Dr. Lyndel King, Director and Chief Curator at the University of Minnesota’s Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, introduces traditional Korean furniture with photos from the museum’s collection of Korean furniture, the largest in the world with over 200 pieces. Her presentation explores the traditional Korean home and interior furniture, highlighting its craftsmanship, many specialized uses, and regional differences.

Dr. King first became interested in Korean traditional furniture when she met Dr. Edward Wright in the early 1980s. Dr. Wright had built an extensive collection of traditional Korean furniture, ceramics, and screens during his long service as an administrator of the Korean-American Educational (Fulbright) Commission in Seoul between 1967 and 1979. Following his bequest of the collection to the museum in 1988, Dr. King curated several exhibitions of the Weisman’s collection of Korean furniture.

Thursday, November 21, 2013 | 6:30 PM

From the Edward Reynolds Wright Collection

YPNs, Explorers, and above |  Free

Members | $10

Non-members | $20

Gallery Talk

Elegance and Tradition in Korean Furniture

by

Lyndel King, Director and Chief Curator of Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota

This program and the accompanying exhibit is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.