A great opportunity to find out more about Korean art: study towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. Study Korean and Japanese Art at SOAS — April — July 2008 The former British Museum postgraduate diploma course in Asian Art will now be offered at SOAS from 2008. Korea and Japan are seen in their … [Read More]
Category: Art history (page 4)
Mingei one-day workshop at the British Museum
Those who enjoyed the Traditional Yet Contemporary exhibition during the Korean Festival this year may appreciate this one-day workshop at the British Museum on 9 September, 10am-6pm. While the focus is on Japanese work, there is a common thread with the exhibition earlier this year: Bernard Leach. One or two of his works were on … [Read More]
Judith G. Smith (ed): Arts of Korea
(Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998) Beautifully illustrated with articles on Pottery, Buddhist Culture, Landscape Painting and other topics. A seriously lavish book, with a price tag to match. I’ll comment further once I’ve dipped into it. Links: Buy at Amazon.co.uk [Read More]
Roderick Whitfield (ed): Handbook of Korean Art – Folk Painting
(Laurence King Publishers, 2003) Part of a series of small books on Korean Art, this one is great to have on the bedside table. Each written section on a particular aspect of folk art takes a minute or so to read and is accompanied by several pages of examples and illustrations. Other books in the … [Read More]
Connecting Cultures: A series of lectures on Korean contemporary culture
A series of talks and other events presented by Asia House in connection with the 2004 London Korean Festival: Korean Buddhism by The Venerable Hyon Gak Sunim Thursday 29 April 2004, 6.30pm The Mayfair Library, 25 South Audley Street (Next to Mount Street Gardens), London W1K The Venerable Hyon Gak Sunim will talk about his … [Read More]