Artefacts

Seoul 1988, cultural poster.

Physical description

Door opening on the calm of a typical house of the Korean aristocracy during the Choson dynasty. Caption: "Games of the / XXIVth Olympiad / Seoul 1988". Games' emblem. Signed by the artist.

Created

Created: Yu YOUNG-WOO Created: Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, 1988 (SLOOC)

Materials

paper

Colors

white, black, red

Dimension

99 x 59.5 cm

Type of item

Posters -> cultural poster

Reference number

23718

Keywords

Cultural event during the Olympic Games photograph Seoul 1988, Olympic Games emblem Tradition signed

Notes

Calmness, one of the typical Korean characteristics, is visualized in a figurative door form. The plain but formalized space of living in the house of the Choson Dynasty literati is represented here. along with the typical form of the upper class Choson Dynasty people’s house.