LED lighting by Seoul Semiconductor has won the approval of the Chinese art curators at Da An Art Gallery in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province.  The LED lighting was selected for its power savings and lack of ultraviolet emissions, which is said to damage paintings.

In a press release from Seoul Semiconductor, the LED maker announced that their Z-Power LED P4 series lights are being used as spotlights for the exhibits at the gallery.  They pointed out that selecting the perfect lighting to display objets d'art without burning them up with too much heat or breaking down the components with too much ultraviolet radiation is a delicate process.  Usually halogen lamps are fitted with filters to protect the exhibits at art galleries.

Seoul Semiconductor’s LEDs were chosen because they gave the optimal kind of light to bring out the colors and shapes of the art pieces, and because they only consumed 7.2 watts of power in contrast to the 50 watt halogen lamps previously used.  Also, the S42180 Z-Power LED P4 series lights used have a coloring index of 93, which indicates a high level of natural expression of light colors.

The lights are currently installed at the sculpture and calligraphy frame exhibit at Da An Art Gallery.  The new technology illuminates the works of Jun Tien Lee, a famous calligrapher and sculptor in that city.

Seoul Semiconductor is a globally-recognized LED manufacturer ranked sixth in the world in the high luminescence LED market by sales.  The company was selected as one of the most promising companies in Asia by Forbes in 2006 and Business Week in 2007.  Its flagship product, the Acriche LED, was named Product of the Year by Elektronik magazine in 2006.  Newtech Korea 2008 named it among the Korea Ten Best New Technologies in 2008.  The company posted 248.1 billion won (US$185.3 million) in sales in 2008.  It has 25 overseas operations, including 3 subsidiaries, and has 114 worldwide distributors.