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accession number: 1992.139
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.139
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Multifaceted Bowl, 1992. Ik-yung Kim (Korean, b. 1935). Porcelain, carved and glazed; overall: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the artist 1992.139
title: Multifaceted Bowl
title in original language: 백자 제기형 대발 (白磁祭器形大鉢)
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creation date: 1992
creation date earliest: 1992
creation date latest: 1992
current location: 236 Korean
creditline: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the artist
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culture: Korea
technique: porcelain, carved and glazed
department: Korean Art
collection: Korean Art
type: Ceramic
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CREATORS
* Ik-yung Kim (Korean, b. 1935) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary
opening date: 1992-10-27T04:00:00
Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
title: Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
opening date: 2017-07-10T04:00:00
Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 10, 2017-January 8, 2018).
title: Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art (Korean art rotation)
opening date: 2022-04-22T04:00:00
Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 22-October 23, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Mrs. Ik-yung Kim 김익영 [b. 1935], Seoul, South Korea, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1992
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1992–
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The surface of this vessel is made by using the technique called myeon-chi-gi, a “cutting surface” technique.
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The artist, Ik-yung Kim (b. 1935) is a first-generation modern ceramic artist in Korea. She successfully carried on the legacy of the Joseon period Korean ceramic tradition, making a strong statement about a ceramic object as a work of art, rather than an utilitarian tool. The white porcelain, with its carved architectonic surface, highlights Kim's interpretation of ritual vessels of the Joseon period and her response to European minimalist art.
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According to the artist Ik-yung Kim, a lecture by British ceramics artist Bernard Leach (1887–1979) at Alfred University inspired young Ik-yung to revisit Korean ceramic tradition. This white porcelain bowl, with its carved architectonic surface, showcases Kim's reimagination of naturalism and minimalism, the two overarching aesthetic principles of white porcelain ritual vessels of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), such as the 18th-century jar nicknamed “moon jar” in the CMA collection, 1983.28.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Jungmann, Burglind. Life in Ceramics: Five Contemporary Korean Artists. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010.
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Cho, Chung Hyun. From the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics. Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2007.
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