Lee Ungno Museum

Lee Ungno Museum
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LocationDaejeon, South Korea
Coordinates36°22′01″N 127°23′13″E / 36.366894°N 127.387047°E / 36.366894; 127.387047
TypeArt museum
Websitewww.leeungnomuseum.or.kr

The Lee Ungno Museum (Korean: 이응노미술관) is an art museum in Daejeon, South Korea focusing on Korean-born French painter and printmaker Lee Ungno.

History

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The museum was inaugurated in 2007. The museum's designers won the Award of Excellence at the 2007 Korean Architecture Awards, and also won the Korea Architects Association Award for the unique design of the building.[1] The museum building was designed by French architect Laurent Beaudouin.[2] In 2012, Seo Seung-wan donated a painting by Lee Ungno to the museum, this painting is called "Seven Longevity 8-panel Screen".[3] In April 2013, Park In-kyeong did about two sessions on Oriental painting at the museum.[4] Since 2020, the museum has been part of the Google Arts & Culture platform.[5] In June 2021, the museum organized a virtual exhibition called "Text, Patterns: Lee Un-no's Text Abstract".[6] In 2021, the museum launched the Ungno Lee education program for the 2021 summer vacation.[7]

Collections

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Lee Ungno Museum

The museum contains 1,366 works of art. In one of the museum's exhibits called ArtLab, works by Kim Deok-Han were displayed.[8] The museum has also made exhibitions on sculptures dating from the 1960s and 1980s.[9] In July 2014, the museum presented an exhibition featuring 119 works that won in the first Ungno Lee art contest, where around 700 students from elementary schools around South Korea participated.[10] In October 2014, the museum presented an exhibition with works by Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages and Zao Wou-Ki.[11] In 2015, the museum launched an exhibition in collaboration with KAIST School of Culture and Technology and the museum technology company Tango Mic, called "Ungno Lee, a gesture of peace".[12] In 2018, the museum launched an exhibition called "The Epic of Abstraction" with artworks dating from the 1950s to the 1980s.[13] In October 2021, an exhibition called "Beyond the window of my room" was presented at the museum, featuring Park In-kyung's artwork.[14] The museum's fifth ArtLab competition featured artworks by Korean artists Cheon Chan-mi, Kim Jeong-in, Koh Dong-hwan, Kim Jae-kyung, Kang Cheol-gyu, Kim Ja-hye and Kang Cheol-gyu.[15] In 2021, an exhibition called "Finding Solidarity" was held at the museum, which featured artworks by Joo-Young Oh, Woo-Joo and Hee-Kyung Lim.[16]

References

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  1. ^ 김, 성현 (2021-07-26). "[대전의 건축물]①이응노미술관...설계 테마는 '산책'". 중도일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  2. ^ Lee, Jeonghaeng (2021-06-14). "미술관에서 예술과 자연을 벗 삼아 노닐다". 문화저널 맥 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  3. ^ Park, Joo-mi (2012-05-17). "유족 보관 '옥중화' 이응노 미술관 기증". 충청투데이 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  4. ^ Woo-young, Lee (2013-04-22). "Wife of late Lee Ungno holds painting demonstration in Korea". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  5. ^ Yuna, Park (2020-07-16). "Lee Ung-no reaches international audience through Google Arts & Culture platform". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  6. ^ Jong-hwan, Choi (2021-06-14). "[전시] 이응노미술관 특별전, VR전시 및 수어해설 서비스 제공". 뉴스티앤티 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  7. ^ Joon-seop, Lee (2021-08-24). "이응노미술관 여름방학 교육 프로그램 운영". 금강일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  8. ^ Yuna, Park (2020-06-22). "[Museum of One's Own] Lee Ungno Museum remembers underappreciated Korean modern artist". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  9. ^ "김달진 미술연구소". Seoul Art Guide (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  10. ^ 박, 주영 (2014-07-02). "이응노미술관, 5-20일 '이응노미술대회' 수상 작품전". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  11. ^ "Art Informel in Paris: Lee Ungno, Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, Zao Wou-ki". Art Agenda. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  12. ^ In-geol, Song (2015-02-27). "이응노 작품과 놀면서 평화를 배우다, 이응노미술관 어린이 특별전". Hani (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  13. ^ "Exposition : Lee Ungno, The Epic of Abstraction". Arts de la Corée. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  14. ^ Ye-jin, Kwon (2021-10-31). "'내 방 창 너머'로 보내는 박인경 화백의 '따스한 시선'". 충청신문 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  15. ^ Ji-soo, Yoon (2021-11-01). "2021 이응노미술관 아트랩대전 아티스트 토크(Artist Talk)'". 충청투데이 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  16. ^ Ye-jin, Kwon (2021-07-27). "이응노미술관 기획전, '밤에 해가 있는 곳'에서 '연대'를 찾다". 충청신문 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
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