Distinctive Color: New Interpretation of Ceramic Art and Expansion of Its Domain

Contemporary ceramic art is becoming of more diverse and complex as it is increasingly mixed with fine art, public art, and media art. The exhibitions in Icheon aim to divine the future of ceramics by deeply pondering the future of ceramics, which has survived in this rapidly diversifying environment, and by looking at the desire for creation by artists who have been trying to achieve original expression and expansion of the ceramics domain.
The Special Exhibition of Icheon will shed light on the identity of ceramics and facilitate both extension of the realm of ceramics and its substance through unique works that suggest potentials of contemporary ceramics by artists from both at home and abroad.
The International Competition will present diverse, experimental works that transcend the boundary of ceramics that were selected from works by 1,470 artists from 74 countries. It will attempt to tease out the trend of ceramic art today.

Variegated Color: Art in Everyday Life, Collaboration Between Contemporary Ceramics and Other Genres

The Special Exhibition in Yeoju aims to present new forms of ceramics that will make our everyday lives rich and colorful. Contemporary ceramics produced in collaboration with other diverse genres of culture and art are presented under the theme of five colors and five senses.
This exhibition features works by fresh, young artists as well as established artists, through which the viewers can see trends of contemporary Korean ceramics as expression as well as ceramics for everyday use.

Traditional Color: Resonance of Traditional Color in East Asian Ceramics

In Gwangju, Resonance of Traditional Color: Traditional East Asian Ceramic Art and The 4th Beautiful Korean Ceramics are held. Resonance of Traditional Color: Traditional East Asian Ceramic Art introduces contemporary ceramics which carries on traditional colors of Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Jointly hosted by Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, this exhibition aims to increase cultural exchange among East Asian countries through ceramic art, while aspiring to suggest a constructive future image of traditional ceramics in the three countries.
The Beautiful Korean Ceramics Competition is revived this year after being suspended since the third competition in 2009. It shows the traditional formative beauty of Korean ceramics and spirit behind it, which are reinterpreted to suit to sense of beauty and elegance of modern times.