Art & Artist

  • VOID: Gallery Exhibition

    Tuesday, May 5, 2015 | 6:00 PM
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    Choong Supim builds bridges between different worlds. He combines sculpture, painting, and found objects to assert a harmony among contrasting concepts, such as the regimentation of modern civilization and a chaotic universe, urban and rural life, and the West and Korea. To Lim, the emphasis on distinctions conceals a deeper truth, which he seeks to uncover through an “emptying of self” and a patching of the “in-betweens.” The installation artwork in this exhibition, Luna, And Her Thousand Reflections, blends light,... Read More
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    Lucky Pouches

    Monday, April 6, 2015 | 6:00 PM
    Create a lucky pouch (bok jumeoni), during this 4 week, 8 hour workshop with artists Wonju Seo and Karen Ahn. Using two traditional art forms, bojagi (patchwork) and maedeup (knotting), participants will make their own unique and lucky silk pouch. These bags were originally made as a substitute for pockets, since hanbok, Korean traditional clothes, have no pockets.     This workshop meets for a total of 8 hours over four sessions: Mondays, April 6, 13, 20, and 27 | 6 - 8 PM Advance ticket purchase required for... Read More

  • The Paintings of Park Dae Sung

    Tuesday, March 24, 2015 | 6:00 PM
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      After losing his parents and left hand to the Korean War, Park Dae Sung so loved art that by the age of ten he would rigorously and repeatedly copy ink-and-wash images and calligraphy from classic texts. This courageous young boy grew into an artist of visionary integrity, who, with deep gratitude to his artistic birthright, gracefully transcends imitation of his predecessors. Park Dae Sung achieves the traditional goal of the ink-and-wash painter—to reveal the fundamental core and character of a subject—through a... Read More

  • Adoption, Assimilation, Transformation: Korean Painting of the Koryo (918-1392) and Choson (1392-1910) Dynasties

    Thursday, March 19, 2015 | 6:00 PM
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    Robert D. Mowry, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art Emeritus, Harvard Art Museums, and Senior Consultant on Chinese and Korean Art, Christie’s, New York, discusses the history and development of Korean ink paintings. This illustrated slide lecture presents an introductory overview of the development of Korean painting during the Koryŏ (918-1392) and Chosŏn (1392-1910) dynasties, covering all four major categories of work:  Buddhist painting, literati painting (sometimes also called Sino-Korean painting), portrait... Read More

  • The Long Breath: Postwar Korean Art, 1953-1979

    Thursday, March 12, 2015 | 6:00 PM
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    Joan Kee, Associate Professor of History of Art at the University of Michigan and a leading authority on contemporary Asian art, presents an overview of important artists and developments in postwar Korean art, including the rise of performance art and the significance of ink painting. Kee points out that no clear-cut division exists between "modern" and "contemporary" in Korean art, and that this absence is not so much an omission as an intentional acknowledgment of the competing senses of time and history with which... Read More

  • The Beauty of Korean Arts and Crafts

    Tuesday, December 2, 2014 | 6:30 PM
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    Celebrate Korea’s handicrafts and artistic traditions with adoptive parents Debbi Kent and Joan Suwalsky in a talk about their new book, 100 Thimbles in a Box: The Spirit and Beauty of Korean Handicrafts . The authors will share their experiences in researching and writing this beautiful book of nearly 500 photographs illustrating 44 traditional arts, including ceramics, fiber arts, paper, inlay, metal, wood, and painting, which they wrote to help introduce the relatively little-known crafts of Korea to Western... Read More

  • The Sneider Legacy

    Monday, November 17, 2014 | 6:00 PM
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    Daniel Sneider, Associate Director of Stanford’s Asia-Pacific Research Center, talks about his family’s long engagement with Korea. Lea Sneider has a passion for folk art: the ceramics, woodwork, paintings, and sculpture used and enjoyed in everyday life. While accompanying her husband, Richard L. Sneider, to his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Korea in 1974, Mrs. Sneider became an avid explorer of the art galleries and museums of Seoul, Daegu, and Busan. She sought out scholars of the rich tradition of Korean folk... Read More

  • The Lea Sneider Collection

    Tuesday, October 14, 2014 | 5:00 PM
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    Lea Sneider has a passion for folk art: the ceramics, woodwork, paintings, and sculpture used and enjoyed in everyday life. While accompanying her husband, Richard L. Sneider, to his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Korea in 1974, Mrs. Sneider became an avid explorer of the art galleries and museums of Seoul, Daegu, and Busan. She sought out scholars of the rich tradition of Korean folk art, a field largely unexplored in the West at the time.   After returning to the United States, Mrs. Sneider became an art dealer,... Read More

  • PO KIM: A Memorial Tribute

    Friday, September 26, 2014 | 6:00 PM
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    Po Kim’s artistic career was characterized by an ever-evolving style, and an eagerness to seek out new areas of inspiration. His paintings, often large in scale, were bold and compelling, bursting with life, energy, and emotion. This work distinguished Kim as one of the premier Korean-American artists of his time. When the artist died earlier this year, he left behind a strong legacy in his paintings, the innumerable artists he inspired, and the gallery in New York and museum in Korea which bear his name. Po’s life as... Read More

  • Gallery Talk: Contemporary Printmaking

    Thursday, July 10, 2014 | 5:30 PM
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    Learn about the fascinating history of printmaking in Asia and the West from Bruce Waldman, professor of printmaking at the School of Visual Arts. Professor Waldman will explain how printmaking evolved from simple beginnings into today’s complex kaleidoscope of techniques and genres through reference to many of the Korean and American prints showing in Made in New York/Made in Seoul, the exhibition currently at The Korea Society Gallery. He will also introduce the master printmakers in history who helped build the... Read More

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