Collecting and displaying Korean contemporary craft and design at the V&A, 1919 to 2019

V&A博物馆的韩国藏品是英国著名的韩国工艺品和设计藏品。20世纪90年代初，随着博物馆收藏当代艺术品的新动力和韩国画廊的建立，收藏发生了重大转变。这与韩国在国际舞台上的崛起以及对促进艺术和创意产业的兴趣日益增加相吻合。该学生计划揭示博物馆自20世纪90年代以来收集韩国工艺和设计的历史，并在该机构的收集实践和20世纪90年代以来韩国文化外交的“软实力”的背景下阐明它。对韩国收藏的新理解有助于加强和展示当代韩国工艺和设计的有意义的收藏。

The V&A's Korean collection is a prominent holding of Korean craft and design in Britain. A significant shift to collecting occurred in the early 1990s with the Museum's new impetus on collecting the contemporary and the establishment of its Korean gallery. This coincided with the rise of Korea on the international scene and its increasing interest in promoting arts and creative industries. This studentship proposes to unravel the museum's collecting history of Korean craft and design from 1990s, and articulate it in the context of the institution's collecting practice and the Korea's 'soft power' of cultural diplomacy since 1990s. New understanding of the Korean collection contributes towards strengthening and displaying a meaningful collection of contemporary Korean craft and design.