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Organized by the Korea Society, New York City
In nineteenth and early twentieth century Korea, artisans carved joyful wooden figurines depicting acrobats, clowns and mystical animals (kkoktu) to place on the funeral biers of the departed. In their first exhibition in the US, a collection of 72 kkoktu reflect the realities of rural Korean village life during a period that left few written records and open a window on a timeless, characteristically Korean attitude towards death.
Location: Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL