SEOUL, January 20 (AJP) The Seoul Museum of Craft Art is holding a special donation exhibition, "Dancing, Dreaming, Enlightening," showcasing the artistic world of Geum Key-sook, a pioneer of Korean fashion art, through March 15.
The exhibition traces the creative journey of artist Geum Key-sook, who has built a unique domain of "fashion art" over 40 years by crossing boundaries between fashion and fine art, tradition and contemporary practice. Geum is recognized as a figure who established the concept of fashion art in Korea and spread it internationally by reinterpreting the concept of "art clothing" in a Korean context in the early 1990s.
Geum also served as costume director for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, garnering attention for designing the "snow fairy" costumes worn by placcard bearers during the opening ceremony.
The artist has built a distinctive body of work utilizing unconventional materials such as wire, beads, nobang (ramie fabric), sequins, and recycled materials. She is particularly credited with expanding the horizons of fashion art by extending clothing into both "Art to Wear" and sculptural art that composes space.
The exhibited works present themes of artistic expansion, coexistence, and enlightenment in various formats, ranging from individual garments to large-scale spatial installations.
Through this exhibition, artist Geum Key-sook has donated a total of 55 items (56 pieces) worth approximately 1.31 billion won(about 887,413 dollars) to the Seoul Museum of Craft Art. The donation includes early fashion art experimental works, signature wire dresses and hanbok sculptural pieces, recent upcycling projects, and archival materials.
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