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Special Exhibitions

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특집전 <비단의 고장, 광주 신창동의 직물문화>
Feature Exhibition
  • Period 2015-01-27 ~ 2015-05-25
  • 내용 Food, clothing and shelter are absolute necessities of man, and of these, clothing is a characteristic unique to man. While we cannot pinpoint the exact time period when people started wearing clothes, the spindle whorl dating from the Neolithic Age is a direct piece of evidence of thread production, with a high likelihood that textiles began to be produced around this time.
    According to historical documents, it appears that textile production had occurred in full swing even before the Three Kingdoms Period. 『The Records of the Three Kingdoms』 and 『The Book of the Later Han』 show that Samhan (Three Hans) practiced sericulture and produced silk and hemp cloth, and evidence of this was discovered at the Archaeological Site in Sinchang-dong in Gwangju.
    The Archaeological Site in Sinchang-dong is a massive historical complex that demonstrate the farming culture of the early Iron Age, and a wide variety of artifacts such as earthenware, woodware, boneware and lacquerware were excavated from the site. Pieces of silk and hemp cloth that were found at the site were the oldest of their kind in Korea, and textile production and sewing tools such as a thread guide, spool and needles made out of bone were excavated.
    The Gwangju National Museum hosted an international academic conferenced titled 「East Asian Perspective on the Textile Culture of Sinchang-dong」 in 2013 and collected and built research data. This time, this special exhibition was organized to present Korea’s oldest textiles and weaving tools and examine the ancient textile culture.
    At the exhibition, the traditional processes of producing thread from natural sources such as silkworms and hemp and weaving fabric. This provided an opportunity to get a more vivid picture of the process through which the artifacts on display inside the showcases were produced and used.
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특별전 <남도문화전Ⅴ-고흥>
Special Exhibition
  • Period 2014-07-08 ~ 2014-09-28
  • 내용 The Gwangju National Museum hosts an exhibition focusing on a specific region of Jeollanam-do Province each year for the purpose of researching and preserving the regional cultural heritage under the title, ?Namdo Culture Exhibition?. Held for the fifth time this year, ?Namdo Culture Exhibition V? focused on Goheung-gun.
    Goheung-gun, where there is a coexistence of splendid nature and advanced technology, has long history and traditions dating all the way back to the Prehistoric Period. This special exhibition organized and introduced the history and culture unique to Goheung-gun from the Prehistoric Period to the contemporary times.
    The exhibits were arranged to introduce the liberal arts and geographic features of Goheung, situated in the southernmost region of the Korean territory and the southeastern area of Jeollanam-do Province, near the entrance. It was then followed by exhibits on the local history and culture that were chronologically arranged.
    First, the prehistoric culture of Goheung-gun was summarized using some 2,000 dolmens located in the county, while the formation of Mahan and the development of the ancient culture were introduced centering on the Andong Tumulus in Gildu-ri, Podu-myeon, from which a gilt-bronze crown was excavated.
    This was followed by exhibits that show the process of thwarting the Japanese invasion at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty through the countless stone fortresses that were built at the time as well as the findings of the excavation survey on a kiln site in Undae-ri, Duwon-myeon that was carried out by the Gwangju National Museum, thereby shedding light on the ceramics culture unique to the region. In addition, the modern and contemporary history of Goheung-gun was demonstrated through Sorokdo Island, which was chosen as the quarantine detention area for Hansen’s disease patients by the Japanese Government-General of Korea in the 1920s during the Japanese occupation period.
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특별전 <대숲에 부는 바람 風竹>
Special exhibition
  • Period 2013-11-12 ~ 2014-02-02
  • 내용 This is the second special exhibition centering on the Four Gracious Plants (plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo), following “The Plum Blossoms Flowering in Paintings: Tammae (2009).” The exhibition was organized with the aim of giving a new interpretation of the formativeness and symbolism of the traditional themes applied to teach novice painters how to use the brush and ink, which may seem hackneyed at times, from the contemporary perspective.

    “The Bamboo of Traditional Art,” which was the first part of the exhibition, consisted of five sub-themes: a place with bamboos, bamboos inside the heart, how to draw bamboos, the wind and bamboos, and bamboos and pottery. The reason mukjukdo (bamboo painting in ink) was widely painted back in the day was that writers, who were considered political elites and intellectuals, projected the ideal characteristics of a man of virtue to the bamboo.

    “The Bamboo in Contemporary Art,” which was the second part of the exhibition, presented artworks by thirty-three artists specializing in Korean painting, Western painting, photography, printmaking, installation art, and media art.

    At “The Wind Blowing in the Bamboo Forest,” which was the third part, artworks by Kim Gyu-jin, who made a name for himself as the master of bamboo paintings in ink between the late 19th century and the early 20th century, and Goam Lee Ung-no, who learned calligraphy and how to paint the Four Gracious Plants from Kim and added contemporary formativeness to the art form, were on display, and these demonstrated the tradition and transformation of bamboo paintings. Also on display were the paintings of bamboos and bamboo forests by Lee Ung-no, who had consistently painted bamboos even while making new attempts with abstract letter paintings and paintings of crowds of people.

    This special exhibition provided insight into the way relationships developed between nature and man and between people in bamboo forests, which were a place where lives were built. The aim was also to have traditional art inspire new creations through Beopgochangsin (“Create something new from the things of the past”) so that the past values may remain relevant today and the future.