Art Talk Live: Eyeglasses and Other Luxuries in a Late Chosŏn Screen Painting
Join former fellow Yuhua Ding as she explores early 20th-century Korean paintings that include distinctly modern items and how those objects relate to knowledge and self-fashioning. Ch’aekkŏri is a unique Korean genre of still-life painting composed of assemblages of thread-bound books, antique vessels, writing implements, flowers, fruit, and other luxury items connoting refinement and auspiciousness.
The presence in these paintings of eyeglasses imported from Qing dynasty China suggests an important shift in collecting tastes toward the new and unconventional. It also signals a new mode of self-expression among Korean scholars of the late Chosŏn dynasty, as Korea was taking its first steps into the modern world.
Led by:
Yuhua Ding, Kemper Assistant Curator of Collections and Academic Affairs at the Davis Museum, Wellesley College; former Gregory and Maria Henderson Curatorial Fellow in East Asian Art, Harvard Art Museums
This talk is part of the series Fresh Perspectives, an initiative that centers the role of the museumgoer. Like talks in the ReFrame series, these programs highlight diverse voices and broad interpretations of difficult histories and untold narratives. This approach encourages visitors to consider alternative ways of understanding an object, culture, or theme.
This talk will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all, but registration is required. To register, please complete this online form.
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