Art museum beside
the Zoo???
Absolutely, it is unusual
combination that doesn't fit at all in general cases. To be interest, the both
are situated to each other next to in a short distance from Seoul. The zoo and botanical garden moved to the current
location from Seoul, in 1980s, and became unusual neighbor by building the
museum on next to. It is operated by the Ministry of Culture, sports
& Tourism.
This
museum, despite of some distance from Seoul, in quality has undertaken main role for last over 30 years in
many sides of cultural primary duties to collect, preserve, study, exhibit. They offer free admission in case of permanent
exhibition among the eight galleries all round year except Monday off. There
were some controversial at first during construction because the location shall
hinder its accessibility. However, the problem could be solved clearly by the
opening of the Seoul subway line 4 one year before the opening of museum in
1985. It is true that this museum boasts international-sized facilities and the
important role as cultural platform especially on the modern & contemporary
architecture, design and crafts field.The beacon
shape of center part and the fortress shape of both side part of this building
were originated from the traditional Korean architecture.
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| The More, The Better |
The
prominent artwork must to see in here is the video tower artwork ‘The More, The
Better’ which is by Namjune Paik who was world-famous video artist. Of course, you are able to get a chance to appreciate
it free of charge. He was Korean American video artist and made it by using the
1003 television instead of canvas. He created this
masterpiece to celebrate the coming 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics in 1986. The quantity 1003 means the 03 Oct, the National
foundation day of Korea and it reach as high as the three floors. As it stood on 28 years, over 300 televisions didn’t
work well. Although there were several times repair, the condition has not
improved much since whenever I saw. To be fortunate! They had it total rebirth
in celebration of the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation (15 Aug 2015)
through perfect and clean repair process. There were controversial
whether to keep on going to the old original ones or replace them with new
electric components inside when it was recovered. After long discussion, It was
exactly reproduced the original form and elements. The repairing cost in some
cases was higher than to buy a new one as I heard. It took so long time for
the public to gain the original magnificent art. The unique spiral-formed ramp
core had such a wonderful structure matching with this artwork that I could
appreciate this masterpiece in every angle by walking this slope way.
It is also true that one
of the favorite charming points of this art museum might be the huge outdoor
sculpture park on the green boasting superb natural landscape. Thanks to diverse artworks, It is just a kind of
picnic event for me to visit this museum. Museum in the forest, this is the
exact wording for here, maybe. Don't wait.
TIP:
Zoo next to, as you can see in the
image, is very lovely place to visit also. It is the one of top 10 Zoo in the
world. It is recommendable for you to drop by on the same day as one day
course.
How to get there
:
Take off at the
Seoul Grand Park station (Seoul subway line 4, exit)
>>walk backward
in three minutes to take the shuttle bus
. (every 20 minutes run, free ride, Monday off)
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