Korean embroidery and its technical, aesthetic excellence has been brought to light by the artist, pioneer, and historian, Young Yang Chung. Small needles and homespun silk threads proved to be immensely powerful in her hands as the tools that not only proved to be immensely powerful in her hands as the tools that not only proved to be a creative outlet, but a means as a viable vocation for Korean modern women.  "The Movement of Herstory" is a look into the legacy of Korean embroidery  through the life and artworks of Chung, now an indelible part of Korean herstory. (Photo above by Young Yang Chung features Korea's national flower, more commonly known as the "Rose of Sharon").

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