The Korea Ceramic Foundation will hold a special exhibition called “Black Ceramics:Familiar Yet Unfamiliar” until March 26 next year.
Black Porcelain has been made and used on the Korean Peninsula since the Goryeo Dynasty, but it is a black porcelain that feels strange to the general public, and in the past, ancestors have referred to it as “crowned porcelain” using Chinese characters rather than “black porcelain.”
This exhibition is designed to examine the background and aspects of the production of Korea’s “Black Pottery” and to re-examine it as a tool and art that has melted into life and people’s lives over a thousand years.
The exhibition consists of three parts: ▲ Part 1 “From Black Light” ▲ Part 2 “Hidden Pottery in Crows” ▲ Part 3 “Light, Transformation and Succession.”
Part 1 “From Black Light” introduces various aspects and cultures, including the introduction, production, use, and form of black pottery during the Goryeo Dynasty. In addition to Cizhouyo’s “Black glazed bowl,” the source of black ceramics on the Korean Peninsula, you can see various black ceramics imported from China (Song Dynasty).
In the second part, “Hidden Pottery in Crows,” you can see the life of the Joseon Dynasty, including “Bottle, Black Glaze” and “Container for Ink-Stone Water and Black Glaze” excavated in Cheongjin-dong, Jongno
Part 3 “Light, Transformation and Succession” introduces surplus and related data produced on the Korean Peninsula from the Joseon Dynasty to before and after liberation. Japanese colonial era You can also see works produced by Nammanju Railway Co., Ltd. and works by the first-generation Korean modern potter, Jung Gyu. CEO of the Korea Ceramic Foundation, said, “I hope this exhibition will reflect on the history of the surplus from its roots to the present and promote the familiar and unfamiliar charm and value of black pottery that has been with the ancestors in Korea.”
