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14. Seoul Olympic Arts
Festival
Traditional Korean handicraft objects
including furniture, lacquerware
decorated with mother-of-pearl
designs, equipment for folk games,
white procelain vessels, punchong
ware, and the decorative patterns for
traditional wooden architecture(tanchong)
were displayed. Some artists
were present to demonstrate their
skills for vistors, who totalled 43,935.
• Photographic Images of Korea
(Olympic Stadium Exhibition Deck,
September 17-October 30)
A collection of 140 photographs of
Korean folk customs, traditional life
and nature taken by 102 Korean
photographers were on display, along
with outstanding entries to the 1987
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and 1988 Korea Photography Exhibitions.
A total of 9,600 persons visited
the exhibition.
• Picturesque Views of Seoul (Olympic
Stadium Exhibition Deck, September
15-October 15)
The history, scenery and culture of
Seoul were displayed in this
photographic exhibition. Visitors
totalled 28,030.
Olympic commemorative
exhibitions
• World Children's Art Exhibition
(Korea Exhibition Center, September
5-October 2)
More than 17,000 children of 73 countries
submitted their paintings to the
exhibition in response to IOC invitations.
The exhibition included 300 prizewinning
works from previous years and
as many others recommended by the
IOC. "Swimming" by Kim Hyo-shik,
12, of Korea, and "Javelin Throwing"
by Axel Arnasson, 8, of Iceland,
shared the top award.
• Sports Through Artists' Eyes (Korea
Exhibition Center, September 5-October
2)
Eighty Korean paintings, Western paintings,
sculptures and prints were
selected from among 263 entries on
sports themes. Chong An-su won the
grand prize for his "Player VII."
• Olymphilex '88 (Korea Exhibition
Center, September 19-28)
Some 300,000 sports-related postage
stamps issued in 140 countries were
displayed. Renowned stamp dealers of
30 countries operated 54 sales and
exchange booths to serve philatelists
from around the world.