Among the art exhibitions worth a visit before they wrap-up this month are two solo shows of female abstract artists at galleries on Samcheong-dong art street in central Seoul. Minjung Kim’s monochrome works of delicate gradations, which are reminiscent of East Asian philosophical ink paintings called muninhwa (scholars’ painting), could lead viewers into a meditation. On the other hand, Shin Min Joo’s paintings of strong colors and gestural traces, on the tradition of Abstract Expressionism, could vitalize audiences, in line with the show’s title ? “Vigor.”