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Introduction | Installation images
Foreword and Acknowledgments

Sketching Legacy: Korean Portraiture at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco by Hyonjeong Kim Han
Official Portraits and Their Political Functions by Soomi Lee
Bunmu gongsin, the Last Meritorious Officials of the Joseon Dynasty by Kyungku Lee
Beyond Portraiture: New Approaches to Identity in Contemporary Korean and American Art by Robyn Asleson

Likeness and Legacy in Korean Portraiture

Asian Art Museum. San Francisco
August 27 through November 29, 2021

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Likeness and Legacy in Korean Portraiture is an intimate yet powerful exhibition demonstrating the museum’s dedication to Korean art and its devotion to the vision of making Asian art and culture essential to everyone. Drawing a line from centuries of Confucian tradition to today’s selfieculture, Likeness and Legacy in Korean Portraiture presents exquisite traditional draft and finished paintings alongside innovative sculptures, mixed media, and paintings from recent decades.


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The catalogue of the exhibition can be ordered at https://amzn.to/3lPlNdB

Sketching Legacy: Korean Portraiture at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco by Hyonjeong Kim Han
Official Portraits and Their Political Functions by Soomi Lee
Bunmu gongsin, the Last Meritorious Officials of the Joseon Dynasty by Kyungku Lee
Beyond Portraiture: New Approaches to Identity in Contemporary Korean and American Art by Robyn Asleson

Foreword and Acknowledgments
Introduction | Installation images

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