

Korean Eye, sponsored by Standard Chartered, has today announced that it will, for the first time, bring its exhibition Korean Eye: Fantastic Ordinary, to Singapore. The exhibition will take place at the Arts House and run from 13 to 21 October.

Building on the huge success of last year's Korean Eye: Moon Generation, the exhibition seeks to create a legacy of Korean contemporary art by supporting emerging and established Korean artists by exhibiting their work internationally. This provides a unique opportunity for appreciation of Korea's rapidly developing art scene, which until recently, has had little exposure outside of its homeland. This year, Korean Eye's international tour has expanded to include Singapore, after overwhelming success at the Saatchi Gallery in London with over 85,000 visitors.

Korean Eye: Fantastic Ordinary will launch at the start of Singapore's Korean Cultural Festival - an ensemble of arts, culture and lifestyle events that will continue over the coming months. Fantastic Ordinary which is about every day life will feature around 30 works by ten leading and emerging Korean artists: Bae Chan Hyo; Bae Joon Sung; Gwon Osang; Hong Young In; Jeon Joon Ho; Ji Yong Ho; Kim Dong Yoo; Kim Hyunsoo; Park Eun Young; and Shin Meekyoung. In addition, Fantastic Ordinary will also include the 2009 JoongAng Fine Art Prize Winner Jeon Chae-gang and Perrier-Jou't nominated artist Lee Rim.

The selection of work has been made by an international curatorial board, including Director of Hanart TZ Gallery and Chinese Curator Tsong-zung Chang, Royal College of Art Honorary Fellow Serenella Ciclitira, Art Consultant and Curator Amelie von Wedel, renowned contemporary art specialist Rodman Primack, Curator / Art Historian Jiyoon Lee and last year's Curator Daehyung Lee.

As leading partner and sponsor of Korean Eye, Standard Chartered continues to promote Korea overseas, and is supporting contemporary Korean artists acting as a bridge to the regional and international art world. Dr Tim Miller, Director of Standard Chartered and Chairman of Standard Chartered First Bank Korea, said,

'We are delighted to be supporting Korean Eye once again. The diverse range of talent and expression on display as part of the exhibition this year is truly exceptional. Standard Chartered is committed to the long term development of the communities in which we operate, as a demonstration of our commitment to be Here for good.' He added, 'We are proud to be here for Korean contemporary artists and to use our global network to support them.'

'After such an amazing response last year we are delighted to be working directly with the Saatchi Gallery and now with the Arts House, both of which have invited us to exhibit within their space. I am incredibly excited about this year's selection and am expecting it to cause a real buzz in Singapore, as it has done in London. Yet again we have managed to discover some true talent.'

"I am delighted to see Korea's leading contemporary artists take to the spotlight in Singapore with the opening of Korean Eye: Fantastic Ordinary. After the exhibition's great success in London's Saatch Gallery for the two consecutive years, Korean Eye is here in Singapore to provide the perfect stage for us to launch Korea Festival 2010 by showcasing the artistic expertise of young and hugely talented Korean artists. It is also encouraging to see Standard Chartered, an international bank leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and the Parallel Media Group, a leading event management company, working together with Korean artists to realize this monumental initiative on an international platform."

In 2012 the entire Saatchi Gallery will be given over to a Korean Eye exhibition of contemporary Korean Art which will be selected and curated by Charles Saatchi and the Gallery's team. This major exhibition will be on show at the Saatchi Gallery during the summer of 2012.

Korean Eye

Korean Eye is an international initiative founded by David Ciclitira, to highlight the very best of Korean contemporary art. Korean Eyerecognises the need to create a long-term programme for Korean contemporary art in order to establish a legacy for this emerging art market as Korean art is largely unknown outside of Korea. For more information, please visit: www.KoreanEye.org info@koreaneye.org

Curatorial Board

Johnson CHANG Tsong-zung, curator is a guest professor of China Art Academy in Hangzhou and director of Hanart TZ Gallery in Hong Kong. Chang has been active in curating exhibitions of Chinese contemporary art since the 1980s, both in China and internationally. Recent curatorial work includes The third Guangzhou Triennial (2008), and "Spiritual Space: A Dimension in Lacquer" (Hubei Province Museum of Art, 2009). Current project is a Sino-Indian exchange, "From the West Heaven", (satellite programme of Shanghai Biennial, 2010).

Serenella Ciclitira has an Honours Degree in Art History from Trinity College, Dublin. She is the co-founder of Korean Eye and leads its curatorial board. She has worked extensively with artists and galleries throughout the world. Since 1990 she has been an Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Art in London, and has awarded the 'Parallel Prize' for painting and the 'Serenella Ciclitira Scholarship' for sculpture. One winner was later nominated for the 'Turner Prize' and three of her choices went on to win the prestigious 'Jerwood Sculpture Prize'.

Daehyung Lee was the Director of the Asia-Pacific Development Society at Columbia University in 2007. He heads the curating company Hzone and the BlueDot-Asia Project, which began in March 2008. Based in Seoul, he has been promoting Korean artists locally as well as in Tokyo, London and Beijing for the past eight years. Daehyung was the Curator of the first Korean Eye Exhibition and is one of the curator's of this year's Korean Eye which is now a nonprofit foundation dedicated to presenting contemporary Korean art throughout the world.

Jiyoon Lee is an independent curator, critic and lecturer based in London. She is the Director of the SUUM Contemporary Art Project, with a focus on cultural engagement between Asia and Europe. Her exhibition projects include, Seoul: Until Now!, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen (2005), A Tale of Two Cities: Busan-Seoul, co-curated for the Busan Biennale (2006), Through the Looking Glass: Korean Contemporary Art, Asia House, London (2006), Good Morning Mr. Paik Nam June, Korean Cultural Centre, London (2007), Fantasy Studio, A Foundation, Liverpool Biennale (2008) and AttaKim: ON-AIR, Venice Biennale (2009).

Rodman Primack has recently returned to New York after serving as Director and Senior Specialist in Contemporary Art at Phillips de Pury & Company. He previously led the renowned auction house as London Chairman and was responsible for the West Coast development of Phillips de Pury & Company and oversaw the development of the business in London. Primack has also served as the Director at Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles and was a Head Specialist in Latin American Art at Christie's, New York. He continues to work with leading post-war and contemporary art collectors as well as maintaining close ties with international institutions, curators, and artists.