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Lee Youngsoon’s jiseung (紙繩) exhibition <The New Like The Old, The Old Like The New>
20141118-20150222

The show was held until 2015/02/22 at Nam-Seoul Museum of Art

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Exhibition Location

SeMA Living Arts Museum

Exhibition Period

2014.11.18~2015.02.22

Admission

Free

Exhibition Area

craft

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Number of Artworks

370

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Jiseung, The Art of Weaving the Beauty of Life and Hanji

Towards the end of 2014, SeMA Nam Seoul Living Arts Museum presents Lee Youngsoon’s jiseung (紙繩) exhibition . Jiseung craft refers to the construction of objects by weaving rolled hanji paper cords. Traditionally used in everyday life, jiseung craft is becoming a forgotten discipline - even its name is unfamiliar to us. Jiseung craft is highly valuable because it possesses a plain and natural beauty that radiates from its unique texture. It is also a household item containing the traces of life.

Having studied textile art in college the artist has taken jiseung as her central theme. While focusing on modernizing the craft she pursues elements that are the most Korean. The artist reinterprets the traditional beauty of jiseung through her own perspective, expanding it as a contemporary object and developing its aesthetic dimension. This exhibition introduces numerous bodies from Lee ranging from her early works that explore traditional paper craft, her jiseung work, and the interior objects she newly constructs.

This exhibition is largely divided into two groups: one that interprets traditional themes and techniques in a contemporary fashion, and another, interior objects produced from the coiling jiseung technique. This exhibition also includes handmade hanji made out of leftover hanji paper from the jiseung crafting process, the artist’s archive, and video documentation that shows the process of jiseung craft along with an interview for further understanding of the artist’s world.

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