The Moon Jar is a sculptural form that became an icon in contemporary ceramic history and is celebrated in both the UK and Korea. Echoing the shape of a floating full moon, the traditional white Moon Jar, made from two porcelain hemispheres, dates back to the Joseon Dynasty (14th-19th centuries). Historically the Moon Jar has … [Read More]
Venue: Cromwell Place
4 Cromwell Place | South Kensington | London SW7 2JE | [Map]
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Mind, Hand and Time: Dahye Jeong, at Cromwell Place
The exhibition presents Korea’s unique culture through the works of Dahye Jeong, winner of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2022, and showcased for the first time outside of South Korea. Exhibition organised in collaboration with and supported by Loewe Foundation and presented as part of London Craft Week 2023. About the artist Dahye Jeong. Originally … [Read More]
Korean Blue – new work by Choi Boram, at Cromwell Place
(The) sky in my country Korea is intense blue, and our east sea is so clear and pure that it would dye the fabric into blue – Kim Whan-ki Unlike for Yves Klein, the colour blue was a hue that meant home to the pioneering Korean painter Kim Whan-ki who moved to Paris in the … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Silent Mind, at Cromwell Place
Lloyd Choi has a regular stable of artists whose body of work you can enjoy at her gallery’s exhibitions: as the work becomes more familiar, it somehow becomes more desirable. But she does not stand still. She gradually introduces new artists into her roster – as she did with the minhwa-decorated ceramics of Lee Geum-young … [Read More]
Silent Mind: an exhibition by Lloyd Choi Gallery
An exhibition for London Design Festival 2022, running as alongside the V+A’s Korean exhibition ‘K-Wave’ (September 2022 – June 2023). The included works consider the meditative aesthetic of Korean craftsmanship, exploring how this can help us all find tranquility and consolation in turbulent times. The exhibition title reflects the calm and mindful status of the maker-artists, whose … [Read More]