There were polls around the world peace gate of 88 Seoul olympiad.
And there were Korean traditional folk masks on the top of the polls.
In my thought, the architect tried to show korean traditional beauty through the traditional folk masks.
There were 4 column of the polls in front of the world peace gate.
I could not show you all of the masks in this posting. It is way to much photos of the masks.
But the masks had various expressions in their faces, mainly humorous.
So let me select some of the masks.
Actually the masks exhibited here in this posting have very complicated characteristics.
Some of the masks were the figures of the traditional folk mask dance, and others were the characters of old folk tales.
In some other cases, it was not easy to find out what the characteristics of the masks were.
Maybe, it seemed that the architect tried to express some Korean traditional culture through those masks.
Until now, I couldn't heard someone focus on those masks.
What was the architect's idea and what did he want to express through those masks in the forum of the world peace gate ?
