Opening Exhibition of Cheongju City Korean Craft Museum
HOUSE OF CRAFTS
<House of Crafts>, the grand opening exhibition for Cheongju City Korean Craft Museum, celebrates it’s expanding and moving to a new place. Korean Craft Museum has ended the last 20 years' era in Uncheon-dong and newly moved to the Cultural Factory that used to be a tobacco factory. The exhibition consists of four sections--Craft, Food, Clothing, and Shelter--bringing the traditional culture of Korea and craft together to welcome precious guests to the new space.
- · Exhibition Period
- April 24, 2020 ~ June 21, 2020
- · Venue
- Korean Craft Museum Gallery 6 (Cultural Factory 3F)
- · Hours
- 10:00 – 19:00 (Closed on Mondays.)
- · Host
- Cheongju City Korean Craft Museum
- · Participating Artists
- Yeon Soon Chang, Sylvie Enjalbert, Bodil Manz, Jennifer Lee, Ernst Gamperl, Kang Hyo Lee, Jun Yong Kim, Anna Dickinson, Gi Ho Kim, Young Hee Kim, In Ja Kim, Chang Young Park, Keum Hee Lim, Ha Na JO, TCHAI Kim, OMA Space, Hyun Sung Cho, Mi Kang Lim, Eun Bum Lee, Hyun Joo Lee, Soo Young Choi, Myung Taek Jung, Sung Jae Han, Hyung Shin Hwang, Jung Hwa Suh, Jung Hyun Han, Hyung Goo Kang, Jung Min Lee
Craft
The 'Craft' Section is where you can meet all global artists bridging the tradition with the contemporary craft.
The participating artists were Kang Hyo Lee and Jun Yong Kim, local artists who have attracted the world's attention, Yeon Soon Chang, a textile artist portraying Korean beauty and oriental thinking, Bodil Manz, the leading pottery artist of Denmark, Jennifer Lee, the final winner of 2018 Loewe Craft Awards from England, Sylvie Enjalbert, the French pottery artist whose works are exhibited at Givenchy Showroom in Paris and Porcelain Cultural Park in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, and Ernst Gamperl, the final winner of 2017 Loewe Craft Awards known for artworks that bring life to dead trees.
In case of Ernst Gamperl, he will present a total of 63 pieces for the art lovers in Korea as a part of his world tour. His next exhibition will be held at V&A Museum in London, England.
Participating Artists
Clothing
This section introduces the natural materials used to make the traditional clothing of Korea in the past (cotton, etc.) and the traditional wardrobes of Korea that were completed with golden craft, Hanbok, sewing, jade craft, Dahoe (braided cords) and Mangsu (ornaments made of yarns), and craft items of women's quarters.
You can also enjoy the wardrobes of future that adds the latest technologies and trends to traditional designs.
Participating Artists
Food
Food culture has developed most closely with craft and this section presents a unique exhibition of Cheongju.
You can learn about the food culture of Korea along with the craft items based on <Banchandeungsok>, the old text about the noble food culture of Cheongju 100 years ago.
Participating Artists
Shelter
This section exhibits the craft items found in the contemporary housing culture as home decorating has become a trend today.
The exhibition takes place in home-like spaces that display various pieces of traditional furniture with both functionality and artistic value.
Participating Artists
