Showing posts with label Busan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Busan. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Art Gallery - Korean Art @ Busan Gimhae Airport (김해 공항 국내선 터미널)

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Korean Art @ Busan Gimhae Airport (김해 공항 국내선 터미널) 
Zebra Stripes - multi-panel pine wood relief carving.
Busan - March 2017
These are some artwork which we saw while in transit at Busan Gimhae Airport Domestic Terminal during our cycling tour of Jeju & Busan.
Enjoy!


Most of the exhibits were on display at the central hall at the first floor of the domestic terminal, some were along the corridors.

The labeling of the titles and painters were in Korean which I do not read, so the title and interpration is my own:
Fruits & Leaves on the Ground - 1440x960 painting (1972).


Colourful Fishing Huts on Stilts in The Sea - 1110x1100 painting (1955).


Kwan Yin -  pinewood relief panel carving.


Green stylised fishes - pinewood relief panel carving.


A Modern Korean Girl - pinewood relief panel carving.

Birds Flying Out in the Evening Sky - pinewood relief panel carving.


Old Korean Writing Characters - pinewood relief panel carving.

A temple emblem - relief carving on a cut out tree trunk.


Psychedelic modern painting.
What do I see here.... a medieval Korean soldier sitting on a horse?


Mending Fishing Nets - 1110x 1440 painting (1944).


Portrait of a Lady Student - 1100x1440 painting (1955).


Buddhist carving in the rocks - 1440x1100 painting (1950).


Fishermens' Boats in a Blue Sea - 2300x1600 painting (1952).


Fern Leaf with Written Korean Characters - wood panel relief carving.


Colourful modern painting.


A Green Trunk on a Boat - 900x1130 painting (1969).


Green based modern painting - 1620x1160 painting.

The following are ceramic sculptures or pottery seen at the central hall:
Robots!
What do I see? A father and son robot team, they remind me of the Gigantor robot of Japanese cartoon.



Red Crowned Crane Flying in the Forest - glazed porcelain pot.


A glazed porcelain urn.
What do I see? A big-nosed old man with long eye-lashes and a beard OR a waterfall cliff in the forest.


Glazed porcelain tea set.


Spiral fern leafs - unglazed porcelain plate.


Deers in the forest with a flying crane - glazed porcelain urn.


A colourfully painted piano. It was a real piano, visitors could even play music on it.


A poster indicatin that the exhibitonwas hel from 2nd March 2017 to 31st March 2017. We were lucky to catch it.





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Saturday, June 3, 2017

Art Gallery - Korean Art @ Busan (부산) & Jeju (제주도)

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Korean Art @ Busan (부산) & Jeju (제주도) 
Korean tourism promotion -  A beautiful scene of a cliff overlooking the sea with great autumn colours contrasting the bluish sky.
Busan & Jeju, South Korea - March 2017
While on a cycling tour of Jeju & Busan, the slower pace of travelling allowed us to view some interesting and beautiful art pieces along the way.
Here are some of the art work I saw AND they are not from any art gallery, just beautiful pieces we saw along the way. Enjoy!

The following are art pieces at Busan:
Horses on the wall of a lift tower - Busan Port.


Koi swimming in a pond with water lily fronds - Busan Port.


College student carrying a heavy load of books - Junggu.


Marching young boys in period Korean costumes playing music - Junggu.


Close up view of the Marching young boys in period Korean costumes playing music - Junggu.


Statue of movie cameraman with antique movie camera - Junggu.


Poster on a electric meter box showing the sleed curves and reflective windows of the Busan Port building - Junggu.


Colourful plastic figurines inviting customers into a restuarant - Junggu.


Floor tiles of astrology figure Saggitarius - Junggu.


Floor tiles of astrology figure Gemini - Junggu.


Floor tiles of astrology figure Leo - Junggu.


Poster at a bus-stop showing flying geese over a blue lake - Junggu.


Manhole cover with birds flying around Busan Tower cut out - Junggu.

Golden dragon over colourful stylised bills and trees scenery - Junggu.

The following artwork are from Jeju Island:
Playful dolphins swimming in a blue underwater sea.


Wall mural showing the Yongyeon Bridge at the Yongyeon Park.


Wall mural of starlised sunflower.


Cute colourful doll horses.


Starlised Hallabong Oranges at a bus-stop.


Bright red signage of the Halla Pork Restaurant showing a Dol hareubang statue on one side.

Black Pork Restaurant Signage.


1622 X 1303 oil on canvas painting of Haenyeo lady divers displayed at the Jeju Haenyeo Museum (해녀박물관).


Wire figurines of the Haenyeo lady divers displayed at the the Jeju Haenyeo Museum (해녀박물관) (해녀박물관).

Fish direction signage with a giant windmill at the background.


Colourful fishing weights.


Colourful paper windmills.


Sealife wall mural.


Statues of period Korean fishermen in traditional costume at Hamdeok Beach (Hamdeok Seoubong Beach) (함덕 서우봉해변-함덕해수욕장).



Statues of period Korean fishermen in traditional costume at Hamdeok Beach (Hamdeok Seoubong Beach) (함덕 서우봉해변-함덕해수욕장).

Neon Cartoon Girl at Yongdam-Dong.

Neon Cartoon Boy at Yongdam-Dong.

And to end off.... a bright dragon... the Yongdaum . 

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