이화여자대학교박물관

Ceramics have both functionality and artistry, but what is emphasized foremost has been how they are used and the forms they take. Often neglected, the colors of ceramics are important other than creating an aesthetic effect. The colors were the fruit of a period’s technology and the results of a period’s thoughts and aesthetics. In this exhibition, we set seven categories of the colors that appear in Korean ceramics: red, grey, black, green, White, blue, and brown. with this emphasis, we want to shed light on the socio-cultural aspects of the colors used in ceramics, especially their historical contexts and what changes of color reveal about those contexts. Also, by showcasing various contemporary ceramic works that freely use different colors, we can have a look into how the aesthetics of traditional coloring are being handed down to today’s ceramic artists and how they are being re-created anew.