Korean treasure house.A new Korean gallery at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is distinguished by an elemental austerity that acts as a backdrop for the richness of the art on display. The new Korean Gallery at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art represents the culmination of the Met's encyclopaedic Adj. 1. encyclopaedic - broad in scope or content; "encyclopedic knowledge" encyclopedic comprehensive - including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" survey of Asian art Asian art can refer to art amongst many cultures in Asia. The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is the only museum in the world that systematically collects and exhibits Asian modern and contemporary art. begun over 30 years ago. Korean art Korean art is art originating or practiced in Korea or by Korean artists, from ancient times to today. Korea is noted for its artistic traditions in pottery, music, calligraphy, and other genres, often marked by the use of bold color, natural forms, and surface decoration. is a rich yet largely unexplored tradition that has strong affinities with other Eastern cultures, particularly China. As if to emphasize this, the new gallery is located between the museum's much larger displays of Chinese and Indian art The vast scope of the art of India intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies which place art production and patronage in social and cultural contexts. . Yet the room's modest size and minimal finishes also set it apart from its surroundings, hinting at the distinctive nature of Korea's indigenous traditions. The Met is one of the first of the Western world's great museums to commission a dedicated gallery for Korean art, reflecting growing interest in the subject. Especially prized are Korean ceramics, characterized by intricate sanggam inlays made from crushed quartz or iron ore. Both the British Museum British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and drawings, coins and medals, and ethnography. and Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. will open Korean galleries during next year. Designed by Korean-American architect Kyu Sung Woo, the new gallery is a luminous white box that acts as a neutral backdrop to the treasures on show. Elegantly detailed glass cases for the display of ceramics, painting and sculpture run around the perimeter of the gallery. Within the cases are white mylar screens resembling rice paper; the plainness of the screens brings the rich colours and textures of the artworks into sharper relief. To reduce distracting glare, the glass panels are non-reflective. As displays are intended to change over time, flexibility and ease of use were important design considerations. A removable central partition allows for a variety of exhibition configurations, including the display of larger scroll paintings. A handful of movable freestanding cases can be used to show larger individual sculptures and ceramics. Daylight is filtered and diffused through a pitched glazed roof masked by a white scrim scrim n. 1. A durable, loosely woven cotton or linen fabric used for curtains or upholstery lining or in industry. 2. A transparent fabric used as a drop in the theater to create special effects of lights or atmosphere. of coarse, stretched cotton. This arrangement creates a luminous gash in the ceiling that bathes the gallery in a gentle radiance. Small, jewel-like spotlights supplement daylighting For the restoration of culverted streams to above-ground channels, see . Daylighting is the practice of placing windows, or other transparent media, and reflective surfaces so that, during the day, natural light provides effective internal illumination. when required. Bleached white oak flooring rubbed with a grey stain intensifies the room's austerely functional quality. The oak flooring extends into the display cases, blurring the distinction between object and viewer and subtly heightening the gallery's sense of spaciousness. Door frames crafted in blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. steel plate mark the two openings into the gallery. Distinguished by simplicity, elegance and lightness, this modest space is exquisitely animated by the artefacts it houses. Arhitect Kyu Sung Woo, Cambrifge, USA project team Kyu Sung Woo, Timothy Downing, Steve Lacker, Andrew Wang Lighting consultant Fisher Marantz Renfro Stone Photographs Chuck Choi http://chuckchoi.com |
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