tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564786914541109452024-03-14T10:32:11.547-07:00Jeon Seong Keun Porcelain MasterArthur K. J. Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09357542544294221032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856478691454110945.post-30433317560647852832015-02-27T17:17:00.001-08:002015-04-18T22:03:04.241-07:00Jeon Seong Keun: Poetic Space and Form<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This article is by Park Suku AKA Suck-Woo Park (박석우) a Professor at Sang Myung Graduate School of Art and Design, he is an internationally known contemporary Korean ceramic artist and a council member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Greek word ‘Poetics’, originating from the verb “to make”, has many connotations as it also associates with the making of space, music, architecture, poems etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seeing Jeon Seong Keun’s work, the audience can hear somebody’s voice reading a poem or they can see a dancer’s silent movements. In his artwork someone’s poem is expressed as sounds, painting, dancing. It is very similar to how a poet’s work uses language.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jeon Seong Keun Double Walled Bottle with Fish and Lotus </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I can find the artist's delicate hands doing open-work and carving on the surface of his works.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Although the works are already apart from his hands, the audience can feel it is still alive. His works are some kind of artistic creations crossing the different boundaries between the making of ceramics and the making of poems, the making of Space and the making of forms. Furthermore, I can see the infinite fantasy and imagination created by a great poet. The space, made by open-work on the surface of ceramics makes me feel the massive space as if I am a large edifice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last but not least, because the form is mainly based on traditional wheel throwing, the audience can contemplate retrospectively ancient ceramic culture. The artist seems fascinated with the old tradition of Korean ceramics and pursues a new interpretation of that tradition. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hope to read his “new interpretations” in the near future.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Placing an artist’s work in the context of Korean ceramic history should not be undertaken with every ceramic artists. Although we as ceramic artists personally perceive ourselves as being innovative or unique we still all stand on the shoulders of those who preceded us. Even with all of the individual innovative work that is being done by ceramic artists internationally it is rare that a contemporary ceramic artist would stand out to the point that such an attempt to place that artist in the context of the ceramic history of that artist's country could or should be made. Jeon Seong Keun was such an artist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This includes the open work of the 3 Kingdoms Period </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(삼국시대</span></span>) (57-BCE - 668 CE abt) of Silla, Baekje and Gogureo and also includes particularly the Gaya Confederacy (42-532 CE). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">It continued through Unified Silla (668-935 CE) and was followed by the magnificent open work created during the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392 CE)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although many Korean ceramic artists are truly masters of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=korean+ceramic+openwork&espv=2&biw=1090&bih=902&tbm=isch&imgil=10jDBFvqjKTCAM%253A%253BqDIyXfMV8PyYhM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.antiquealive.com%25252Fstore%25252Fdetail.asp%25253Fidx%2525253D1096%25252526CateNum%2525253D21%25252526pname%2525253DCeramic-Round-Jar-in-Celadon-Green-with-Openwork-Flower-Design-&source=iu&pf=m&fir=10jDBFvqjKTCAM%253A%252CqDIyXfMV8PyYhM%252C_&usg=__HcughxOdNFOUU8LR0I593m1ViqA%3D&ved=0CCsQyjc&ei=bgvtVPTzFdKXyAT0kIDIDg#tbm=isch&q=korean+ceramic+openwork&imgdii=_">open-work</a>, in my opinion, none have mastered the full range of this work, including three dimensional sculptural carving, to the degree achieved by Jeon Seong Keun.</span></span><br />
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Detail Partially Dried Double Walled Flower Design Jeon Seong Keun</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Indeed, Jeon Seong Keun's work does surpass most traditional open-work. Ambrogio Possi, the famous Italian designer who participated in the 2003, 2nd World Ceramic Biennale Workshop, said about Jeon's work:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Chief Director </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seo Jung Gul reported that Possi felt sorry that during the workshop the right circumstances were not created to highlight Jeon's work enough. High praise indeed.</span></span></span></span></div>
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We know the techniques gained through woodcarving are not directly
transferable to porcelain clay. That transfer Jeon had to do by
himself. Jeon Seong Keun was able to master both open-work and three
dimensional carving on porcelain, the most difficult of clays with which
to work, is as the Italian Possi exclaimed truly unimaginable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my opinion, after personally researching Korean ceramics for at least 4 decades, Jeon Seong Keun achieved a level of understanding and skill that stands out as among the finest in Korean ceramic history. I personally believe Jeon Seong Keun was the most skilled open-work carver in Korean history.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That we have lost Jeon Seong Keun at such a young age is truly tragic. We join his family in mourning this great loss, and are thankful for his life and work. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1, 3, 4, 5, 6</span> National Museum of Korea - Seoul</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Note on 4: There is a debate as to the purpose of this type vessel. Some have suggested it is a wine ewer with warming bowl. However others argue that the lotus blossom bowl, a symbol of Buddhism would not be used for wine. The drinking of tea was at its height during the Goryeo Dynasty and was enjoyed by all from peasant to palace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Note on 6: This national treasure sculptural double walled open-work has both slumped and cracked during firing. It is seldom seen from this angle as most often photographers take its image from a angle that doesn't expose that it has slumped. There is a great degree of loss in firing open-work. Add to that sculptural open-work with its various degrees of thickness and one is always courting with disaster during the firing. It is one thing to carve sculptural open work in jade that is not drying and shrinking and quite a different thing to carve in porcelain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where are the other large open-work vessels made during the Joseon Dynasty? One must remember that Japan annexed Korea for nearly 50 years during the first part of the last century. In the process they sold thousands of Korean treasures to museums and private collectors world wide and took thousands of pieces to Japan. Only a few remain in Korea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over the years of visiting with him and his wife Tommy, both with the Korean Ceramic Tours we host and privately, we have grown quite close. I spoke with his wife Tommy and their son just the day before he passed. More than an exceptional artist Jeon, Seong Keun was a very kind and gracious man. Three of our tours guests returned to study with him at essentially no charge. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This post is the beginning of the blog I am creating as a tribute to </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jeon, Seong Keun</span></span> and his family.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Watch this French <a href="https://vimeo.com/63387358">video</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please go to <a href="http://jeonseongkeun.blogspot.com/2015/02/jeon-seong-keun-in-context-of-koreas.html">next post</a>. </span></span></div>
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