Props used for the TV series 'Squid Game' are seen on display at the 'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. Photo: AP
From the bright pink guard costumes in hit Netflix series Squid Game to a large sculpture of rapper G-Dragon, London's V&A museum is celebrating South Korean popular culture and its rise to global prominence in a new exhibition which opens this weekend.
Among the items on display at Hallyu! The Korean Wave are K-Pop costumes, K-drama props as well as a replica of the bathroom set in Oscar-winning film Parasite.
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'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' exhibition
Props used for the TV series 'Squid Game' are seen on display at the 'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. Photo: AP
Multiple screens, left, show a music video of PSY's 'Gangnam Style', alongside PSY's bubblegum pink jacket from the video, right, designed by Dsquared2, at the 'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. Photo: AP
A collection of contemporary Korean fashion pieces including Miss Sohee's full-length 'The Peony Dress', 2020 graduation collection, 'The Girl in Full bloom', centre back, are seen displayed at the 'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' exhibition. Photo: AP
A museum attendant is seen looking at an immersive re-creation of the bathroom set from the Oscar award-winning film 'Parasite' directed by Bong Joon-ho, at the 'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' exhibition. Photo: AP
'Mirage Stage' a video installation by Nam June Paik, created in 1986, which features 33 TV monitors, is seen displayed at the 'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' exhibition. Photo: AP
A gallery assistant looks at "Fan Umbrella, 2005" from "Changing The Nation's Image Overseas: Winter Sonata" during a press view of "Hallyu! The Korean Wave" exhibition. Photo: Reuters
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