11We are extremely pleased to have this opportunity to host The Fragrance of Ink:
Korean Literati Paintings of the Chos n Dynasty(1392-1910) from the Korea University Museum. This significant exhibition is the first-ever presentation in the United States of the traditional scholar painting of Korea's last dynasty, from one of the most important collections in Korea.
1We are also indebted to Dr. Lee Ki-seo of the Korean Studies Institute of Korea University, which supported our project. The Korea University Museum has generously agreed to lend its most precious works for this American tour, and for this we are particularly grateful to Dr. Yoon Se-young, Director.
1Professors Kwon Young-pil and Byun Young-sup of Korea University, and Professor Yi S ng-mi of the Academy of Korean Studies, the authors of this catalogue, deserve our special thanks. Most of all, we extend our deepest thanks to Dr. Kim Jae-youl, Research Professor of Korea University, who initiated the exhibition and facilitated its development at every stage, and Mr. Yum Hyung-kon, our liaison in the United States.
11At the participating institutions, many people worked together to make this project possible. At the University of Chicago, Dr. D. Gale Johnson, Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, first brought the exhibition to our attention. Priscilla Yu, Director, Special Gifts, Office of Development and Alumni Relations, provided essential assistance, and Choi Hyong-gun, Korean Studies Librarian, East Asian Collection, Regenstein Library, was also helpful.
1At the Smart Museum of Art, we acknowledge the key contribution of Richard A. Born, Curator, and the able assistance of Martha Coomes Sharma, Registrar, Stefanie White, Public Relations and Marketing Manager, Rudy Bernal, Preparator, and Crispin Goulet and Jessica Stewart, Project Assistants.
11At Columbia University, Dr. Amy V. Heinrich, Director of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Gari K. Ledyard, King Sejong Professor of Korean Studeis, and Professor David Sensabaugh of the Department of Art History and Archaeology were instrumental in seeing the exhibition come to the campus.
Thanks go to Jonathan Munk, Toni Simon, and Larry Soucy of the Wallach Art Gallery staff for their special efforts.
11An extensive program was developed around the exhibition at the University of Oregon, including a related showing of Korean art from the Museum's impressive collection of Asian art. We recognize and thank Kyung-sook Cho Gregor for her magnificent donation of Korean textile, several of which are included in this complementary exhibition.
1We thank Dr. Richard Steers, Vice Provost for International Affairs, for his help with this program. At the Museum, Laura Aaron Sear, Curator of Education, orchestrated a series of educational and cultural events related to the exhibition; Lawrence Fong, Associate Director, served as exhibition coordinator; Dr. Charles Lachman, Curator of Asian Art, oversaw the sensitive installation undertaken by Kurt Neugebauer, Exhibition Designer and Preparator.
1Catherine Sterling, Assistant Registrar, coordinated the loan. Heather Brown, Public Relations Assistant, organized the public relations and marketing aspects, and Ethel Weltman orchestrated the social events related to the exhibition.
11At the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Curator Roy W, Hamilton served as project coordinator. Essential expertise was provided by Exhibition Designer David Mayo, Director of Education Betsy D. Quick, Registrar Sarah Kennington, Director of Public Relations Christine P. Sellin, and many other staff members. For assistance in discussions that led to the scheduling of the exhibition at UCLA, we thank Professor Robert Buswell and Nancy Um. For their cooperative efforts towards educational programming and public events, we thank the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, Director Lee Myung and Curator Michael Reinschmidt of the Korean-American Museum of Los Angeles, and Park Tae-hee, Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Los Angeles, and Lee Hong-sok, Director of its Korean Cultural Center.
At the Berkely Art Museum, thanks are due principally to Curator James Steward for managing Berkely's participation in this project, and to Lisa Calden, Collections and Exhibitions Administrator, Sherry Goodman, Curator of Education, and Nina Zurier, Designer. We must also acknowledge the important contribution of Dr. Lee Hong-yung, Director of Berkeley's Center for Korean Studies, for initially bringing this project to the Museum's attention and giving it broader campus exposure. We are very honored to present this exhibition of rare paintings focusing on an area of East Asian art that is insufficiently known in the United States, and it is our hope that The Fragrance of Ink will contribute measurably to the understanding of Korean art and culture on all five of our campuses.
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