Korean Artists in Paris

Night and Day (Hong Sangsoo, 2008) is a story of a Korean man in Paris. His wife remains in Korea and he drifts along day to day until he is entangled in a love affair with a young woman. He eventually returns to Korea with his wife. The film has some redeeming creative qualities in its storytelling and confusing narrative that eventually clarifies itself.
It moved slowly and didn’t have much action to keep an appeal. It did make me wonder about Korean artists in Paris. The cast was Korean and many of them were artists. I found an article entitled, Korean Artists in Paris (Lee Ji-yoon, Dec 2008)
I found that many Korean artists have contributed to works of art in Paris.
“Park pointed out the family atmosphere of the city's Korean art community as the most special thing about Paris. "Unlike New York, Korean artists in Paris get along one another like family members. We don't hesitate to talk about works of others and accept their advice very sincerely."
I also found it interesting in the article that contemporary Korean art has been overshadowed by Japanese and Chinese art in the international art scene. It seems that the Korean art culture is gaining special attention in Paris and is represented more and more.
I chose the word, contemporary. It’s a word we often hear but what is the definition of contemporary?
Contemporary
Living or occurring at the same time

http://www.korea.net/news/news/newsView.asp?serial_no=20081207005