Tradition and Innovation - Spotlight on Korean Contemporary Ceramics
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Sort Desciption: ceramic art that focused on artistic expression. and eliminated the functionality of ceramics ... 2005 exhibition Trans-Ceramic-Art for the Third World ...
Content Inside: What is the origin of Korean ceramics? What characteristics make Korean ceramics unique? Korean ceramic culture boasts a history of five thousand years and is primarily represented by celadon, buncheong, and white porcelain. Dating from the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), celadon is characterized by refined shapes in transparent jade green; buncheong by freer forms in bluish-green; and dating from the Joseon Dynasty (1392- 1910), white porcelain by elegant simplicity. Although different materials were used through the ages, Korean ceramics have always had a creative and natural, modest beauty. This is the reason they have become so popular internationally in recent years. Despite the great tradition of Korean ceramics, contemporary Korean ceramics started in an unfavorable environment. Entering the twentieth century, Korean ceramics declined abruptly as a result of extreme political instability, collapse of the national economy, and the Japanese occupation. After Korea’s liberation, Koreans became aware of their proud heritage of ceramics. Since the late 1950s, Korean ceramics have entered a new phase of development. While reproduction of traditional Korean ceramics remained the primary endeavor, ceramic art that focused on artistic expression and eliminated the functionality of ceramics emerged. Influenced by modern art in the West, the younger generation educated in figurative arts in diverse fields, began to create unique works with clay as the material of expression. Today’s mainstream Korean ceramists can be divided into two groups: those who are trying to incorporate tradition, and those who are seeking purely creative forms of expression, free from the concept of ceramics as craft. Tradition and Innovation – Spotlight on Korean Contemporary Ceramics intends to show a wide spectrum of Korean ceramics today. Korean ceramics began with the production of vessels for daily use and is now witnessing an up-swelling of unlimited imagination as it embra ...
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