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

V&A的韩国收藏品是韩国工艺和设计在英国的一个突出展示。20世纪90年代初，随着博物馆对当代艺术品的收藏和韩国画廊的建立，博物馆的收藏发生了重大转变。这与韩国在国际舞台上的崛起及其对促进艺术和创意产业的兴趣日益增加相吻合。本项目旨在揭示博物馆自20世纪90年代以来对韩国工艺和设计的收藏历史，并将其与该机构的收藏实践和韩国自20世纪90年代以来的文化外交“软实力”相结合。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.