샌프란시스코 아시안미술관(Asian Art Museum – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 관장 이소영)에서 5월 8일부터 12월 1일까지 현대 도예가 노경조(1951년생, 국민대 교수), 김시만(1958년생, 성신여대 교수), 윤광조(1946년생), 조정현(1940년생, 이화여대 교수)의 작품을 집중 조명하는 'Tradition and Innovation: Contemporary Korean Ceramics'을 연다.  

Tradition and Innovation: Contemporary Korean Ceramics

May 8, 2025 – Dec 1, 2025

Asian Art Museum – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture

Offering a rare chance to see contemporary Korean ceramics from the museum collection, this exhibition highlights clay creations by four prominent 20th-century artists. Their various approaches, each one an heir to its own creative lineage, demonstrate innovations deeply rooted in Korea’s rich legacy of ceramics production.

On one side, the lively surface textures of stoneware and porcelain works by Roe Kyung-Jo (b. 1951), Kim See-man (b.1958), and Yoon Kwang-jo (b. 1946) bring fresh updates to traditional marbling and glazing techniques. Exhibition curator and Assistant Curator for Korean Art Yoon-Jee Choi notes that “buncheong (분청), the central decoration of Kim and Yoon’s vessels, is one of the most innovative techniques of Korean ceramics; the two artists advance this traditional method by exploring a sense of rhythm and spontaneity.”

Directly opposite are three smooth, black pillars of stacked onggi (옹기) — vessels historically used to carry fermented foods such as kimchi — by Cho Chung-Hyun (b. 1940). Standing as tall as people, each of these appealing works seems animated by its own unique personality, conveyed via subtle variations in shape and size.

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