This was my first visit to the Korean Cultural Centre and long overdue, given my appreciation of Korean ceramics (and films).
I was passing close by (it’s on Northumberland Avenue, just off Trafalgar Square) so popped in to see what was on. This is what I found: Icheon and Beyond: The Space Within Form.
Laozi’s quote from the 4th century BCE that “We shape clay into a vessel, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want” is worth reflecting on.
The boundary between inside and outside is permeable in this soft-looking filigree piece by Mimi Joung
Youngsoo Kim is a Master Ceramic Artist exploring the use of doublework open carving, a fiendishly difficult technique.
The exhibition runs until 5th June and is free to visit.