USC Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena, California 91101
Open Wednesday through Sunday 10am to 6pm
EXHIBITION
The Arts
of Korea
from the Pacific Asia Museum Collection
The
Buddha. Korea. 16th. C.. Bronze
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Mr. William Atwood in memory of
Elaine Spaulding Atwood.
The year 2003 marks the centenary of Korean immigration to the
United States. To commemorate this important year, Pacific Asia
Museum is presenting a small exhibit of its finest Korean art objects,
many of which have been acquired recently and are being displayed
for the first time.
Korea has a rich artistic heritage in many media, including painting,
sculpture, ceramics and metalwork, some of which bear the influence
of Chinese or Siberian artistic traditions, while others demonstrate
uniquely Korean artistic styles and techniques. This exhibition
includes a variety of objects, ranging from ancient unglazed tomb
ceramics from the Silla Kingdom (57BC-668AD) to the refined celadon-glazed
stoneware ceramics of the Koryo period (918-1392AD). Fine examples
of metalwork and stone sculpture, including bronze mirrors and hairpins
used by noblewomen of the Koryo period, and Buddhist bronze and
stone sculptures used in temples and homes, are also included.
Screens, set of 3 (Detail)
Korea; Choson dynasty, 19th C.
Ink and color on silk, paper, wood & metal
PAM Collection. 2000.38.7ABC
Purchased with funds from the Collectors’ Circle.
Highlights of this exhibition will be three Korean paintings never before shown at the Museum. Of great interest is a pair of screens dating to the 19th century and depicting a hunting scene in a Korean landscape. The image that extends across these two screens depicts many aspects of traditional Korean daily life, dress, and architecture, and is representative of the secular painting traditions of the Choson period (1392-1910). Also on display is a powerful painting of a Buddhist holy man and a mudang (shaman) painting belonging to a longstanding indigenous shamanistic tradition that still plays an important role in Korean spiritual life.
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