The Ship-jangsaeng Motif Used in Modern Artworks Examples of 1980s-2010s Usages of the "Symbols of Longevity" |
Ship-jangsaeng Fence in my neighborhood, featuring Crane, Water, Turtle, Pine, Rock, Cloud, Deer, Bullocho, Sun and Mountain. These are increasingly popular on fences, gates, etc (see below). |
A Ship-jangsaeng Painting, Classical-style but created in the late 20th-Cen, on a large folding-screen in the Cheonghwa-dae Presidential Mansion, behind ROK President Lee Myung-bak as he meets with former presidents Kim Young-sam (L) and Chun Du-hwan (R). |
Nouveau Ship-jangsaeng Painting by artist Lee Han-woo, 2007 |
Welcoming Gate at the western entrance of the Mungyeong-Saejae Provincial Park |
Ship-jangsaeng motif used to frame the restored Cheonggye-cheon Stream, downtown skyscrapers and Nam-san, in a 2009 ad by the Seoul Tourism Marketing Organization. |
Ship-jangsaeng motif on the silver frame of the plaque designating me Honorary Ambassador of Mt. Samgak-san by the Mayor of Gangbuk-gu, February 2008. |
Ship-jangsaeng motif on a contemporary maebyeong vase, and on the cover of a Sotheby's Auction House catalog of a traditional Korean arts collection in 2009. |
from a Dictionary of Korean Culture |
ad in Choson Wolgan SAN magazine, September 2010 |