Artist Steven Young Lee joins Assistant Curator of Korean Art Virginia Moon for a discussion focusing on Korean works in LACMA’s collection. This is the third and final conversation in the series Conversing with Collections: New Spins on Ceramics organized in conjunction with the exhibition Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection.
One of the earliest and best-preserved areas of artistic production across the globe, ceramics remain a vital field of expression and experimentation into the present. Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection explores the medium through 14 case studies, placing historical works in visual dialogue with contemporary examples to illuminate symbolic meanings, technical achievements, and resonances throughout time. The exhibition examines how artists working today relate to international artistic traditions of the medium, both through deliberate references to the past and by engaging with aspects of clay’s materiality that have inspired makers over the centuries. Drawing from LACMA’s wide-ranging collections, the exhibition also highlights many recent contemporary acquisitions, including works by Nicholas Galanin, Steven Young Lee, Courtney Leonard, Roberto Lugo, Mineo Mizuno, Elyse Pignolet, Paul Scott, and more.
This program was originally presented on Zoom on January 19, 2023.
Works and photographs are reproduced courtesy of the creators and lender of the materials depicted. Unless otherwise noted, all photos are photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
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