Image series 28 / 2025: Korean Calligraphy
Artistic Writing
6 July 2025
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By: Bettina Pfleging
Seoye, Korean calligraphy, is the Korean tradition of artistic writing with special brushes and ink on paper or silk. It encompasses both Hanja, the Chinese characters, and Hangul, the Korean alphabet, and emphasises the beauty of writing. Painting is also done with the same media and brushstrokes similar to calligraphy, and decorations on handcrafted objects are inspired by the aesthetics of calligraphy with its modulating strokes and lines.
Works of contemporary calligraphy and traditional as well as modern painting are presented in the exhibition to illustrate the influence and significance of calligraphy.
„Über die „Linie“. Kalligrafische Aspekte in der koreanischen Kunst“
8 February until the end of 2025, Museum für ostasiatische Kunst Köln
Basin with Inscribed Figures and Calligraphy, Ausschnitt, 1100s–1200s, bronze, Overall: 17 cm, Cleveland; The Cleveland Museum of Art
Print Made with Tripitaka Woodblocks Carved with a Prayer to Buddha to Drive Away Khitan Invaders, Ausschnitt, Goryeo (918-1392), Paper, 28,8 × 44,8cm, Korea; HeidICON – Ostasienwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karl-Universität Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek
Illustrated Manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Ausschnitt, ca. 1340, Accordion-format book; gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper, 22,9 × 11,4 cm, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kim Eung-won. Orchids, Ausschnitt, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), paper, ink, 33 × 44,4 cm, Chicago; The Art Institute of Chicago
Yi Hwang. Poem on Plum, Ausschnitt, 1700s-1800s, hanging scroll, ink on paper, 115 × 68,2 cm, Cleveland; The Cleveland Museum of Art
Kim Jin-woo. Bamboos in Wind, Ausschnitt, 1934, Ten-panel folding screen, ink on paper, Each panel: 128,9 × 33 cm, Cleveland; The Cleveland Museum of Art
Moon Suan. Ga, Na, Da … Beginn des koreanischen Alphabets, Ausschnitt, 1989, Papier, 45,5 × 64,5 cm, Köln; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
Nham-hee Völkel-Song. Mantra, Ausschnitt, 2015, 62 × 45 cm, Berlin; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
