"Blush for Solo Clarinet (2019)" by Jean Ahn | Wonkak Kim, clarinet

Blush for Solo Clarinet (2019)
Jean Ahn (b. 1976)
Wonkak Kim, clarinet

“When daisies blush, and windflowers wet with dew…” Ebenezer Elliot (1781-1849)

This piece is based on this image of flowers, shy to express fully with words but cannot help blush. The overall tempo and mood may be freely interpreted by the performer. The grace notes and glissandi evokes the Korean traditional music. - Jean Ahn

It is a remarkable experience to engage in such seamless blend of the past and present as well as the East and West through this striking collaboration of sonic and visual fusion. - Wonkak Kim

This Video is dedicated to the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022 #asianheritagemonth
#clarinet #KoreanCulture #ArtisticFusion
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Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (‪@JSchnitzMOA‬ )
The University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Korean Ceramic Culture: Legacy of Earth and Fire
Huh Wing and Jin Joo Gallery
Characterized by naturalistic shapes, incised, carved, or inlaid decoration, and luminous light bluish-green glazes, Korean celadons of the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392) are celebrated as the pinnacle of elegance and sophistication (Lobed Circular Bowl, 1999:2.2). Korean potters took inspiration from northern Chinese celadon glazes but refined their techniques and materials from the ninth through the twelfth centuries. One new technique they developed was inlaid decoration, in which white or black slip (diluted clay) was used to fill indentations carved into the surface of the ceramic body before it was covered with glaze. After firing, the slip created underglaze pictorial designs. A In addition to a more typical Korean inlaid celadon, is the Horn Cup with Chrysanthemum Design (1993:4), whereas a remarkably rare and important example is the late twelfth-century Conical Bowl with Stylized Floral Arabesque Design; its interior decoration employs the most coveted “reverse-inlay” technique, in which the ground around the swirling, cloud-like leaves are outlined by slip (rather than the leaves themselves) was carefully being inlaid with it. A strikingly similar bowl in the National Museum of Korea is designated as National Treasure No. 115.

A number of works in the exhibition were donated by local collector Kyungsook Cho Gregor, who over the last 35 years has gifted over 200 Korean objects to the museum, including 18 unglazed earthenware and stoneware vessels and rooftiles dating from the Three Kingdoms (57 BCE-935 CE) and Unified Silla (668-918) periods. Gregor and her husband also donated a series of photographs by KIM Geun Won (1922-2000), some of which are featured in the exhibition. A stunning contemporary celadon Bottle from the Gregors’ collection was created by SHIN Sang-ho (born 1947), former Dean of the College of FineArts at Hongik University in Seoul. With its dramatic silhouette, lacy craquelure, and graceful inlaid crane, this exquisite vessel both pays homage to and updates the Goryeo celadon tradition. The Gregors are graciously donating it in memory of two women who embodied grace and fearless determination: author Chee Shik Shin (a cousin of the artist) and Gregor’s niece, Hai Soon Cho.

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This video is made possible through the generous support from the following:

The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
The University of Oregon Presidential Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
The University of Oregon Faculty Research Award
The University of Oregon Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
Buffet Crampon
Vandoren

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Production provided by Jay Jones Squiddl