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Daintiness of Korean art

National Treasure No. 95 “Celadon Incense Burner” from the Goryeo Kingdom / Courtesy of National Museum of KoreaBy Kwon Mee-yooThe aesthetic value of Korean traditional craft is generally found in the simplicity of its design and the practical purposes it is made for, but Koreans also have delicate hands to add elaborate details onto craftworks.A special exhibit "Exquisite and Precious: The Splendor of Korean Art" at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Hannam-dong, Seoul, provides a rare opportunity to give a look into the exquisite handiworks of Korean master artisans.The title of the exhibition ― “Exquisite and Precious” ― came from a Chinese envoy's phrase praising during the Goryeo Kingdom (918-1392) era. Xu Jing, an envoy from China’s Song dynasty, said "Goryeo's mother-of-pearl inlay techniques are so exquisite that they are truly precious," according to the 1123 book "Illustrated Record of the Chinese Embassy to the Goryeo Court in the Xuanhe Era."Celadon Ewer from the Goryeo Kingdom / Courtesy of Brooklyn MuseumLeeum's previous ex

Jul 19, 2015
Daintiness of Korean art

Around Town 2

 Club OctagonNonhyeon Near the New Hilltop Hotel in Nonhyeon, this club is notable for its stylish interior and elite clientele. The venue offers a club stage, lounge bar and dining area to satisfy any night out after work or on the weekend. Near exit 4 of Hakdong Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 516-8847. Club VolumeItaewon Offering a venue for specially-themed weekly events and world-class DJs, Club Volume is located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station. Club Volume was listed by Time magazine among the "10 things to do in 24 hours in Seoul." For more information, call 1544-2635. Once in a Blue MoonApgujeong Once in a Blue Moon is one of the best known and well established jazz clubs in the city. It features live jazz sets from two different bands every night, usually starting at 7:30 p.m. It is located between the Hakdong intersection and Galleria department stores in the posh district of Apgujeong. For more information, call (02) 549-5490 or visit www.onceinabluemoon.co.kr. Club AnswerCheongdam Club Answer, c

Jul 16, 2015
Around Town 2

Around Town 1

  ‘6thCredia Park Concert’Olympic ParkSept. 6  The sixth annual Credia Park Concert will be held at Olympic Park on Sept. 6. Conceived in September 2010 as an effective and less imperious means of relating classical music and performances to the general public, this year’s series of performances will feature numerous big names in the classical music scene, including, but not limited to: Korea’s very own Chung Myung-hoon, who will lead the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra; world-renowned Israeli cellist MischaMaisky; and Korean violinist Shin Hyun-su (Zia), winner of the 2008 France Long-Thibaud Contest. The bulk of the concert will celebrate the unparalleled work of Beethoven, namely his “Triple Concerto” and “Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125, “Choral.”’ Ticket prices range from 40,000 to 80,000 won. For more information, call (02) 1577-5266 or visit www.olympicpark.co.kr. Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton ConcertOlympic StadiumJuly 31-Aug. 1 The Prime Philharmonic Orchestra will h

Jul 16, 2015
Around Town 1

Under the roof

“Roof Sentiment,” designed by Society of Architecture (SoA), is installed in front of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,Seoul (MMCA) in central Seoul. The architecture won MMCA’s Young Architects Program 2015. Left is Kang Ye-rin of SoA, right is Lee Chi-hoon of SoA / Courtesy of MMCA'Roof Sentiment' brings reed field into museumBy Kwon Mee-yooA winding roof made from reeds has arrived in the yard of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA).This is “Roof Sentiment,” which won the Young Architects Program 2015 at the MMCA, designed by Lee Chi-hoon and Kang Ye-rin of the Society of Architecture (SoA). The program is supported by Hyundai Card.The structure is held in place by support beams and gives a sharp contrast to the urban scenery close to the museum. The MMCA Seoul building consists of square structures of concrete and glass, but “Roof Sentiment” is curved. Under the structure, it provides shade, blocking out the clear blue sky./ Courtesy by Cho Sang-won It resembles the traditional roof of Gyeon

Jul 15, 2015
Under the roof

Architectural utopia shapes, changes city

Kang Hong-goo’s photograph “An Oil Drum” shows the Paju Book City landscape. / Courtesy of MMCABy Kwon Mee-youArchitecture is not just about designing a building, but more framing of a lifestyle. Architects plan for an ideal, harmonious town, but not all of their designs are realized or become successful.The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon (MMCA) sheds light on the architectural attempts to make an ideal place through the “Experiment of Architopia.”The term architopia is a portmanteau of architecture and utopia, which refers to the ideal space and lifestyle pursued by architects.The exhibit summarizes the architectural desire that shaped urban planning in Korea in three major projects — Sewoon Sangga, Paju Book City and Pangyo Housing Complex.Sewoon Sangga, or Sewoon Shopping Mall, was designed by the late Kim Swoo-geun (1931-1986), one of the Korea’s most acclaimed modern architects. The narrow structure connecting Jongno 3-ga and Toegyero 3-ga in central Seoul was built in 1966.Sewoon Sangga, now partly demolished, was a pio

Jul 13, 2015
Architectural utopia shapes, changes city

Artist Yang Hae-gue's work on display around the world

Yang Hae-gue’s “Sallim”(2009) is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. / Courtesy of Kukje GalleryBy Kwon Mee-yooThe works of Korean artist Yang Hae-gue's are on show at leading contemporary art museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.Since her solo exhibition "Haegue Yang: Shooting the Elephant Thinking the Elephant" finished at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art earlier this year, the artist, 44, has been working internationally, including solo exhibitions "Sample Book" at Dependance in Brussels, Belgium and "Temporary Permanent" at Galerie Wien Lukatsch in Berlin, Germany.Two of Yang's artworks that substitute artistic experiment for ordinary daily life have been selected for the MoMA and the Guggenheim's exhibitions from their collections.The MoMA's "Scenes for a New Heritage: Contemporary Art from the Collection," running through April 10, 2016, features artworks representing the political, social, and cultural flux that shape today’s global landscape. Yang's in

Jul 12, 2015By Kwon Mee-yoo
Artist Yang Hae-gue's work on display around the world

Around Town 2

 Club OctagonNonhyeon Near the New Hilltop Hotel in Nonhyeon, this club is notable for its stylish interior and elite clientele. The venue offers a club stage, lounge bar and dining area to satisfy any night out after work or on the weekend. Near exit 4 of Hakdong Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 516-8847. Club VolumeItaewon Offering a venue for specially-themed weekly events and world-class DJs, Club Volume is located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station. Club Volume was listed by Time magazine among the "10 things to do in 24 hours in Seoul." For more information, call 1544-2635. Once in a Blue MoonApgujeong Once in a Blue Moon is one of the best known and well established jazz clubs in the city. It features live jazz sets from two different bands every night, usually starting at 7:30 p.m. It is located between the Hakdong intersection and Galleria department stores in the posh district of Apgujeong. For more information, call (02) 549-5490 or visit www.onceinabluemoon.co.kr. Club AnswerCheongdam Club Answer, c

Jul 9, 2015By Kim Jae-heun
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Around Town 1

 Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton ConcertOlympic StadiumJuly 31-Aug. 1 The Prime Philharmonic Orchestra will hold a concert celebrating the immeasurable work of Danny Elfman, the composer behind many of Tim Burton's most beloved films. Beginning with Burton's first feature film, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," in 1985, Elfman and Burton have become synonymous with the unparalleled wonders that a successful partnership and collaboration between storytelling and music can produce. In addition to the music, which will be conducted by John Mauceri and feature violinist Sandy Cameron, audiences will be provided with a dizzying visual experience in the form of Burton's original sketches and storyboards splashed out on the big screen, seamlessly set to the corresponding film scores. Elfman himself will make a special appearance and perform his original score for the classic "The Nightmare Before Christmas" with the orchestra. Ticket prices range from 66,000 to 143,000 won. For more information, call (070) 7098-5060 or visit burton-elfman.co.kr. Kammersymphonie Ber

Jul 9, 2015By Kim Jae-heun
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Contemporary history told through voices of ordinary people

A visitor looks at videos and items at the “70 Voices of 70 Years” exhibition, which features Korea’s contemporary history through many people’s life stories at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History through Sept. 29. / YonhapBy Chung Ah-youngPark Young-ja used to sell the national flags of different countries in front of Deoksu Palace in Seoul when she was aged just 13 back in the year 1951. John Rich, a renowned American war correspondent, took a photo of her one day and gave it to her. Park who turns 77 this year has kept the old photo for the last 64 years. “When the flags were laid in a room, I felt as if I were at the center of the world,” Park recalled. The old photo is not only her personal history but also part of the nation’s contemporary history.From street vendors to singers, their lives have contributed to rebuilding the nation in one way or another. The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History is holding an exhibition titled “70 Voices of 70 Years,” which looks back on Korea’s contemporar

Jul 8, 2015
Contemporary history told through voices of ordinary people

Invitation to afterlife

/ Courtesy of Seoul Performing Arts Company‘Along with the Gods’ depicts Korean folk gods of netherworldBy Kwon Mee-yooEveryone wonders what happens after death. In traditional Korean funeral procedure, there is the 49th Day Rite, which is held 49 days after death, as the deceased goes through trials in the netherworld for 48 days before the process of reincarnation.But what exactly happens during the afterlife trials? In the musical "Along with the Gods," an average office worker, Kim Ja-hong, faces three guardians from the underworld soon after he dies and the guardians take the subway to get to the netherworld.Based on cartoonist Joo Ho-min’s web-based cartoon series, "Along with the Gods," the Seoul Performing Arts Company has made an attempt to deliver the tale of the Korean netherworld on stage.Joo took inspiration from the 49 days of trials and wrote "Along with the Gods," which consists of three parts ― the Afterlife, the Present and the Legend. The musical adapted the first part, the Afterlife, only. The key to its popularity comes from its lively, wit

Jul 6, 2015
Invitation to afterlife
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