On Sunday I finally made it down to Building 63 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63_Building. It's worth it but it is little over priced at 13,000 won (13 dollars US). 30,000 won if you want to see the aquarium also. There are a few restaurants on the bottom floor. The gallery had some photographs by Korean photographers. Mostly landscapes which I really enjoyed however all of them had a plexiglass cover. The gallery is situated on the top floor and the windows have no blinds, so the glare was horrible. My suggestion is to go on a cloudy day if you want to a better experience. The photographs themselves were really nice. Mostly because of the shear size. We look at photos all day that are magazine size so a 4 ft x 4 ft packs a punch. Since many of the pieces were pictures of Korean landscapes I appreciated them more. I am in Seoul a lot now days and I'm always looking out the window of the subway and thinking “That would make a great photograph.” It was a joy to see a Koreans take on the landscape. Some of the stuff was a lot like Gursky. In fact I thought a few pieces were Gursky when I first saw them. I really dig Gursky, even Gursky rip offs.
I took a few really horrible photos. And no you can't take photos.
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