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Period| 2022.09.30 - 2023.02.19
Operating hours| 10:00 - 18:00
Space| Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery
Address| 7, Silleuksa-gil, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Closed| Monday, January 1
Price| Free
Phone| 031-887-8250(1)
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  • 			Leeji CHOI
    Curator, Gyeonggi Museum of Ceramic Design (GMCD)
    
    Ceramics have been an index for determining the development of a society and culture for a very long time. At times they have been a symbol of wealth as well as financial means in global capitalism. They are also a vessel for ancient history and culture, and a medium that bridges one world to another. 
    
    The friendship between the Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, and Korean ceramic art worlds began at the Korean International Ceramic Biennale in 2001. Many excellent artworks from the three Baltic countries that have been collected through the Biennale International Competition and special exhibitions have been introduced to the Korean public through many different exhibitions at the museum and were very well received.
    The exhibition entitled Safe Horizons: Baltic Contemporary Ceramics that will be held at the Gyeonggi Museum of Ceramic Design (GMCD) from September 30, 2022, to February 19, 2023, will be a meaningful event that will expand the relational horizons of the three Baltic countries and Korea through the exchange of the four countries’ ceramic art. 
    
    Baltic ceramic art was met with extreme challenges due to the unstable geopolitical climate in 20th century Europe, while Korean ceramic art went into decline in the process of heteronomous industrialization after opening up its ports in 1976. During this period, advanced Korean ceramic technology experienced significant setbacks, and contemporary ceramic art had its beginning after the ceramic industry became completely destitute in the 1950s. The now robust foundations of the three Baltic states and Korean ceramic art were built by the artists’ desires and efforts to restore the values of art and overcome the break from tradition.
    
    Today’s ceramic art in the four countries emerges from different historical, and emotional backgrounds but it all explores the contemporariness of art using a wide range of themes including politics, the economy, social issues, and technology. Safe Horizons seeks to explore and expand shared values and horizontal thinking without hierarchy in the works of the three Baltic States that are assembled under the timely theme. The 75 featured artists who come from a wide variety of backgrounds delve into the most relevant issues we face today including the pandemic, global capitalism, the environment, and perhaps the biggest issue of all, the tragic war in Europe. 
    
    Historical events are interpreted and perceived differently depending on the individual, community, ethnic group, and country. At times, conflicts even arise over common values across all humanity, and in search of universality in terms of world history. Art is an important medium for inspiring solidarity and empathy between communities, and is a powerful force that expands our thinking and helps us overcome our limitations. This exhibition is a stage that brings many communities together to share and exchange ideas, and provides clues and perspectives as to the new roles and functions of art.
    
    The reality that we face seems far removed from a horizon with no obstacles in sight. Safe horizons are ideals that only exist in our imagination. The horizons of Safe Horizons: Baltic Contemporary Ceramics demonstrate the potential that can be realized as a result of our infinitely expandable thinking, sharing, communication, solidarity, and cooperation. In this exhibition, we are introduced to 75 interconnected universes that communicate together. And it is hoped that the connected universe that is the exhibition will become a place for extensive thinking and communication.
    
    September 2022
    
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    About GMoCCA & GMCD International Exchange Project
    
    The Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art (GMoCCA) and Gyeonggi Museum of Ceramic Design (GMCD) have played host to many different international exchange projects including the Korea International Ceramic Biennale (KICB) since their establishment in 2001. Most of the projects so far have been a part of the KICB exhibition academic symposia, the aims of which were to help Korean ceramic art make inroads onto the international stage, while introducing international ceramic art in Korea. More recently, the museums’ international exchange projects have been focused on establishing the roles and identities of the museums, have aimed to expand the horizons of Korean contemporary ceramics, and build a platform for cultural exchange that can create meaningful discourse. 
    
    
    (Source: GMCD)			
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