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Moon jars old and new

by Philip Gowman on 25 September, 2007

in British Museum, Ceramics, Chuseok 2007, Event reports and reviews, Exhibition reviews and comment, Park Young-sook, Permanent displays, Shin Mee-kyung

There were moon jars a-plenty at the British Museum on Saturday: old and new, whole and smashed, real and fake and, as is the nature of these objects, none of them perfectly spherical.

In pride of place in Room 3, just as you enter the museum, is one of the prized items in the British [...]

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Focus on a piece of happiness

12 September 2007 British Museum
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The story goes that Bernard Leach, browsing in a Seoul antiques store in the mid 1930s, came across a Choson dynasty Moon Jar and held his head in disbelief at its beauty. And, after one of the more inspired impulse buys in recent art history, he walked out of the shop “carrying a piece of [...]

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Farewell to Seoul

25 January 2007 Park Young-sook

Some of the highlights and not-so-highlights of my visit to Seoul. First the good.

Soundday in Hongdae
Seoul’s National Museum of Contemporary Arts
The Leeum Gallery (post to come soon once I’ve done a bit of research. Now done. Post is here)
Insadong. Yes, there’s some touristy tat for sale, but there’s also some really high quality stuff as [...]

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Traditional Yet Contemporary sale at Bonhams

22 November 2006 Ceramics

The sale of contemporary Japanese and Korean ceramics at Bonhams on 7 November was the first time that a London auction had a focus on Korean work. As such, there was a lot of admiration from buyers as to the quality of the work, but when it came to putting hands in pockets buyers were [...]

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Review: Traditional yet Contemporary

8 June 2006 Ceramics

Air Gallery, London, May 29 – June 3 2006
As Stephanie Seung-min Kim says in her article introducing the exhibition, “…culture can only be seen in a clear light when compared with other cultures. I believe that is why Korean ceramic works have to be judged more in an international setting.” The exhibition demonstrated the truth [...]

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Korean Ceramics – Traditional Yet Contemporary

27 May 2006 Ceramics

One of the highlights of this year’s Korean festival is likely to be the exhibition at Air Gallery in Dover Street — juxtaposing the work of contemporary British potters with the work of modern Korean ceramic artists. Stephanie Seungmin Kim, curator of the show, explains.
There’s something rather comforting about traditional Korean ceramics. And this long [...]

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