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프린트버튼

• Duration : May 5 ~ December 30, 2018
• Place : Gallery, 2nd floor, Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery
• Participating artists : Gang Byeong-in, Kim Sam-hyeon, Gang Eun-hye, Lee Sang-bong, Choi Byeong-deok, Ha Ji-hun, Hwang Hyeong-sin, Jeon Seong-geun, Choi Jeong-yu

The year 2018 marks the 600th anniversary of King Sejong’s coronation. In commemoration, the KOCEF presents New Perspectives on Hangeul to emphasize the extended meaning of hangeul today. The exhibition features contemporary art, crafts and design, and installations that use ‘hangeul’ as motifs. King Sejong created hangeul out of compassion for the Korean people. It is an alphabet of outstanding formativeness that delivers meaning by combining yin and yang and vowels and consonants. Today, artists working in diverse genres such as crafts, design, and contemporary art reinterpret the forms of the original hangeul letters at the time of their creation in the 15th century and incorporate them into their works. In this way, artists are further expanding domain of art and increasing the aesthetic value of hangeul.

This two-part exhibition invites viewers to look at hangeul in everyday living from a new perspective after seeing hangeul in the realm of art. Part 1: Hangeul, Crafts for Everyday Living features crafts for diverse, everyday purposes with hangeul letters incorporated into them. Also presented is contemporary furniture inspired by hanguel that was shown in 2017 at the special exhibition Hangeul Design: Prototypes and Future of the Korean Alphabet hosted by the National Hangeul Museum to commemorate the 620th birthday of King Sejong.

Part 2: Hangeul, Art That Communicates presents works that express the geometric beauty of lines and the unrestricted forms of hangeul letters in the context of modern culture and art.

Fashion with printed hangeul patterns by Lee Sang-bong, the world-renowned fashion designer, and very touching calligraphies inspired by nature by calligrapher Gang Byeong-in harmoniously show the diversity of shapes of hangeul letters and modern interpretations of them.