The social, historical and political situation of Korea makes Korean art a particularly rich node through which to consider the relationship between visual experience and modernity. Featuring scholars from various backgrounds discussing articles-in-progress, this workshop explores a range of artworks produced by Korean artists from the mid-18th century to the present.

Faculty Organizer: Joan Kee, Associate Professor, U-M History of Art

Moderator and Respondent: Stanley Abe, Duke University

Observors:

Birgitta Augustin, Associate Curator of Asian Art, Detroit Institute of Art
Natsu Oyobe, Curator of Asian Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art

Sponsors:

U-M Nam Center for Korean Studies
Academy of Korean Studies
U-M History of Art

Schedule

Friday, February 19, 2016 |
Osterman Common Room, Institute for Humanities

4:00-5:00 p.m.
Kim Chong-hui’s Ink Orchids: Painting Out of Time
Michele Matteini, Assistant Professor, New York University

5:00-6:00 p.m.
Showing and Looking: 18th-century Choson “Beauty” Paintings
Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun, Curator, Korean Collections, British Museum


Saturday, February 20, 2016 |
Multi-Purpose Room, University of Michigan Museum of Art
Morning Session

10:00-11:00 a.m.
Research, a Social Experiment by Yi Yu-t’ae
Joan Kee, Associate Professor, University of Michigan

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Marketing Korea in Colonial Seoul
Younjung Oh, Postdoctoral Fellow, Seoul National University
Afternoon Session

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Unknown States: Kim Hong Joo and the Stakes of Contemporary Korean Art
Iris Moon, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute

2:30-3:30 p.m.
DPRK Postage Stamps: Creativity Within Constraints
Lee Ambrozy, PhD Candidate, Institute of Fine Arts

4:00-5:00 p.m.
Moderator and respondent
Stanley Abe, Associate Professor, Duke University