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51 _ Culture<br />

A video art work by Paik Namjune on display at the 1995 Gwangju Biennale<br />

Grotto, a shrine built during the Unified Silla period.<br />

Later, during the Goryeo Dynasty, the eyes and cheeckbones of<br />

Buddha figures became more distinguishably Korean but the bodies were<br />

stiff and formal compared to the vitality of sculptures of previous periods.<br />

Buddhist sculpture continued to decline with the suppression of<br />

Buddhism and the emphasis on Confucianism in the Joseon period.<br />

As in all the arts, a new age in Korean sculpture began with the introduction<br />

of Western techniques and traditions. Beginning with zealous<br />

adherence to academic realism early in the 20 th century, Korean sculptors<br />

soon branched out into different styles, creating abstract and avant garde<br />

works in the 1960s. Many works have an intensely spiritual quality that<br />

seems not so removed <strong>from</strong> Korea's long tradition of Buddhist images.

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