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Chun Kwang Young: Memories, Messages and Meanings
We are pleased to present the first New York show by celebrated artist Chun Kwang Young since his groundbreaking exhibition Times Reimagined at the 2022 Venice Biennale, which showcased forty of his large-scale reliefs, sculptures and installations.
Chun (b. 1944, South Korea) has garnered international acclaim for his Aggregations, a series of tactile, abstract assemblages made from thousands of triangular forms wrapped in hanji, traditional Korean mulberry paper. Chun鈥檚 intricate compositions, characterized by jagged, irregular surfaces, combine the techniques, materials and sentiment of his Korean heritage with the conceptual freedom he experienced during his Western education. For this exhibition, the artist has created a powerful body of work that suggests the next stage in the stylistic evolution of the series.
Early works in the series, often referred to as moonscapes, were primarily black and white or sepia-toned, lending them the appearance of arid deserts or lunar terrain. Chun then began to inject color into his compositions, beginning with small, contained areas of shaded indigo and vermillion nestled within subtly textured monochrome expanses. Eventually, the palette expanded to include a full spectrum of vivid color, which Chun deployed in vast, rolling gradients or patterns articulated in complementary hues. The colorful works became increasingly dimensional over time, with robustly textured surfaces resembling rocks or otherworldly crystal formations.
In this new body of work, Chun combines elements from the colorful, crystalline series with the muted, homogeneous moonscapes for the first time. He also plays with shape, introducing an organic form that stands apart from his familiar circular and rectangular wall-hung works. Anchoring the exhibition is one of the artist鈥檚 signature large-scale installations, reminiscent of the colossal sculptures featured in his Venice Biennale show.
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We are pleased to present the first New York show by celebrated artist Chun Kwang Young since his groundbreaking exhibition Times Reimagined at the 2022 Venice Biennale, which showcased forty of his large-scale reliefs, sculptures and installations.
Chun (b. 1944, South Korea) has garnered international acclaim for his Aggregations, a series of tactile, abstract assemblages made from thousands of triangular forms wrapped in hanji, traditional Korean mulberry paper. Chun鈥檚 intricate compositions, characterized by jagged, irregular surfaces, combine the techniques, materials and sentiment of his Korean heritage with the conceptual freedom he experienced during his Western education. For this exhibition, the artist has created a powerful body of work that suggests the next stage in the stylistic evolution of the series.
Early works in the series, often referred to as moonscapes, were primarily black and white or sepia-toned, lending them the appearance of arid deserts or lunar terrain. Chun then began to inject color into his compositions, beginning with small, contained areas of shaded indigo and vermillion nestled within subtly textured monochrome expanses. Eventually, the palette expanded to include a full spectrum of vivid color, which Chun deployed in vast, rolling gradients or patterns articulated in complementary hues. The colorful works became increasingly dimensional over time, with robustly textured surfaces resembling rocks or otherworldly crystal formations.
In this new body of work, Chun combines elements from the colorful, crystalline series with the muted, homogeneous moonscapes for the first time. He also plays with shape, introducing an organic form that stands apart from his familiar circular and rectangular wall-hung works. Anchoring the exhibition is one of the artist鈥檚 signature large-scale installations, reminiscent of the colossal sculptures featured in his Venice Biennale show.
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