Korean Beauty
dal 16/5/2014 al 27/9/2014
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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art MMCA
16/5/2014
Korean Beauty
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art MMCA, Seoul
Two Kinds of Nature. The exhibition looks at the works of contemporary Korean art that emphasize the empathy with nature. It features around 140 works by approximately 60 artists, mostly selected from the Museum collection.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul is pleased to present its second collection special exhibition entitled “Korean Beauty: Two Kinds of Nature” from May 17th to September 28th. It showcases contemporary Korean artworks in various mediums including painting, traditional-style painting and sculpture chosen from the museum collection. The selection consists of the works that reflect the original sensitivity and aesthetic of Korean art that lay emphasis on the empathy with “nature” as representing all beings in the world.
Korean Beauty: Two Kinds of Nature observes the inimitable perspectives and aesthetic senses of contemporary Korean artists. It intends to redefine the concept of Korean beauty, which has been confined only to the artifacts under the category of traditional Korean art (such as Buddhist statues, stupas, ceramics and Hanok), by casting light on the distinctive characteristics and creative aesthetic consciousness peculiar only to contemporary Korean art.
The subtitle “Two Kinds of Nature” came from the question of how Korean artists’ ideas and philosophies are embodied in their works. The exhibition aims, therefore, to open the gate of “another nature” that is created by the artists’ attitudes towards and empathies for “nature”.
Korean Beauty: Two Kinds of Nature is divided into two parts under the main theme of “nature”: “Resonance” and “Harmony”.
Gallery 1: “Nature One: Resonance” features works that focuses on the properties of “nature” as essence and origin. While conveying suggestiveness and metaphor, emptiness, and lingering impression and resonance, the works shown here demonstrate the original “spiritual” aesthetic senses realized in contemporary Korean art.
Gallery 2: “Nature Two: Harmony” introduces works that are imbued with Korean sentiments with the key words of natural landscapes, the communication among today’s people, and the rapport with animals. Here one can experience various sentiments expressed in Korean art: observation of Korea’s nature; the affectionate eyes towards today’s people in their everyday life; the humor seen the depiction of such traditional subjects as horses and cattle.
Image: Bae Bien-U, sea1a-025hc, 2001
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