Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

A collection of 216 roof tiles from the
Paekche period (18 B.C.-A.D. 660) were
displayed. A total of 17,794 persons
visited the exhibition.
• Special Exhibition of Ancient Korean
Printing (Chongju National Museum,
August 17-October 5)
Seventy-two items including epitaphs,
wooden and metal types, and printing
instruments were displayed. Visitors
totalled 16,753.
• Special Exhibition of Kaya Pottery
(Chinju National Museum, August
17-October 5)
A collection of 150 examples of the
fine Kaya period (c. first to the sixth
century) pottery were displayed. The
exhibition drew a total of 19,997
visitors.
• Special Exhibition of Tigers in
Korean Folk Art (National Folklore
Museum, September 14-October 5)
A total of 155 folk paintings and handicraft
objects of tiger motif were displayed
in relation to the Seoul Games' cub
tiger mascot, Hodori. A total of 24,952
persons visited the exhibition.
• Seoul Citizens' Cultural Legacy
Exhibition (Seoul Metropolitan Museum
of Art, September 23-October 25)
The theme of this annual exhibition for
the Olympic year was "Old Seoul
Viewed Through Painting." The exhibition
included 634 maps and landscape
paintings from the collections of private
citizens and the organizations for cultural
preservation, and drew 72,000
visitors.
Exhibitions of Korean culture
• Exhibition of Korean Traditional
Handicrafts (Sokchojon Hall in Toksu
Palace, September 1-October 5)
The exhibition featured the selected
entries from the 1988 Korean Traditional
Handicraft Exhibition, prize-winning
works from the previous years' exhibitions,
and works by the governmentrecognized
master artists. The exhibits
were of various categories such as
metal, ceramic, stone, jade, wood,
bamboo, lacquer, textile, paper, and
dyeing, totalling 685. Master artists
designated "living cultural treasures"
in 15 fields demonstrated their skills
during the exhibition. The total number
of visitors reached 19,617.
• East-West Contemporary Ceramics
Exhibition (Arts Center of the Korean
Culture and Arts Foundation, September
9-October 9)
The exhibition included 156 works by
108 leading ceramic artists of France,
the Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Spain, Sweden and the U.S. manifesting
the current trends in ceramic art.
Seven participating artists held a workshop
at the Pugok Kiln in Yangju-gun
County, Kyonggi-do Province, from
September 10 through 12. The workshop
included demonstration sessions.
A total of 9,957 persons visited
the exhibition.
• International Calligraphy Exhibition
(Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy Hall,
September 12-November 12)
A total of 158 calligraphers from four
Asian countries — 10 from Hong Kong,
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30 from Japan, 30 from Chinese Taipei
and 88 from Korea — participated in
the exhibition. The Japanese calligraphers
were invited with recommendation
from Japan's National
Union of Calligraphers, the Calligraphers
Association of Hong Kong
nominated the Hong Kong invitees,
and those from Chinese Taipei were
recommended by the National Palace
Museum in Taipei. The exhibition had
a total of 7,160 visitors.
• 5000 Years of Korean Culinary Art
(Former Seoul High School grounds,
September 15-October 15)
The exhibition was intended to show
all about Korean dietary life of past
and present. The mine display rooms
were dedicated to the history of
Korean food; kitchen and tableware
including spoons and chopsticks, dining
tables, and cooking instruments;
foods for ceremonies including
wedding, funeral, ancestral rites and
the coning-of-age rite; fermented foods
including Kimchi vegetables pickled
and seasoned with various ingredients
and methods of their preparation; 80
different kinds of rice cake (ttok) and
30 different confectionary items; various
seasonal dishes and distinctive
regional dishes; religious foods; teas
and teaware; and video presentations.
A total of 34,522 persons visited the
exhibition.
• Exhibition of Korean Traditional Folk
Crafts (Former Seoul High School
grounds, September 15-October 15)
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