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Contemporary Craft, NOW & HERE

William Morris
(1834.3.24 ~ 1896.10.3)

Main exhibition started from William Morris’ masterpieces 100 years ago, toward the now&here crafts. It is focus to show nature and sustainability of contemporary crafts in the main exhibition. The craft with the history of mankind is as like an organ which constantly growing and changing. The hybrid of craft and design has been continued from William Morris’s the movement of art and craft 100 years ago. He prayed to useful crafts in everyday life and practiced to art for reality. In introducing his works for the first time in Korea, it has to include 87 works as like stained glass, wallpaper, Tapestry, tiles, chairs, stands, etc.

1. Stained Glass	2. Wallpaper	3. Textile

1. St Luke window l 1873 l 129.9x95.1x4.2cm l Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge. South transept east wallㅣStained gless reproduction l Designed by Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown Morris, Marshall ㅣFaulkner & Co. 2. Sunflower l 1879 l 96x55.6cm l Block-printed in colours l Designed by William MorrisㅣMorris & Co. 3. Medway l 1885 l 99x99cm l Textile l Designed by William MorrisㅣMorris & Co.

Craft is an Organ.

As an overview of contemporary crafts of the world, the main exhibition focuses on the essential quality of craft and its sustainability in the future. Craft, like an organic creature, has evolved throughout human civilization, and, due to its inherent use value, is still evolving, gaining new values for today’s new context. Craft is a mediating agent posited in a progressive state, crossing borders between different genres and different media ? such is the epitome of organic. The main exhibition will explore five definitions of craft represented by the five letters “O.R.G.A.N.”
Unlike conventional categorizations of craft by material (wood, ceramic, metal, fiber), these five descriptions provide multiple lenses through which we can find varied aspects of today’s craft. 2011 Cheongju International Craft Biennale shows 875 craft?design works including Korean traditional musical instruments, artworks of 189 artists all over the world and craft?design products of 6 companies and institutions. The main exhibition spans customization of handmade, mass-produced, and artisanal crafts in order to reaffirm the multi-dimensional aspects of craft shaped by tradition and that continue to shape traditions to come.

Cindy Sherman Lee, In-chin / Michael Eden / Arman / Chang, Yeon-soon / Yves Klein / Demien Hirst

Madame de Pompadour (nee Poisson) l 1990 l porcelain l Courtesy of Artware Editions, NY and Artes Magnus
Stacked form l 2007 l Stoneware, iron, woodfired l 400x120x120cm l ⓒKorea Ceramic Foundation
Bloom l 2011 l 22x19x19cm l Made by Additive Layer Manufacturing from a high quality nylon material with unique mineral soft coating l ⓒAdrian Sassoon
Martrix II 201020 l 2010 l Abaca fiber l 132.5x26.9x12.3cm l ⓒChang, Yeon-soon
Table bleue l 1961 l International Klein Blue pigment, glass, plexiglass, wood and steel l 36x125x97cm l Courtesy of Artware Editions, NY Deck chair (orange) l 2008ㅣMerpauh timber frame and sailcloth fabric with digital print l 122x58x77cm l Courtesy of Artware Editions, NY and Other Criteria

Participating Artists (including Companies and Institutions)