Korean Ceramic Artists

Korean ceramic history begins with the oldest earthenware dating to around 8000 bc.

Korean ceramic artists.

Artists and artisans working with ceramics have steadily contributed to the art world for centuries. Kim see man s work has been exhibited at a long list of major museums. From prehistoric pottery to ancient greek amphoras from the rise of porcelain in asia and europe to the arts and crafts movement in england and the u s ceramic traditions have long fascinated artists and infiltrated their practices in the contemporary art world this was never more clear. Buncheong is a unique and centuries old style of ceramics characterized by a white slip surface that is usually decorated in a spontaneous and expressive manner.

Ceramic artist shin chul assembles the upper part of a moon jar with the lower part at his ceramic studio huguro bitzun dal located in icheon gyeonggi. Korean bronze age pottery tends to be undecorated walls are thicker and there is a greater variety of shapes typically steamers bowls with pedestals and jars with handles. Likewise a number of very sophisticated statues of royal figures guardians and horses equivalent to chinese han dynasty figures used for domestic. His most famous captives were two brothers ri kei and ri shakko who began firing a new style called hagi ware in 1604.

By park sang moon often dubbed as a moon jar the plump porcelain first appeared during the late joseon dynasty between the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th century. Inspired by the ancient kintsugi craft korean artist yee sookyoung repurposes discarded ceramic fragments into experimental works of art. Rough domestic wares for the people were produced from numerous kilns. Using 24k gold she affixes the mismatched pieces together breathing new life into otherwise overlooked materials.

Yikyung kim in chin lee kang hyo lee youngjae lee and kwang cho yoon. The finest selection of korean art celadon pottery lacquered and music boxes dolls figurines paintings jewelry wedding ducks and furniture. This has been imitated in japan s mishima ware. Celadon wine pot history of korean ceramics the three kingdoms of korea 57 bc 668 ad namely silla goguryeo and baekie provided the beginning of korean ceramic history.

Korean ceramics have been admired since the 12th century for. When there is decoration it covers less of the vessel and takes either the form of the incised motifs of the previous period or applied clay bands. Korean contemporary buncheong ceramic art by kim see man. Life in ceramics surveys the range of perspectives found among contemporary korean ceramicists bringing together for the first time the work of five important artists.

Influenced by chinese ceramics korean pottery developed a distinct style of its own with its own shapes such as the moon jar or maebyeong version of the chinese meiping vase and later styles of painted decoration.