The Korean Cultural Center in the U.A.E. proudly presents The Dream from the East, a new exhibition of 50 ceramic works by acclaimed Korean artist Jong-neung Lee.
Known by his artist name Jisan, Lee has redefined classical Korean pottery forms and created his own unique style, Tohheun, characterized by asymmetrical beauty and the rich natural texture and pigment of earth sampled from across Asia and around the world.
Specifically, Tohheun pursues the natural beauty in the simplicity of asymmetry, and the word also contains meanings such as trace of earth, the stream of times, and dearest prays. Although all the earth loses its own color at the high temperature (above 1250 Celsius) and reborn freshly with the ceramic glaze, Tohheun, the new ceramic world, maintains the original color of natural earth even in the glazing fire.
