The Poetic Collection
The Poetic Collection explores the correlation between contemporary art and 鈥渢he poetic鈥� through the collections in Seoul Museum of Art. Here, 鈥減oetic鈥� signifies the attributes of poetry that traverse in and out of the literary genre. Poetry generally begins with a new perception, and an approach that puts a break on our automatic, conventional way of thinking, rendering an 鈥渦nfamiliar鈥� experiences of known subjects. The impetus for this exhibition came from the realization that the characteristics of poetry are often compared to those of art. Poetry has always been an infinite source of creative inspiration for artists. It is not easy to find a simple answer to an epistemological question like 鈥渨hat is poetry?鈥� or 鈥渨hat does poetic mean?鈥� Such concepts are expanding, transforming and reconstituting as flexibly and frequently as is contemporary art. This exhibition displays some of the 5,654 works gathered in the art museum's current collection, examining the various forms and developments of art and exploring the similar and disparate characteristics between poetry and art. The exhibition focuses on the elements of the speaker, the confessional personality, and the linguistic aspects that are unique to poetry, and is composed of three sections: The Speaker, (Record of) Confession, and Poetry and Art.
The Speaker sheds light on the one who speaks. In poetry, a manifestation of words, there is always the speaker, who may or may not be the poet himself or herself. The poet sometimes conceals themselves, introducing a substitute or persona to represent their voice. In the same way, an artist may present themselves directly in their work but can also speak through new figures of their creation. The presence of the speaker can not only be erased or transformed at times within the stage the artist has constructed, but the speaker can also take a non-human form or many forms for that matter. The poet turns their image into a poetic subject and draws an analogy to painting, as exemplified in the famous Yoon Dong-ju poem Self-Portrait, and many other poems that are composed under the title 鈥渟elf-portrait.鈥�
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The Poetic Collection explores the correlation between contemporary art and 鈥渢he poetic鈥� through the collections in Seoul Museum of Art. Here, 鈥減oetic鈥� signifies the attributes of poetry that traverse in and out of the literary genre. Poetry generally begins with a new perception, and an approach that puts a break on our automatic, conventional way of thinking, rendering an 鈥渦nfamiliar鈥� experiences of known subjects. The impetus for this exhibition came from the realization that the characteristics of poetry are often compared to those of art. Poetry has always been an infinite source of creative inspiration for artists. It is not easy to find a simple answer to an epistemological question like 鈥渨hat is poetry?鈥� or 鈥渨hat does poetic mean?鈥� Such concepts are expanding, transforming and reconstituting as flexibly and frequently as is contemporary art. This exhibition displays some of the 5,654 works gathered in the art museum's current collection, examining the various forms and developments of art and exploring the similar and disparate characteristics between poetry and art. The exhibition focuses on the elements of the speaker, the confessional personality, and the linguistic aspects that are unique to poetry, and is composed of three sections: The Speaker, (Record of) Confession, and Poetry and Art.
The Speaker sheds light on the one who speaks. In poetry, a manifestation of words, there is always the speaker, who may or may not be the poet himself or herself. The poet sometimes conceals themselves, introducing a substitute or persona to represent their voice. In the same way, an artist may present themselves directly in their work but can also speak through new figures of their creation. The presence of the speaker can not only be erased or transformed at times within the stage the artist has constructed, but the speaker can also take a non-human form or many forms for that matter. The poet turns their image into a poetic subject and draws an analogy to painting, as exemplified in the famous Yoon Dong-ju poem Self-Portrait, and many other poems that are composed under the title 鈥渟elf-portrait.鈥�
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