Linking past and present as the use of virtual backgrounds in online meetings rises, the video essay examines Korean chaekgeori paintings to reveal how Western objects, ideas, and painting techniques traveled to Korea and became a means for the expression of individual personality and identity.

© 2022 Korean Art Alive is a free online learning resource of Korean art and culture, created by the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University with the collaboration of leading Korean art collections in the United States. It is supported by the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, Korea.

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Director Jinyoung A. Jin
Author Sunglim Kim
Producer Hyesook Jung
Scriptwriter Sojeong Kim
Script Editors Louis Wittig, Hyesook Jung, Jinyoung A. Jin
Narrator John D. Dwortz
Graphic Designer Li Shan Liang
Coordinator Ellen H. Yoo

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