Poetry in Clay

Dr. John Duncan Professor of Pre-Modern Korean History, Director of the Center for Korean Studies, UCLA. Dr. Duncan will outline the establishment of the Joseon dynasty and how it changed the cultural picture in Korea in 14th- and 15th-century Korea.

Kyungja Hwang, M.A. from New York University and Ph.D. from Dongduk Women's University, Seoul. Dr. Hwang will focus on major contemporary artists in Korea and their use of unusual components--soap and shard--to continue the Korean ceramic aesthetic tradition.

Dr. Robert Mowry Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art and Head of the Department of Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Museum; Dr. Mowry will discuss the technical aspects of Buncheong ware and the influences from the celadon tradition.

Kim Youngwon Director of National Research Institute of Korea; formerly Chief Curator at the National Museum of Korea, emeritus. Dr. Kim will give the keynote address covering an overview of Buncheong ceramics, the position of the style in the history of Korean art and the aesthetics of Buncheong ware. She will highlight the impact buncheong trade wares had on Japanese ceramics and the rediscovery of buncheong in the 20th century and the current popularity of the style.