Singer Lee Chan-won revealed that he participated in a stamp collecting contest when he was in elementary school.
In JTBC's 'Talk Partner 25 Hours', which aired on the 13th, the participants went on a LAN cable trip to Prague, Czech Republic, Madrid, Spain, and Los Angeles, USA under the theme of a high-quality art tour.
On this day in Prague, Czech Republic, I thoroughly enjoyed everything from landmarks to emotional attractions and night views. Czech Tokpawon introduced the Old Town Hall, the most famous building in the Old Town Square. The astronomical clock on the outer wall of the Old Town Hall is the oldest currently operating astronomical clock. We were able to hear about the purpose of the upper and lower clocks, the meaning of their decoration, and interesting legends related to the clock.
Following Wenceslas Square, a symbolic space of the Czech democracy movement such as the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution, Havel Market with 800 years of history, and Tokpawon, Czech Republic, where we visited the Charles Bridge, one of the most famous bridges in the world, was visited by Czech national painter Alphons Mucha. I admired his work at the museum. The first poster that made Gismonda famous, Death on the Cross, drawn by Alphonse Mucha, who was a painting prodigy at the age of 8, aroused admiration.
After the Czech LAN trip ended with a beautiful night view of the Romanesque Basilica of St. Irgi, the Gothic Charles Bridge, and the Baroque St. Nicholas Cathedral, a LAN trip to Madrid, Spain was held. As Spain's Tokpawon reported on the stamp market in Plaza Mayor, MC Lee Chan-won shared his memories of participating in a stamp collecting contest when he was in elementary school.
Above all, Spain's Tokpawon surprised people by renting out the Prado Museum, one of the world's top five art museums, before its opening, using brilliant language. It was the first Korean broadcast to film the interior of the Prado Museum. Here, you could see the works of Spain's representative romantic painter Francisco Goya, and attention was focused on the actual work of Saturn devouring his own child, which appeared as foreshadowing in the drama 'The Youngest Son of a Chaebol Family'.
The works of Diego Velázquez, nicknamed the painter's painter, were also on display. The most famous of them all, The Maids, is a portrait of an unknown subject and has become the most controversial work in the history of Western art. Lee Chang-yong told us about the characters in this work, who had many questions, and the time spent trying to guess what the situation was stimulated curiosity.
Lastly, American Talk Partner participated in the Celebrity Homes Tour in LA, the center of the cultural industry. We took a bus around the residential streets of Beverly Hills and looked around the houses where the Beatles lived, the house where Michael Jackson spent his last days, and the exteriors of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's houses. In addition, The Broad exhibited works by modern art masters, including works by Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol.
When Jean-Michel Basquiat was introduced, Jeon Hyun-moo cited the fact that he had no formal art education as the only thing he had in common. In response, instructor Lee Chang-yong said, "No, we have a lot in common," raising Jeon Hyun-moo's expectations. Instructor Lee Chang-yong pointed out not only that he had no art education, but also that he was popular, that he had a lot of hair, and that he had curly hair, and Jeon Hyun-moo laughed at the commonality that seemed to have been squeezed out, saying, "We don't have that much in common."
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr