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In Blue and White: Porcelains of the Joseon Dynasty
- Date 2014-10-08
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In Blue and White: Porcelains of the Joseon Dynasty
■ Duration: September 30 2014 (Tue) – November 16 2014 (Sun) (7weeks)
■ Location: Special Exhibition Gallery, National Museum of Korea
The National Museum of Korea (Kim Youngna, Director) is holding “In Blue and White: Porcelains of the Joseon Dynasty” exhibition from September 30th 2014 to November 16th 2014 in the Special Exhibition Gallery. This exhibition, which will mainly focus on the combination of crafts and painting essential to the contemporary royal aesthetic consciousness, will be an exhibition on white and blue porcelain of the largest scale so far held in South Korea.
In this exhibition, blue and white porcelains of the finest quality dating from Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese Imari porcelain wares, as well as the porcelain masterpieces from China’s Ming Dynasty from the Tokyo National Museum, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka will be displayed. Within South Korea, major works of blue and white porcelain from the National Palace Museum of Korea, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Horim Museum and 14 other institutions will come together in one place. From the museum storage of the National Museum of Korea, relics that have never been made public since the Japanese Colonial era will also be displayed. Paintings of Kim Whanki and Lee Ufan, as well as modern blue and white porcelains and many other relics will also be presented in this exhibition. The total number of artworks sums up to 500 pieces.
The exhibition is made up of five parts in total. Part I ‘Blue and White Porcelain of the Joseon Dynasty’, Part II ‘Prestige and Power of the Royal Court’, Part III ‘Treasure of the Literati’, Part IV ‘Utensil for Everyday Life’, Part V ‘Living Aesthetics of Blue and White Porcelain’ and so on.
This exhibition covers the story of when the blue and white porcelain was first introduced to Joseon Dynasty after its first appearance in China’s Won Dynasty, then evolving into a high-tech, high value-added product in both 18th and 19th centuries in Japan and Europe. Joseon Dynasty selected white porcelain as the King’s plate and the Joseon Royals’ white porcelain was produced from one of the official kilns in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, a branch institute of Saongwon (a government office that was built to direct food supplies within the palace for the king during the Joseon Dynasty). And on such white porcelains, painters serving the royal palace would paint drawings with cobalt-blue pigments. White porcelain reflected the Neo-Confucius spirit of the nobility that established the Joseon Dynasty, whereas the blue porcelain was a high-quality product that represented the class of Joseon Dynasty’s quality of art and taste. With the system of porcelain production that continued throughout the Joseon Dynasty, the Joseon blue and white porcelain could maintain its high-level craftsmanship and mirror the royal taste.
Joseon blue porcelain is in the center of the manner code set by the Joseon Dynasty, while fully reflecting the Aristocrats’ and the Literati’s tastes, dreams and wishes of their time, especially their wishes for longevity and good luck. Sometimes in grace and sometimes in extravagance, it kept its dignity alive. Such Joseon Dynasty’s aesthetic taste passed through the 1950s Korean Formative Arts Research Institute, and to this day still continues to exist in modern paintings and ceramics.
Through this exhibition, one can admire the exquisite traits of blue and white porcelain as a pottery, painting, plate and art at the same time, and admire the Korean sense of painting blue drawings onto white background with its elegant beauty and consistent flow. The exhibition will last for 7 weeks.
■ Duration: September 30 2014 (Tue) – November 16 2014 (Sun) (7weeks)
■ Location: Special Exhibition Gallery, National Museum of Korea
The National Museum of Korea (Kim Youngna, Director) is holding “In Blue and White: Porcelains of the Joseon Dynasty” exhibition from September 30th 2014 to November 16th 2014 in the Special Exhibition Gallery. This exhibition, which will mainly focus on the combination of crafts and painting essential to the contemporary royal aesthetic consciousness, will be an exhibition on white and blue porcelain of the largest scale so far held in South Korea.
In this exhibition, blue and white porcelains of the finest quality dating from Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese Imari porcelain wares, as well as the porcelain masterpieces from China’s Ming Dynasty from the Tokyo National Museum, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka will be displayed. Within South Korea, major works of blue and white porcelain from the National Palace Museum of Korea, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Horim Museum and 14 other institutions will come together in one place. From the museum storage of the National Museum of Korea, relics that have never been made public since the Japanese Colonial era will also be displayed. Paintings of Kim Whanki and Lee Ufan, as well as modern blue and white porcelains and many other relics will also be presented in this exhibition. The total number of artworks sums up to 500 pieces.
The exhibition is made up of five parts in total. Part I ‘Blue and White Porcelain of the Joseon Dynasty’, Part II ‘Prestige and Power of the Royal Court’, Part III ‘Treasure of the Literati’, Part IV ‘Utensil for Everyday Life’, Part V ‘Living Aesthetics of Blue and White Porcelain’ and so on.
This exhibition covers the story of when the blue and white porcelain was first introduced to Joseon Dynasty after its first appearance in China’s Won Dynasty, then evolving into a high-tech, high value-added product in both 18th and 19th centuries in Japan and Europe. Joseon Dynasty selected white porcelain as the King’s plate and the Joseon Royals’ white porcelain was produced from one of the official kilns in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, a branch institute of Saongwon (a government office that was built to direct food supplies within the palace for the king during the Joseon Dynasty). And on such white porcelains, painters serving the royal palace would paint drawings with cobalt-blue pigments. White porcelain reflected the Neo-Confucius spirit of the nobility that established the Joseon Dynasty, whereas the blue porcelain was a high-quality product that represented the class of Joseon Dynasty’s quality of art and taste. With the system of porcelain production that continued throughout the Joseon Dynasty, the Joseon blue and white porcelain could maintain its high-level craftsmanship and mirror the royal taste.
Joseon blue porcelain is in the center of the manner code set by the Joseon Dynasty, while fully reflecting the Aristocrats’ and the Literati’s tastes, dreams and wishes of their time, especially their wishes for longevity and good luck. Sometimes in grace and sometimes in extravagance, it kept its dignity alive. Such Joseon Dynasty’s aesthetic taste passed through the 1950s Korean Formative Arts Research Institute, and to this day still continues to exist in modern paintings and ceramics.
Through this exhibition, one can admire the exquisite traits of blue and white porcelain as a pottery, painting, plate and art at the same time, and admire the Korean sense of painting blue drawings onto white background with its elegant beauty and consistent flow. The exhibition will last for 7 weeks.
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