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특별전 세계유산 고인돌, 큰 돌로 무덤을 만들다

Special Exhibition “Dolmens, a World Heritage: Making Tombs with Large Stones”

Period 2016-04-26 ~ 2016-07-31
내용 This exhibition was organized to examine the research findings on the dolmens in Korea.
The prologue section presents information on the significance and special features of the dolmens built in Korea amidst the diverse megalithic cultures of the world.
The first part of the exhibition allowed an understanding of the most basic information about dolmens such as the definition, form, structure, and distribution patterns thereof. Also, it allowed the visitors to realize the advanced level of technology in the Bronze Age, based on the scientific principles applied to the construction of dolmens, and get a glimpse of how a sense of community was fostered and promoted through the erection of dolmens.
The second part focused on comprehending the meaning of dolmens as a tomb, based on the artifacts such as the bronze violin-shaped dagger, polished stone dagger and polished red earthenware as well as petroglyphs and human skeletons that have been found. Also, the lifestyle of the people in the Bronze Age who built the dolmens was examined at the exhibition.
The third part touched upon how dolmens have been perceived throughout history since the Bronze Age. Dolmens inspired a wide range of myths and legends, and even became an object of worship, as mystical objects that were thought to have indwelling spirits. To the westerners who visited Korea in the late 19th century, the dolmens were massive structures that were representative of Joseon. The full-fledged excavation surveys on the dolmens in Korea commenced in the Japanese occupation period, and various types of research were carried out after Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule.
The epilogue of the exhibition endeavored to examine the current status of the dolmens in Korea that have been designated as World Heritage and the possibility of using them to create cultural content in addition to employing them as a theme for comics, movies and games.

사진으로 보는 고인돌

Dolmens Seen Through Photographs

Period 2016-04-26 ~ 2016-07-31
내용 Dolmens are one of the megalithic monuments seen in the world today, and they have been built all over the globe including Western Europe, India and China. Korea, in particular, is an unrivaled dolmen center with around 40,000 dolmens, and in recognition of their academic value, the dolmens were inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000.
In order to shed light on the significance of these dolmens, this exhibition presented photographs of dolmens found all over the world as well as photographs of dolmen excavation surveys. In addition, photographs capturing dolmens blending harmoniously with various backdrops were showcased to highlight their value amidst the continuity of time.

특집전 고대의 모자-고깔

Feature Exhibition “The Ancient Hat: Gokkal”

Period 2016-03-22 ~ 2016-06-26
내용 Gokkal (conical hat) presented at the exhibition had been excavated from the wetland in Sinchang-dong, Gwangju during the 1995 and 2000 excavation surveys. Its purpose was initially unclear when only the wooden part in the shape of handheld fan frame, but it was restored as a gokkal hat to be revealed at the special exhibition, “Sinchang-dong: Time Capsule from 2,000 Years Ago,” in 2012. The hat was restored by connecting 12~13 thin cherry wood boards in the shape of an isosceles triangle that was around 25cm long and had holes at the top and bottom. It is in a conical shape, measuring 22cm in diameter at the bottom and 23cm in height, and thus is extremely similar to galmo [immo, rain cover for a hat] of the Joseon Dynasty.
In addition to the gokkal pieces from the Archeological Site in Sinchang-dong and the restored item, this thematic exhibition presented gokkal from the same period of time that was excavated from the Archeological Site in Sangeon-ri, Gyeongsangbuk-do and the Joseon galmo. Also, photographs were also on display for visitors to better understand the symbolic meaning of ancient hats and the shapes and functions of the hats worn by people in the Three Kingdoms Period. The Gwangju National Museum held a thematic exhibition series consisting of four parts, centering on the wooden artifacts that had been uncovered at the Archeological Site in Sinchang-dong. The series kicked off with , which was followed by , , and , and was the fifth exhibition of the series, which will continue on to present exhibits that will fascinate the visitors.

기획특집전 “사진으로 보는 문화재”

Feature Exhibition “Cultural Heritage Seen Through Photographs”

Period 2015-12-08 ~ 2016-03-27
내용 For the purpose of promoting the appreciation for the cultural heritage embodying the spirit of Koreans, the Gwangju Natioanl Museum organized a feature exhibition titled “Cultural Heritage Seen Through Photographs.”
This was a photography exhibition held for the third time following 2008 and 2010, and around 40 works produced by the members of Hanstudio under the themes of jangseung (totem poles), stone pagoda, paper sliding doors and windows, and stone Buddha statutes among the beautiful cultural assets of Korea.
This exhibition provided a valuable opportunity to rediscover the beauty of Korean cultural heritage present in the jangseung (totem poles), stone pagoda, paper sliding doors and windows, and stone Buddha statues that were developed in harmony with our environment and climate and to feel the life and breath instilled in our culture through a medium called photographs.

특별전<전통회화 최후의 거장, 의재 허백련>

Special Exhibition

Period 2015-11-24 ~ 2016-02-21
내용 Uijae Heo Baek-ryeon (1891~1977) was a prominent traditional painter who is called the last master of Namjonghwa painting style. While passing on the legacy of Namjonghwa and allowing it to reach its full bloom in its last days, Heo Baek-ryeon was a well-esteemed Confucian scholar and a social educator who stressed and practiced nationalism.
The first part titled “The Household and Life of Uijae Heo Baek-ryeon” aims to provide insight into the household and regional background of Heo Baek-ryeon and how he emerged as a distinguished painter. Until his death in 1977 at the age of 87, he was a prolific painter and fostered numerous students, which contributed to the formation of a traditional art community in Gwangju. He even made remarkable achievements in the area of social education.
The second part titled “The Chronicles and Social Intercourse of Uijae Heo Baek-ryeon” aims to shed light on his academic and painting training background as well as his social relations. Heo Baek-ryeong studied Chinese classics, poetry and writing under the tutelage of the eminent scholar Mujeong Jeong Man-jo (1858~1946) in his childhood. Then, he studied art under Misan Heo Hyeong. While studying in Japan, he met Komuro Suiun (1874~1945), a Japanese painter who helped open his eyes to Namjonghwa.

특집전 <불을 찾아서>

Feature Exhibition

Period 2015-09-01 ~ 2015-11-22
내용 The Gwangju National Museum hosted a thematic exhibition titled with the aim of shedding light on the ignition technique developed in the Prehistoric Period and the history of fire-making through the fire-making tools excavated from Archaeological Site in Sinchang-dong in Gwangju, designated as Historic Site No. 375.
The fire-making tools discovered in the excavation survey on the Archaeological Site in Sinchang-dong in Gwangju in 1995 were a set of fire-making stick and platform. The fire-making stick was made with the straight branches of the relatively hard oak or bower actinidia, while the fire-making platform was created using elm wood. These are the first-ever fire-making tools to be excavated from Korea, and they are the oldest and one of its kind. Also, a case for the storage and transport of a fire-making stick and a torch made from the resinous knots of a pine tree were also excavated. Torches with pine resin were easily ignited and were able to hold a flame for a long time, and thus they have been used to store and transport fire and for lamps from the old days until relatively recently.
There exist various fire-making tools and methods worldwide. The fire-making methods are largely divided into a back-and-forth method and a rotation method, according to the method of creating friction. The fire-making tools found in Sinchang-dong employed the rotation method, which gradually progressed from rubbing one’s hands together to supplementing it with leather straps among other auxiliary tools before the ultimate emergence of rotary tools such as a bowstring drill. The fire-making tools from Sinchang-dong are very important materials that demonstrate this series of technological progress.

남도문화전Ⅵ-특별전 담양

Namdo Culture Exhibition VI Special Exhibition, “Damyang”

Period 2015-08-25 ~ 2015-11-01
내용 In 2015, the Gwangju National Museum held “The Bamboo Forest and the Clean Damyang,” focusing on the county that is well-known for its gasa literature and bamboo products, as the sixth regional exhibition. This exhibition was jointly planned with Damyang-gun in connection with the World Bamboo Fair scheduled for September.
Damyang has long been a prominent producer of bamboo products with a bamboo market and famous for its gasa literature. It is also known for being the stage of Jeonuchi. In addition, countless writers and artists including Myeonang Song Sun, who helped Korean literature bloom in the mid-Joseon Dynasty, as well as Songgang Jeong Cheol and Seokcheon Im Eok-ryeong cultivated gardens and arbors and left behind astonishing pieces of writing that were inspired by the striking landscape and scenery. It is also known for Miam-ilgi (Diary of Miam) by Miam Yu Hui-chun, who documented the course of Imjinwaerang (Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592), and contains the beautiful Soswaewon Garden (Scenic Site No. 40) created by Soswae Yang San-bo that has been attracting endless streams of visitors among poets, writers, calligraphers and painters.
The exhibition consisted of exhibits providing information on the natural scenery and anthropogeography of Damyang; prehistoric and ancient cultures based on archeological materials from the Old Stone Age to the Three Kingdoms Period; Buddhist and Confucian cultures of Damyang; military and kiln historic sites; gasa literature, Middle Age and modern cultures such as arbor cultivation; and modern and contemporary cultures with exhibits focusing on Seopyeonje and Park Dong-sil, a prominent figure of Seopyeonje, patriots such as Goha Song Jin-u, crafts, art and literature.

특별전 <아시아의 불교미술 - 인도, 동남아시아, 중앙아시아 그리고 티베트>

Special Exhibition

Period 2015-06-02 ~ 2015-08-02
내용 The Gwangju National Museum held as a special exhibition in 2015.
The ultimate goal of Buddhism is to achieve nirvana, a state of being liberated from the pains and afflictions of the world, based on the teachings of Shakyamuni and become a buddha. Buddhism, which gained further influence after Shakyamuni had entered into nirvana, achieved rapid growth following the ascension of Ashoka to the throne, and was transmitted beyond the borders of India to Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Although Buddhism is founded upon the teachings of Shakyamuni, it became a more extensive thought tradition through the course of its development over 2,500 years. In Asia, in particular, it was viewed as more than a religion, and thus influenced various aspects of society such as politics, philosophy, the arts, and culture.
This exhibition aimed to examine the impact that Buddhism has had on Asia, with a special focus on art. The transformation of Buddhist art was investigated based on the routes through which Buddhism was spread from India to Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Tibet. It provided an opportunity to take a look at other forms of Buddhist art that differ from that of Korea.

특별전 <조선청화 푸른빛에 물들다>

Special Exhibition

Period 2015-02-10 ~ 2015-05-10
내용 The Gwangju National Museum held as the first special exhibition of the year 2015.
Joseon was a 500-year-old state founded upon Neo-Confucianism that valued etiquette and righteousness. White porcelains selected according to the etiquette rules were used as vessels to hold its history and culture, as they were in line with the foundation of Josoen.
Blue and white porcelains were viewed as ceramics that embody the desires of the entire world, upholding the dignity of the royal family and the practices of Confucianism as well as the elegance and refinement of the writers and artists of the gentry class. The blue and white porcelains, which were an art form and the norm, demonstrate the ideas and aesthetics of the times with each blue stroke.
The Gwangju National Museum carefully selected some 200 pieces of blue and white porcelains submitted to the special exhibition, < Blue and White Porcelain of the Joseon Dynasty>, organized by the National Museum of Korea, to convey the blue colors of Korean history that bloomed on white porcelain. This special exhibition held for the first time in the Gwangju and Jeonnam region provided a valuable chance to appreciate the blue traces of Joseon.

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.