{"id":30613,"date":"2022-11-17T14:13:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T14:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/brevi-note-di-estetica-coreana-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T16:17:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:17:43","slug":"brief-notes-on-korean-aesthetics-eshgallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/brief-notes-on-korean-aesthetics-eshgallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief notes on Korean aesthetics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30613\" class=\"elementor elementor-30613 elementor-30611\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18db8a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"18db8a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b31bafa\" data-id=\"b31bafa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfd6a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfd6a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.0 - 29-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The themes of nature, space and time, always the focus of the ESH Gallery&#8217;s programming, are once again investigated through the concepts of Oriental aesthetics thanks to the artworks of two Korean artists. Through the glass works of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/artista\/kyou-hong-lee-korean-artist\/\"><strong>Kyou-Hong Lee<\/strong><\/a> and the skilful weavings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/artista\/kyeok-kim-korean-artist\/\"><strong>Kyeok Kim<\/strong><\/a>, exhibited for the first time in a gallery in Italy, it is therefore possible to trace the legacy of certain fundamentals of traditional Korean aesthetics.<br \/>The first aspect to be taken into account, which has emerged in the centuries-old Korean artistic journey, is the importance given to <strong>inner beauty<\/strong> over sensory beauty. <br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57f3d15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"57f3d15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51e4b37\" data-id=\"51e4b37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62387a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"62387a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;image_spacing_custom&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;image_spacing_custom_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.0 - 29-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper,.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container{position:static}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container .swiper-slide figure,.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper .swiper-slide figure{line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-slide{text-align:center}.elementor-image-carousel-wrapper:not(.swiper-container-initialized) .swiper-slide,.elementor-image-carousel-wrapper:not(.swiper-initialized) .swiper-slide{max-width:calc(100% \/ var(--e-image-carousel-slides-to-show, 3))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lightness-ESHGallery-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lightness-ESHGallery-1\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lightness-ESHGallery-3.jpg\" alt=\"Lightness-ESHGallery-3\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6dac68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"c6dac68\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8eb127f\" data-id=\"8eb127f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f30cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f30cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The artists&#8217; attention is focused on enhancing the energy and spirit inherent in the work, assuming a position of respect for the creative act and, above all, the artist&#8217;s inner world. In fact, Kyeok Kim reminds us of the exact moment &#8211; the imprint of a piece of jewellery left on his skin &#8211; when she decided to explore the use of texture and make it a symbol of a past experience. Not to be outdone, Kyou-Hong Lee uses natural light in his works to create dreamlike reflections and colour changes, altering the environment and creating a continuous movement within the work. Lee describes this exploration of the contours of light as a &#8216;light from my heart radiating a strong positive energy&#8217;.<br \/>Secondly, the value of art is not just for the complacency of creators or admirers, but for its pragmatic role in contributing to human life in a broader sense.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-260c184 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"260c184\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15b1335\" data-id=\"15b1335\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2448bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a2448bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.0 - 29-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-portfolio_masonry_regular size-portfolio_masonry_regular wp-image-30450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/esh-1.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1392f8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"1392f8b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cdbe5ea\" data-id=\"cdbe5ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c79e76c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c79e76c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In other words, true art is considered to fulfil practical purposes such as the <strong>purification of human nature<\/strong> and the education of society. For this reason, beauty and art are not valued for their uniqueness, but are accepted as having a relationship with ethics and politics. It is impossible to think of art as anything other than education or human life. Art is a method to <strong>cultivate the completion of the person<\/strong> and has value as a manifestation of a noble character. Lee&#8217;s works are perfectly anchored in this moral vision of art: the pieces of glass arranged irregularly on the surface with no defined colour, although monochromatic, give the perception of a harmonious beauty in a chaotic situation. <strong>A sense of harmony in disorder<\/strong> is reinforced by the contrasting textures between the frosted glass surfaces and the three-dimensional elements, a pure image of the artist&#8217;s continuous search for balance in life.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1daf23d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"1daf23d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-201bc5a\" data-id=\"201bc5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01c147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"e01c147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;image_spacing_custom&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;image_spacing_custom_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kyeok-Kim-eshgallery-7.jpg\" alt=\"Kyeok-Kim-eshgallery-7\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kyou-Hong-Lee-eshgallery-10.jpg\" alt=\"Kyou-Hong-Lee-eshgallery-10\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5785d73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"5785d73\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e41631d\" data-id=\"e41631d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed236aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed236aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ultimately, the Koreans&#8217; aesthetic consciousness does not turn to the flashy and luxurious, but to simple and sometimes frugal beauty. It is underpinned by an awareness of trying to return to nature that exists on its own without the addition of human artificiality: nature itself can only be kept intact in a state where the object is seen in its totality or &#8216;oneness&#8217;. According to the Korean perspective on nature, nature is &#8216;so in itself&#8217; and beauty and art follow this law of nature. Form and subject matter of Kim&#8217;s weavings are there to remind us of this.<\/p><p>Rif.: Joosik Min, \u201cAesthetics in Korea: Traditions and Perspectives\u201d in The Slovak Journal of Aesthetics, Vol 11, No1, 2022, pp.7-17.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the glass works of Kyou-Hong Lee and the skilful weavings of Kyeok Kim, exhibited for the first time in a gallery in Italy, it is possible to trace the legacy of certain fundamentals of traditional Korean aesthetics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30738,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30613\/revisions\/30738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eshgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}