‘Between Serenity and Dynamism’ an exhibition of Korean Ceramics at London Craft Week 3 May – 3 June

The Korean Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF) presents ‘Between Serenity and Dynamism; Korean Ceramics’, an exhibition that explores the beauty and heritage of Korean ceramics, and the contrast and harmony between the traditional and more contemporary forms of the craft that exists in Korea today.

The exhibition - first to be shown at Salone del Mobile in Milan in April, before travelling to London for the launch of London Craft Week (3-7 May) - will showcase the work of some of the most important ceramic masters and artists currently working in Korea, and features many collectable items on loan from museums, galleries and auction houses around the world.

Curated by contemporary Korean craft and ceramics expert Hyeyoung Cho and Jungwon Park, the exhibition embraces the dual nature of Korean ceramics at this moment in time, where traditional and contemporary techniques coexist alongside one another, and celebrates the unique aesthetic this offers. Korea is a country where both serenity and dynamism co-exist, in the same way as the old and new exist together, and inform one another.

The work of 16 artists/makers will be on show at the exhibition, including Sangho SHIN, the father of contemporary Korean ceramics, and founder of the Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale. Also on show will be work by Kwangsu SEO, a ceramic master

specialising in large porcelain moon jars; Kwangyul YOO, a celadon master who has a longstanding family lineage in ceramics, and HunChung LEE, known for his contemporary interpretation of the moon jar and for his ceramic furniture.

Korean Cultural Centre UK, 1-3 The Strand, London