Vessel

Lee Kang-hyo Korean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 233

Contemporary Korean ceramics often reflect that many of today’s artists are engaged in a dynamic dialogue with the past. Inspired by Joseon ritual vessels, the works by Kim Yik-yung and Lee Kang-hyo exemplify that dialogue. While differing in shape, material, and surface decoration, both works echo a bo, a footed rectangular vessel for grain. The two artists included the customary ridged flanges (ribbing) of ritual vessels, but each has interpreted the decorative element in their own way.

Vessel, Lee Kang-hyo (Korean, born 1961), Stoneware with white slip, Korea

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