Korean Dreams study daySaturday 7 March 2009
Centenary Auditorium, lower level 1
12noon - 5pm Korea's geographic position as a peninsula located between China, Mongolia and Japan has exposed it over the centuries to multiple religious and cultural influences. These influences have infused the narrative painting traditions of Korea, particularly during the long Joseon period (1392-1910) when certain subjects were popular with the aristocracy (yangban), the professional and amateur painters alike. Imagery associated with Neo-Confucianism and Shamanism pervades popular painting, as seen in the distinctive genre of chaekkori (scholars' objects) where screens are filled with the paraphernalia of a Confucian scholar: books, writing utensils, bronzes and so on; and in the paintings of mountains and mountain deities (sansin). The Korean love of nature is reflected in paintings of birds and flowers, animals (real and mythical) and the activities of the seasons. - 12noon - Registration and exhibition viewing
Traditional Korean music in the exhibition with Hyun Sook Lim, kayagum (zither) and Woo Hee Lee, dae gum (flute)
- 1pm - Welcome Jackie Menzies, head curator of Asian art
- 1.10pm - Reclaiming the past: intellectual currents in Joseon Korea (1392-1910)
Gregory Evon, senior lecturer, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of New South Wales
- 1.55pm - The painting genre of chaekkori (scholars' objects)
Pierre Cambon, chief curator, Musée Guimet, Paris and curator of Korean dreams exhibition
- 2.45pm - Afternoon tea
- 3.15pm - Sounds of Heaven and Earth: traditional music in contemporary Korea
Michael Atherton, founding chair in music, associate dean (research), University of Western Sydney
- 4.00pm The resonance between paintings and living spaces in Joseon Korea
Lee Ufan, artist and collector
- 4.50pm Close
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