Echo
Beyond Time: The Traditional and The Modern
The special exhibition, ˇ°Echo Beyond Time:
The Traditional and The Modern,ˇ± by suggesting a harmonious
meeting transcending time between traditional artifacts and
modern art, represents an expression of the will to rediscover
the traditional aesthetics that remain unbroken in the various
trends in modern art, and to carry on such tradition in contemporary
times. This requires a step away from the standardized roles
of a museum as preserver and researcher of traditional artifacts,
and constitutes an attempt to become a center for social education,
a leader of youth culture, and to present a model for university
museums. By connecting traditional and modern currents, this
exhibition will serve as an opportunity to confirm the identity
of Ewha Womans University Museum, which has long maintained
the particular character of simultaneously serving as both museum
and art gallery.
This exhibition, with its theme of searching for traditional
aesthetics in modern art, is composed of the three sub-themes
of figure, material, and brushstroke. In terms of individual
subjects, materials, and techniques, this exhibition is particular
in that it presents the substance and form of both modern artworks
and traditional artifacts from each of the sub-themes. Beginning
with those deceased artists who left their bold brushstrokes
on the history of Korean modern art such as Whan Ki Kim, Park
Soo-Kyun, and Ungno Lee, going through established artists who
have long inquired into the problem of modern interpretations
of the traditional such as Suh Seok and Kwon Young Woo, and
including young artists who bring fresh interpretations of traditional
beauty such as You-Sun Kim and Ki chang Han, this exhibition
transcends both gender and generation.
In total, it presents the works of over 40 artists, together
with over 30 examples of traditional art from various genres
including landscape painting, calligraphy, ceramics, wooden
handicrafts, and clothing.
By combining traditional artifacts with modern art, ˇ°Echo Beyond
Time: The Traditional and The Modernˇ± bridges the gap of time
and presents the profundity of art as resonating across historical
boundaries. By ruminating upon those vestiges of tradition that
live and breathe in modern art in the form of artifacts that
transcend genre, this exhibition has its true significance in
breaking out of such time and genre-bound categories as pure,
applied, and everyday art, or traditional and modern art, and
attempting to provide an opportunity for serious reflection
on the artistic attainments and aesthetic tastes that exist
in every human being.
 Period :
2005. 5.31 - 2005. 7. 30
Academic
Symposium : June 3, 2005 (Fri) 12 :30 - 5
:00
"The Problem of Tradition in Korean Modern and Contemporary
Art"
Experiencing
Traditional Art Materials : June 25, 2005
(Sat) 2 :00 -5 : 00
Program: Special lectures by contemporary artists who use
traditional art materials and an introduction to and experience
of such materials.
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