Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

anged from two to 25 meters in height
and the media included stone, iron,
aluminium, cast iron, glass and synthetic
resin. All were fit for open-air exhibition.
Ten Korean sculptors participated.
They were Kang Un-yab, Kand
Tae-sung, Kim Chan-shik, Moon Shin,
Park Choong-hum, Um Tae-chong,
Lee Sung-taek, Jung Kwan-mo, Cho
Song-muk and Choi Man-lin.
The SLOOC paid each sculptor 70,000
French francs (7.7 million Korean won)
and invited the artists and their
spouses to the opening of the exhibition
and for a week-long stay in Seoul to
watch the Olympics. It also paid for the
insurance, packing, transportation,
customs charges and installation of
the sculptures.
All 155 participants in the exhibition
agreed to donate their works to the
Olympic Park.
The SLOOC invited all international
members of the Olympiad of Art Steering
Committee and foreign participants
in the International Open-Air Sculpture
Symposium and the World Invitational
Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition to visit
Korea. One hundred and ninety-two
accepted the invitation.
Three foreign sculptors who participated
in the World Invitational Open-Air
Sculpture Exhibition created their
works in Seoul. Two Korean sculptors
produced their works at the Olympic
Park. The remaining eight artists delivered
their works to the park and the
SLOOC displayed them.
The SLOOC insured 142 sculptures
transported from abroad with Lucky
Insurance Co., Ltd., Ankuk Insurance
Co., Ltd., Tong-yang Insurance Co.,
Ltd., and Korea Insurance Co., Ltd.
Under the insurance terms, each
sculpture would be covered up to 50
million won against damage during
transportation and installation. The
premiums were 77 million won Transportation
to the Olympic Park was
done by the Korea Express Co., Ltd.,
and the Kukje Transportation, Inc.
Twenty-one sculptures were transported
by air, 121 by sea.
The 145 foreign sculptors broke down
into 54 from 18 Western European
countries, 18 from nine Eastern European
countries, 36 from 15 North and
South American countries, six from
seven African countries, eight from six
Middle East countries and 23 from 10
Asian countries.
Of the 155 sculptures, 18 works were
seven to 10 meters high, 12 were five
to seven meters high, 46 were three to
five meters high, 57 were two to three
meters high, and 22 were less than
two meters high.
The SLOOC installed the 155 sculptures
to complement the 35 sculptures from
the International Open-Air Sculpture
Symposium and the permanent structures
of the Olympic Park. The Seoin
Environmental Design, Inc. designed
the sculpture park and supervise its
layout work.
To deliberate on and coordinate the
display of sculptures, a Sculpture
Display Working Committee was
organized with members of the
Sculpture Display Committee, three
international members of the Olympiad
of Art Steering Committee
(Peierre Restany, Ante Glibota and
Gerard Xuriguera), the sculpture park
designer and the SLOOC's sculpture
officer. In addition, four Korean
members of the Steering Committee in
the field of sculpture, six consultants
and six assistants directed and supervised
the installation.
The Sculpture Display Working Committee
set up the following guidelines;
1) The positions for each sculpture will
be selected, by fully considering its
artisic characteristics and compatibility
with surrounding environs.
2) Adequate appreciation distance
must be provided in harmony with the
surrounding space.
3) Sculptures requiring auxiliary
facilities should be situated in places
allowing convenient installation of
such facilities.
4) Consideration must be given to the
cleaning and maintenance of the
sculptures on display.
5) Sculptures should be arranged collectively,
taking into consideration the
lake and walls, in positions allowing
construction of walkways through the
array.
After examining the landscape design
proposals presented by Seoin
Environmental Design, Inc. and in the
light of the above guidelines, the
Sculpture Display Working Committee
approved the design. Kana Services
and Hanyang Corporation did special
landscaping, produced and installed
display stands, and set up the sculptures
and auxiliary facilities.
Display of the sculptures began on
July 1, and was completed on
September 10, two days before the
opening of the exhibition. Twenty-nine
works were placed in the Global
Village Park and around the South
Gate 4, 35 near the electricity
transformer station and
behind the velodrome; 29 around South
Gates 1 and 2 and the tennis courts;
19 around the '88 Nori Madang (openair
stage), competition venues and
amenities facilities; 21 around the lake
and 22 near the picnic ground.
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57. 'Untitled' by Dennis Oppenheim of the
United States.
58. Gyula Pauer of Hungary sculpted
'Torso' in white concrete.
59. 'Strong White Color' by Italian artist
Pietro Consagra.
60. Swede Erik Dietman used concrete
and other media for 'Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow'.
61. 'Witness III', an iron sculpture by Alois
Dubach of Switzerland.
62. Aluminum, stainless steel and
concrete were employed in
'Transfiguration' by Edgar Negret of
Colombia.
63. 'Opening Up', a work in concrete by
Alexandru Arghira of Romania.
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