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Yumin Art Nouveau Museum
'Yumin Art Nouveau Museum' exhibits the glass craft work of Ecole de Nancy which Late Jin Gi Hong(Yumin, 1917 ~ 1986), the former chairman of Joongang Ilbo, devotedly collected over a long period of time.
Art Nouveau of France was a short yet intense movement that struck Europe and the world from 1890 to 1910s and it emphasized art in everyday life. It naturally penetrated craft and architecture and attempted to bring art into everyday day through paintings and decorative art, such as furniture, glass craft, jewelry, stained glass, and posters. The Art Nouveau style inspired by nature is characterized by smooth, flexible curves that remind you of plants, such as vines and ivy.
'Yumin Art Nouveau Museum' exhibits the representative pieces of Ecole de Nancy’s glass craft that boasts both technical and aesthetic values.
Exhibition Tour(VR)
Architect
Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando is an architect from Osaka, Japan and known for capturing nature
through exposed concrete structures that represent the material properties of concrete.
He says that architecture should fulfill its aesthetic functions for empathy with nature and experience of
non-mundane spaces beyond its structural functions to protect people from nature.
Tadao Ando designed this building after the primitive nature of Seopjikoji and allows the audiences
to feel Seopjikoji’s water, wind, light, and sounds throughout the building.
Yumin Art Nouveau Museum, nestled in the heart of Seopjikoji, is introduced as one of his major creations along with the Glass House.