Page 11 - Korean Buncheong Ceramics, Samsung Museum Collection (great book)

Acknowledgments

This exhibition and book are dear to our hearts; the subject matter has provided fascinating and
rewarding material for research. More significantly, we have had the good fortune to work with many
professional and generous people, who helped bring this project to life. First we acknowledge the
vision and support of the directors of our respective institutions, Thomas P. Campbell and Ra Hee Hong
Lee; of RaYoung Hong and Joon Lee, Deputy Directors, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art; and of
Jennifer Russell, Associate Director for Exhibitions, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We thank Eun Sun
Kim, Vice President of Samsung Foundation of Culture, and we are grateful to James C. Y. Watt, Brooke
Russell Astor Chairman of the Department of Asian Art, for his warm encouragement and guidance.
At the Metropolitan Museum, we would like to extend our deep gratitude to our dedicated
colleagues in the following departments: Asian Art; Buildings; Communications; Development;
Digital Media; Editorial; Education; Objects Conservation; Office of the Senior Vice President,
Secretary, and General Counsel; Paintings Conservation; The Photograph Studio; Registrar; and
Special Exhibitions, Gallery Installations, and Design. In particular, we wish to note the contribu-
tions of the following individuals: Christine S. Begley, Deputy Chief Development Officer for
Government and Foundation Giving; Meryl Cohen, Exhibitions Registrar; Kirstie Howard, Assistant
Counsel; Oi-Cheong Lee, Associate Chief Photographer; Joseph Loh, Managing Museum Educator
for Public and Exhibition Programs; Emil Micha, Senior Graphic Design Manager; Donna Strahan,
Conservator; Linda Sylling, Manager for Special Exhibitions, Gallery Installations, and Design; and
Naomi Takafuchi, Senior Press Officer. We thank Michael Lapthorn, Exhibition Designer, who
creatively brought to reality our ideas about what the exhibition should look like.
We benefited from the camaraderie of the entire staff of the Department of Asian Art, who
provided both administrative and moral support. For their tireless efforts, we would like to thank
particularly Hwai-ling Yeh-Lewis, Alison Clark, and Crystal Kui, of the excellent Collections Manage-
ment team, and Rebecca Grunberger, Associate Administrator. Soyoung’s intern, Jennifer J. Lee,
provided much needed and wide-ranging assistance. The department’s indispensable technicians
contributed greatly to the smooth installation of the exhibition.
At Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seung Yeon Chung, Assistant Curator, helped coordinate
innumerable aspects of this project, both great and small, and carried them out with efficiency and
grace. Jiyoon Jo, Curator, lent his expertise and generous spirit. Hyunsoo Kim took new photographs
of nearly all the buncheong pieces from Leeum’s collection featured in this publication, a task
made all the more formidable by the time pressure under which he worked. We also thank Jungwon
Dang, Chief Registrar; Hyun Sue Bae and Sunghun Jung, Assistant Registrars; Ki Hyun Kim, General