It is rare that you see such beautiful arts depicting history and culture of a country in such a small and confined location as the Gansong exhibition.
While walking around witnessing the prowess and dexterity of ancient Korean painters, it struck me hard about the human's need for potency, and how humans would take long and tiring efforts to record and propagate their views of the world.
The Korean style of art, highly influenced by the Chinese and the Japanese, is a highly precise and detailed kind of art that allows the artist to put in as many details into a small piece as possible. Tiny scribbles resembling humans and animals are highly common in such paintings, often centered towards the center of the frame. The beauty of this kind of art resides in its ability to hide the obvious and make the observer go around the room figuring out the hidden characteristics of a piece of art. 
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