Showing posts with label Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korea. Show all posts

Monday, November 30, 2009

My World - Bright Future Opening

Visit My World to see more of our world or to participate yourself.

Last week we were invited to a reception and dinner
to celebrate the opening of
Your Bright Future:
12 Contemporary Artists from Korea.




We started with the exhibition viewing and cocktails.


Fallen Star by Do Ho Suh
(publicity photo from Artshound.com)



From one of the videos
(also a publicity photo at artshound.com)


Christine Starkman (curator) and one of the artists posing.


Dinner:
Chicken and Coconut Milk Soup with Galangal and Shiitake Mushrooms
Grilled Sea Bass with Tomato Confit and Sorel Butter Sauce
Thai Basil and Pea Shoots
Saffron Rice Patties
Warm Chocolate Cake with Coconut Sorbet and Pepper Tuille
Not to mention the different wine with each course.



We had a lovely time and thank Christine for the invitation.
Sometimes it pays to do research for art exhibitions!


Thursday, May 7, 2009

Colors, Patterns, Shapes

Color! For some reason, lately, I've been looking for color. Now, my house is not drab. I have an orange kitchen -- dreamsicle orange a neighbor calls it. I was putting my art books away and picked up one of my favorite books on Korea. I gave a tour last month and am just getting around to putting books away from refreshing my memory (needs a lot of refreshing). Doing any tour in the Arts of Korea Gallery reminds me of the night the gallery officially opened.


Opening Night
Just look at the color.
The beautiful ladies in their traditional dress (hangul).



So, before I put the book (above) away -
I want to share some photos from Korean Patterns with you.




This is a coffee table book.
Korean Patterns is a look at traditional patterns and their use
in clothing, food and shelter.
All the photographs were taken by Jae-sik Suh.
Enjoy!
Color, Pattern and Shape!