Exhibition "Contemporary Art of Korea"

About exhibition

The work of masters from the Korean Peninsula is represented in the exhibition by a variety of pictorial and decorative-applied artworks created in the late 20th – early 21st centuries. The art of brushwork is reflected in calligraphic works (soe). Examples of Korean landscape painting, sansuhwa ('mountain-water'), show an organic synthesis of classical East Asian painting traditions and innovations. The art of silk embroidery in the double-sided screen 'Pheasants' and the compositions 'The Fairy' and 'Dano Festival' attains exceptional subtlety of execution. The production of decorative lacquerware flourished in the late Joseon period (19th century). The four-panel, mother-of-pearl-inlaid lacquer screen 'Old Pyongyang' is decorated with 'paintings of the four seasons' and 'paintings of renowned sites'. Korean ceramics are renowned for their refinement and delicacy, variety of forms, dynamic painting, and natural glaze colors. Celadon masters are reviving the celebrated, once-lost technique. The museum exhibition clearly demonstrates the preservation and development of Korean art traditions.