Seoul Art Museum

Another early outing was to the Seoul Art Museum for a Rodin exhibit. I had seen many of the statues before, but the exhibit also had many of the enormous studies that were precursors to the bronze casts. I also enjoyed the statues outside of a nice Korean family that looked compressed, like in a funhouse mirror. They were disorienting, as if one's vision were distorted, like a picture that has been widened and shortened without preserving the dimensions. 

In the plaza across the street, one could see that the Korean government was not holding back in advertising the fact that they would be hosting the upcoming G20 summit. 

On the subway ride home, I noted the public service announcement posters warning against public displays of affection and against groping fellow subway riders. 

I was torn between amusement at the drawings and sadness at the need to explain that being molested might make people uncomfortable.