Museum Architecture Photographer Seoul | LEEUM's 'Culture and I'

Overview

THE LEEUM, SAMSUNG MUSEUM OF ART IS A MUSEUM IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, RUN BY THE SAMSUNG FOUNDATION OF CULTURE. IT COMPRISES TWO PARTS THAT HOUSE TRADITIONAL KOREAN ART AND CONTEMPORARY ART. MUSEUM 1 IS DESIGNED BY SWISS ARCHITECT MARIO BOTTA AND MUSEUM 2 IS BY FRENCH ARCHITECT JEAN NOUVEL. DUTCH ARCHITECT REM KOOLHAAS DESIGNED THE SAMSUNG CHILD EDUCATION & CULTURE CENTER. I WAS COMMISSIONED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER TO TAKE THESE IMAGES FOR LEEUM’S IN-HOUSE PUBLICATION ‘CULTURE AND I’.

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NILS CLAUSS

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SAMSUNG MUSEUM OF ART

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A man crosses the street beside the glass facade of Samsung Child Education & Culture Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas, at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea.

A man on the phone stands on the road dividing the Samsung Child Education & Culture Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas, and a terra cotta brick complex by Mario Botta, both part of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea.

Close-up of the terra cotta brick complex by Mario Botta, part of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, reflecting in the glass facade of the Samsung Child Education & Culture Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas, in Seoul, South Korea.

The Samsung Child Education & Culture Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas, stands against a blue-orange sky just before sunset, part of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea.

Visitors at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, silhouetted against Anish Kapoor's "Tall Tree and the Eye" sculpture in the background.

Exterior view of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art at dusk in Seoul, South Korea, featuring Anish Kapoor's “Tall Tree and the Eye” sculpture in the foreground.

The sculpture "Alchemy" by renowned Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa hangs from the ceiling of the Rotunda of Museum 1 at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea.

Gravity Stairs, a site-specific installation by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, created for the 10th anniversary exhibition of Leeum Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea.

The lobby, featuring the Rotunda of Museum 1, at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea.