The Icheon World Ceramic Center and the National Folk Museum of Korea are pleased to co-host a special exhibition, The Promenade: Healing in Nature, organized to provide relief and calmness to visitors taking a break from the hectic pace of daily life and sizzling summer days.
Our ancestors enjoyed travelling or resting in nature by dipping their feet in stream or sitting under a tree or on a wooden-floor hall to appreciate nature, when they were fatigued from their daily lives. In the present day, we have many more ways to relax and unwind than in the past, but taking a break in nature and relaxing on a journey are still popular ways to refresh ourselves.
The Promenade portrays a traveler who begins a journey to his/her friend’s house. The journey begins at dawn and ends at night, and it is divided into four parts – a journey for resting, a morning walk, an invitation in the afternoon, and sentimental moonlight. Each part of the journey incorporates objects used in daily life of the past and contemporary ceramic works. The peaceful walk in woods in the morning and a refreshing time with a friend in the afternoon, and lying down to watch stars at night – these are the true moments of resting and a time to look back on our lives.
Main Artworks/ Artifacts
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Prologue: A Journey for Resting |
Rest 2002∥KOCEF Collection Mika Laidlaw, Japan |
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Mountain Sky: Dawn 2000∥KOCEF Collection Peter Lane, UK |
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Stackable Side Dish Box Late Joseon Dynasty∥NFM Collection |
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White Porcelain Stackable Side-Dish Box Series 2015 Xue Zi Jiang, China |
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Mobile Tea Tools for 2 on a Spring Picnic 2010 Haewon Lee, Korea |
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Section 1: Invitation in the afternoon |
White Porcelain Water Dropper Shaped as Mt. Geumgangsan 18th Century∥NFM Collection |
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Snow Mountain 2000∥KOCEF Collection Hongkon Han, Korea |
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Thousands of Kilometers Landscape 2010∥KOCEF Collection Li Ya Wan, China |
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Painting of Flowers and Birds Late 19th Century∥NFM Collection |
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Flowers and Birds – Ceramic 2015 Hunja Lim, Korea |
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Painting of Mt. Geumgangsan Late Joseon Dynasty∥NFM Collection |
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Et In Arcadia Ego (나는 아르카디아에 있다) Even in Arcadia, there am I 2015 Hyegyung Kim/ Eunsung Song, Korea |
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Korean Checkers(Baduk) Late Joseon Dynasty∥NFM Collection |
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Women Lying 2010 Aikyu Hahn, Korea |
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Summer in the Ceramic Studio - The Road less Traveled 2011 Jisook Lee, Korea |
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Section 1: Sentimental Moonlight |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7 mins. 2013∥NFM Collection Hyunsuk Kim/ Jungwon Yoon/ Youngjun Kim, Korea |
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Forest 2015 Seongman Ahn, Korea |