An interesting two-week exhibition coming up at the KCC:
The Korean Cultural Centre (UK) is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition Baeja, the Beauty of Korea, organised by Arumjigi Culture Keepers Foundation (hereafter, ‘Arumjigi’).
Arumjigi is a non-profit organization located in Seoul, Korea. It strives to preserve and present the delights of Korea’s Cultural Heritage. Baeja, the Beauty of Korea is its first overseas exhibition. The exhibition reveals the beauty of Korea’s traditional clothing, reviving them with a modern twist. Baeja refers to the sleeveless vest of simple design from the hanbok, each exquisitely made in various colours and materials. It has long showed the elegance of Korea clothing expressed with unstrained individuality.
The exhibition presents three forms of baeja:
- traditional baeja by master artisans,
- Ms. JIN Tae Ok’s modernized works based on tradition and
- the modern baeja by young designers who have reinterpreted this tradition.
Participating Artists
Traditional baeja : KU Nam Ok, YOO Sun Hee, LEE Hong Soon, JANG Jung Youn, JUNG Mal Sook
Modern baeja : JIN Tae Ok, KO Kate Yunju, KIM Jae Hwan, PARK Hwan Sung, LEE Chung Chung, Sean LEE, CHOI JI Hyung, CHOI Jin Woo, HEO Hwan
Shoes : SUH Kyung Hee
Displayed by SUE Young Hee
Hosted by Arumjigi Culture Keepers Foundation
Supported by Kumho Asiana, Korean Cultural Centre UK, Korea Craft & Design Foundation, Arts Council Korea
The exhibition runs June 11, 2011 ~ June 21, 2011
(automatically generated) Read LKL’s review of this event here.