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Mon, 02/02/2009 - 10:22
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Seoul meets Klimt for first time - at the highest cost
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- With his masterpiece "The Kiss" unknown only to a very
few here, the late Austrian Symbolic painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) is
considered one of the most widely adored Western artists in South Korea.
Making South Korea only second to the artist's homeland in the number of
paintings displayed at one event, nearly 200 of Klimt's works will meet art
devotees here for the first time beginning this week.
The works will include 30 oil paintings and 60 drawings including "Judith I" and
"Adam and Eve." "The Kiss," unfortunately, will not be shown at the exhibition.
Seoul Arts Center, the host of the exhibition, will be charging visitors 16,000
won (US$11.50) each, the highest admission fee ever for an arts exhibition here.
The high insurance value of the paintings displayed, nearly $1.3 billion, has
made it impossible to charge the visitors any less, organizers explain.
Twelve major art galleries, including Austria's Belvedere Vienna Museum, and
several personal collectors have loaned their possessions to the exhibition.
Klimt, considered one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau
movement, used the female body and eroticism as his primary subject.
Klimt's works, distinguished by the elegant gold and the delicate mixture of
colors, have long fascinated both the connoisseurs and novices with the somewhat
hazy images that often conceal erotic positions or phallic shapes.
Producing many works in the late 19th through early 20th centuries, a time of
depression in the Western art world, Klimt is considered to have rejected earlier
naturalistic styles, making use of symbolic elements to convey psychological
ideas.
The Austrian painter continues to enjoy an overwhelming popularity across the
world. In 2006, his "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" was sold for $135 million,
the highest price for a painting at that time.
The exhibition "Gustav Klimt in Korea 2009," opens Monday to run through May 15
at the Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul Arts Center. For more information, visit
www.sac.or.kr or call (02)334-4254.
hayney@yna.co.kr
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few here, the late Austrian Symbolic painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) is
considered one of the most widely adored Western artists in South Korea.
Making South Korea only second to the artist's homeland in the number of
paintings displayed at one event, nearly 200 of Klimt's works will meet art
devotees here for the first time beginning this week.
The works will include 30 oil paintings and 60 drawings including "Judith I" and
"Adam and Eve." "The Kiss," unfortunately, will not be shown at the exhibition.
Seoul Arts Center, the host of the exhibition, will be charging visitors 16,000
won (US$11.50) each, the highest admission fee ever for an arts exhibition here.
The high insurance value of the paintings displayed, nearly $1.3 billion, has
made it impossible to charge the visitors any less, organizers explain.
Twelve major art galleries, including Austria's Belvedere Vienna Museum, and
several personal collectors have loaned their possessions to the exhibition.
Klimt, considered one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau
movement, used the female body and eroticism as his primary subject.
Klimt's works, distinguished by the elegant gold and the delicate mixture of
colors, have long fascinated both the connoisseurs and novices with the somewhat
hazy images that often conceal erotic positions or phallic shapes.
Producing many works in the late 19th through early 20th centuries, a time of
depression in the Western art world, Klimt is considered to have rejected earlier
naturalistic styles, making use of symbolic elements to convey psychological
ideas.
The Austrian painter continues to enjoy an overwhelming popularity across the
world. In 2006, his "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" was sold for $135 million,
the highest price for a painting at that time.
The exhibition "Gustav Klimt in Korea 2009," opens Monday to run through May 15
at the Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul Arts Center. For more information, visit
www.sac.or.kr or call (02)334-4254.
hayney@yna.co.kr
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