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Comfort Women Wanted
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | 6:30 PM- About the Speaker Title: Comfort Women Wanted
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- Event Link: <p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5a1dcc64-0873-5bfd-36a6-da8700a56a30">Artist <strong>Chang-Jin Lee</strong> is a Korean-born artist based in New York City. Lee has exhibited internationally in the US, Asia and Europe, including at The Queens Museum of Art in NY, The Kunstmuseum Bonn in Germany, and The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale in Korea. She has received numerous awards including The New York State Council on the Arts Grant, The Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, The Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship, The Asian Women Giving Circle Award and The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's MCAF. Lee’s artworks have been featured in The New York Times, Time Out NY, Art Asia Pacific, Public Art, NY 1 TV, NPR’s Art on Air, and Tokyo FM.</span></p>
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Artist Chang-Jin Lee presents her artwork, Comfort Women Wanted, on the forgotten history of WWII-era Japanese military sex slaves, or “comfort women” as they were euphemistically known. Since 2007, Chang-Jin Lee has traveled to 7 different countries throughout Asia to interview Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Filipino, and Dutch “comfort women” survivors, as well as a former Japanese soldier, producing a video based on her interviews and creating a public art project. The public exhibition, on... Read More -
Distinctive Design of Wooden Furniture from Choson Dynasty
Thursday, September 19, 2013 | 6:00 PMThe exhibition features wooden furniture made in the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910) and includes furniture of a variety of functions and designs. Even though Korea is a relatively small country, each province has a distinctively different furniture design and decoration style. The exhibit will examine not only cultural characteristics, but also the different aesthetics and lifestyles of Korea's regional society. All works are on loan from Koreana Art and Antiques. September 19, 2013--January 28, 2014 Gallery... Read More -
Journey to North and South Korea
Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 6:30 PM- About the Speaker Title: Journey to North and South Korea
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- Event Link: <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Mark Edward Harris</strong> has traveled and photographed in more than 80 countries. He is the author of several books, including <span style="font-style: italic;">Inside Iran</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Inside North Korea</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mark Edward Harris: Wanderlust , Faces of the Twentieth Century - Master Photographers & Their Work, </span>and his photographs have appeared in <span style="font-style: italic;">Life, GEO, Stern, Playboy, American Photo, B&W, Condé Nast Traveler</span>, the <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Times of London, Los Angeles Times Magazin</span>e, and numerous other publications.<a href="http://www.markedwardharris.com/"> </a><a href="http://www.markedwardharris.com">www.MarkEdwardHarris.com</a></p>
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In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has published North Korea and South Korea, books that capture the two drastically different realities of the divided peninsula. Thursday, July 18, 2013 6:00 PM | Registration and Refreshments6:30 PM | Gallery Talk and Q & A Journey to North and South Korea with Mark Edward HarrisPhotographer Read More -
The Hidden Beauty of Korea Captured by Five Artists from Abroad 1920s-1950s
Thursday, June 20, 2013 | 6:00 PMThe exhibition features the etchings and woodblock prints produced by five artists from abroad: Kawase Hasui (1883–1957, Japan), Paul Jacoulet (1896–1960, France), Elizabeth Keith (1887–1956, Scotland), Lilian May Miller (1895–1943, America) and Willy Seiler (1903–Unknown, Germany) at the turn of twentieth century. The exhibit presents the redefining of the beauty of Korea through people, things, and scenes that charmed artists from different cultures. June 20– August 31, 2013 Gallery Opening Thursday,... Read More -
Traces of Life: Seen Through Korean Eyes, 1945-1992
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Experience the captivating imagery in this collection of photographs by some of the pioneers of modern Korean photography. The fifty-four photographs showcase the first generation of Korean realists who played a pivotal role in the development and enrichment of Korean photography as an art form. The exhibition marks the first time these original black and white photographs have been mounted in the United States and fills a chasm not only in the visual archive of modern Korean photography but also in the... Read More -
Korean Art at MFA Boston
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | 6:30 PM- About the Speaker Title: Korean Art at MFA Boston
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- Event Link: <p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Jane Portal</b> holds the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair of the Art of Asia, Oceania and Africa at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Until August 2008, she was curator of the Chinese and Korean Collections at the British Museum. She is the author of <em>Korea: Art and Archaeology</em> (British Museum Press, 2000), <em>Art Under Control in North Korea</em> (Reaktion Books, 2005), and the co-editor of <em>North Korean Culture and Society</em> with Beth McKillop (British Museum Research Paper No.151, 2004). Portal has coordinated the British Museum's China Strategy and curated the <em>First Emperor</em>loan exhibition from China.</p>
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In celebration of Asia Week New York, acclaimed curator Jane Portal will speak at The Korea Society to introduce the newly renovated Korean Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston which includes ceramics, metalwork, and paintings from the Bronze Age to the 20th century. Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:00 PM | Registration and Refreshments6:30 PM | Gallery Talk and Q & A Korean Art at MFA Boston with Jane PortalMatsutaro Shoriki Chair of the Art of Asia, Oceania and Africa, the... Read More -
Wedding Bojagi Workshop with Artist Chunghie Lee
Saturday, March 16, 2013 | 12:00 PMLearn to create traditional Korean wedding Bojagi from artist Chunghie Lee. Chunghie Lee’s work integrates traditional Bojagi motifs into innovative designs with vivid color compositions. Participants in the workshop will learn how to apply auspicious symbols on wedding Bojagi while making two traditional Bojagi for wrapping wedding gifts and documents. Evoking the artistic inspiration of the countless anonymous women who made Bojagi through the ages, Lee's art retains a meaningful link to the past. Lee has been... Read More -
Bojagi : Cloth, Color & Beyond by Chunghie Lee
Thursday, March 14, 2013 | 6:30 PMThe exhibition features internationally recognized Korean textile artist Chunghie Lee’s contemporary Bojagi works. Once commonly employed in everyday life for carrying, covering and storing objects, Bojagi now has become one of the most widely recognized and appreciated of all traditional Korean textile arts. Chunghie Lee’s work integrates traditional Bojagi motifs into innovative designs with vivid color compositions. Evoking the artistic inspiration of the countless anonymous women who made Bojagi through the... Read More -
Traces of Life interpreted through Korean Poetry
Friday, November 9, 2012 | 6:30 PMDr. David R. McCann, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature at Harvard University, reveals the unique correlation between 20th century Korean photographs and modern Korean poetry through examples from Traces of Life: Seen Through Korean Eyes 1945-1992, the current exhibition at The Korea Society Gallery. Friday, November 9, 2012 6:30 PM Traces of Life interpreted through Korean Poetry with David McCannKorea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature at Harvard University Read More -
Traces of Life: Seen Through Korean Eyes, 1945-1992
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 6:00 PMExperience the captivating imagery in this collection of photographs by some of the pioneers of modern Korean photography. The fifty-four photographs showcase the first generation of Korean realists who played a pivotal role in the development and enrichment of Korean photography as an art form. The exhibition marks the first time these original black and white photographs have been mounted in the United States and fills a chasm not only in the visual archive of modern Korean photography but also in the visual... Read More