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Showing the World of Korean Art to Global Audiences

In 2010, the Korea Foundation is providing support for the presentation of Korean art exhibitions held at various overseas museums.

Overseas Korean Art Exhibitions in 2010
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, presented a contemporary Korean art exhibition, “Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea,” from November 2009 through February 2010. Prior to Houston, this exhibition was shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from June through September 2009. Of note, this marked an unprecedented effort in which the largest museums in the Southern and Western regions of the U.S. jointly organized an exhibition to highlight the contemporary art of Korea. The exhibition featured the works of 12 contemporary artists from Korea who have earned international recognition: Bahc Yiso, Choi Jeong-Hwa, Gimhongsok, Jeon Joonho, Kim Beom, Kimsooja, Koo Jeong-A, Minouk Lim, Jooyeon Park, Do Ho Suh, Haegue Yang and the collaborative, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), which reopened its Korean gallery in September 2009 following a major renovation project, has been organizing a variety of exhibitions and programs to reveal the beauty of traditional Korean art over an 18-month period (February 2010 to August 2011). As part of these efforts, LACMA has exhibited works of art borrowed from the National Palace Museum of Korea, including ten-panel folding screens: “Ten Symbols of Longevity” and “The Sun, Moon and Five Peaks,” which have been supplemented by a lecture program to introduce the art and culture of the Joseon royal court. In cooperation with the Dongguk University Museum, LACMA will introduce Buddhist Sutra Paintings of Goryeo, through a series of exhibition, lecture, and transcription events, through January 2011. It also plans to display the wooden furniture and ceramics of Joseon, as a collaborative project with the AMOREAPACIFIC Museum of Art.
The Koryo Museum of Art of Kyoto, Japan, is presenting an exhibition, “The Art of Joseon Loved by the Askawa Brothers,” from June 12 through August 15, as a retrospective look at artworks of the Joseon era that were admired and collected by Japanese nationals, after Korea first opened its doors to Western civilization. It is especially meaningful to extend assistance to the Koryo Museum of Art, which reflects the lifelong efforts of its founder and chairman, Jeong Jo-mun, to acquire and research the Korean cultural properties scattered about Japan.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will stage an exhibition entitled “Plain Beauty: White Porcelain of the Joseon Dynasty (1392- 1910),” together with the “Vessel Series” by Bohnchang Koo, from June 19 to September 26. Featuring 20 images from photographer Koo’s “Vessel Series” and 16 works of Korean white porcelain loaned from public and private collections in the United States, the exhibition highlights the enduring beauty of Korea’s white porcelain wares, which are said to transcend time and space.
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is presenting the “Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography” exhibition (July 3-September 19), featuring the works of 40 photographers from Korea. This showing in California, following an initial presentation in Houston last year, has attracted considerable attention since it represents a jointly organized exhibition by two of renowned curators of photography: Anne Wilkes Tucker of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Karen Sinsheimer of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
The Fowler Museum at UCLA is slated to host an exhibition, “Life in Ceramics, Five Contemporary Korean Artists and Korea” (August 22, 2010-February 13, 2011), featuring the works of Korean ceramic artists Kim Yikyung, Yoon Kwang-cho, Lee Kang Hyo, Lee In Chin, and Lee Youngjae. In addition, an exhibition of Paik Nam June works is scheduled for display at Tate Liverpool, in the U.K., which is known for its collection of contemporary art, from December 2010 to March 2011.



Global Promotion of Korean Art
Since its establishment, the Korea Foundation has extended significant support to museums abroad for their exhibition of Korean art. As of the 2010 year-end, the Foundation will have provided program assistance to 22 exhibitions at 34 museums in 11 countries (details in table). These exhibitions have helped to introduce the unique beauty of traditional Korean art (special exhibition of Goryo art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Museum, 2003 and 2004, and exhibition of the art of early Joseon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009), as well as the world of Korea’s contemporary art (exhibition of contemporary Korean art at LACMA and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2009 and 2010, touring exhibition of contemporary Korean ceramics of the United States, 2004 to 2009, and exhibition of contemporary Korean photography at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2009 and 2010). In addition, various exhibitions have offered a more balanced perspective of the cultural exchange between Korea and Japan and the history of Goguryeo (exhibition of the early Buddhist art of Korea and Japan at the Japan Society Gallery, 2003, and special exhibition of Goguryo tombs at the Museum of East Asian Museum in Hungary, 2004 and 2005).
Since 1999, the Foundation has conducted an annual Workshop for Korean Art Curators program to present in-depth information about the arts of Korea, based on specific themes, for the curatorial staff who oversee the Korean collections at museums abroad. Moreover, the workshop gatherings enable the curators to establish networks with art specialists in Korea and among themselves as well. And in fact, these contacts have yielded several fruitful results, including a special exhibition tour of contemporary Korean ceramics at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum, 2003 to 2005, along with cooperation at the institutional level (Lean exhibition of paintings of late Joseon from the collection of the Guimet Museum shown at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Australia, 2009).
In addition, the Foundation’s support program for museums has contributed much to the establishment of new galleries that are dedicated to the exhibition of Korean art. Notable examples of this program include the opening of new Korean gallery areas in such distinguished institutions as the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Guimet Museum. To take advantage of these physical facilities, the Foundation continues to promote exchange activities and cooperative endeavors with museums abroad, art specialists, and cultural organizations.

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