PARK YoonKyung

It is possible to experiment with painting itself by using the conventional painting elements (e.g. color, line, brushstroke, value, space, time, process) of 2-dimensional painting as subjects rather than methods to represent narratives or subjects. While we can further develop the contents of painting by expanding and reinterpreting the possibility of painting, we can also seek for new potential of 2-dimensional painting in terms of art form by installing painting in 3-dimensional space, not in-2 dimensional wall. Tracing lines to emphasize the brush stroke and color become the subject of painting, and layered multiple surfaces with transparent materials such as silk, chiffon, and shower curtain create visual and physical experiential space, which connects artwork, space, and audience organically. Thus, how to install the painting affects the interaction between audience and artwork, and space also gets subjectivity at the same time. Subjectivity and objectivity, accidental experience and artistic intention, 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional experiences meet each other in the same space. Regarding the rug work, neologism in internet culture and Korea traditional stamp design are combined to generate contemporary experience, which shows the artist’s perspectives on the personal and public characteristics of internet space. Social change and the spirit of the age caused by the internet which enables equal and wide distribution of information strengthen the individualism in the contemporary society. In relation to my installation space, shared experience with the audience can offer the fairly democratic subjectivity to them. Also, artistic tension is built by juxtaposing of artworks with different media such as painting and rug in the same place. Space itself and interaction between artwork and audience become another artwork which can be interpreted in different ways, and artwork, audience, and exhibition space get equal subjectivity. A young artist’s point of view and attitude on the analysis of ‘now’ and ‘here’ are unfolded in the space as various forms of experiments.

PARK YoonKyung
Born in    1976, Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION
2013    M.F.A, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2001    M.F.A, Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1999    B.F.A, Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1995    Painting, Seoul Arts High School

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2014    IN BETWEEN, Open Space BAE, Busan, South Korea
2013    PAUSE AND REWIND, Til Gallery, London, UK
2010    A DAILY LIFE, Wil Gallery in Gana Art Center Seoul, Korea
2006    COLOR & OBJECT, AVENUEL Department Store, Building-wide Project with Avenuel/Seoul Auction Seoul, Korea
2005    BANALITY AND CELEBRATION, Noam Gallery and Lexus Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001    CITY-DAILY FESTIVAL, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2014    Arrival_Unexpected Dialogue, Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2013    THE POOL EXHIBITION, Goldsmiths, London, UK
2007    A COMPLEX, Sung-kok Museum, Seoul, Korea
2006    PAUSE AND PLAY, Chapter 42 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
              SONGEUN ART AWARD, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
              THE WAY OF VIEWING OBJECTS, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
              CONNECTED PAINTINGS, Noam Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005    CUTTING EDGE, Seoul Auction Space, Seoul, Korea
              SEOUL ART BIENNALE OF YOUNG ARTIST, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2004    RE-PAINTER, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea