: ten insights into Korean craftsmanship

We tell you about the appreciated Korean craft exhibition organized by the Korea Craft & Design Foundation in the spaces of the Feltrinelli Foundation, during the FuoriSalone 2023

At the end of FuoriSalone 2023, we can say with certainty that one of the strongest emotions was the possibility of returning to interacting with all areas of the world, in a single city: visitors, planners and initiatives, this year, no longer responded to the by now familiar subdivision between the 'still closed' regions and those, on the contrary, already free to travel.

Thus, the exchange, the real and enlightening one, is once again the protagonist of the Milanese event.

Among the most appreciated initiatives, in this sense, there is the exhibition that Korea Craft & Design Foundation organized for the Milan Design Week: with the artistic direction of Byungjun Koo, in fact, Korean craftsmanship told through the interpretations of 20 artists was staged at the Foundation Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, from 17 to 23 April 2023.

An exhibition designed with the aim of repositioning and raising the perception of Korean craftsmanship in the world, while simultaneously creating opportunities for expansion and growth for the twenty local creatives who have joined the exhibition.

The works on display, 63 in all, were a mixture of materials and colors. Ceramics, metal, wood, glass, lacquer and painting with antique objects such as irons, have been chosen as belonging to tradition, and reinterpreted in a contemporary key, also through innovative techniques.

The exhibition was organized according to the identification of ten macro thematic containers - 10 ways of reading Korean craftsmanship - which united the artists, in pairs.

In particular, the ten categories were:

Seeking Life

A filter that connects the harmonious way of living with nature and the craftsman. A combination that has given life to projects, philosophies and ideas born from the use of the medium called 'the earth'. Because, as the organizers quote: "The moment nature and life merge, the essence is revealed".

Joined: Kwangcho Yoon with Mountain moves, Kwangwoo Kim with Empty stone

Fragment Mesh

A creative and conceptual challenge that translates into the creation of an aesthetically beautiful object with a fascinating three-dimensionality, starting from tiny intertwined fragments.

Joined: Heechan Kim with Untitled #15, Boram Choi with Warm breeze