조현화랑은 20세기부터 현재까지의 한국 미술을 소개하는 특별전 ‘Origin,Emergence, Return’을 뉴욕 록펠러 센터에서 2023년 6월 8일부터 7월 26일까지 개최합니다. 이번 전시에 참여하는 박서보, 이배, 진 마이어슨은 각각 한지, 숯, CG와 AR(증강 현실)을 사용하여 추상적 개념을 탐구하고 도전하며, 시대를 초월하는 예술적 세계를 선보여왔습니다. 전시는 한국 현대미술을 이끌어온 박서보의 초기부터 최근 작품 40 여점을 시작으로, 삶과 죽음, 순환과 나눔 등의 주제를 숯에 담은 이배의 ‘불로부터’와 ‘붓질’ 시리즈, 그리고 CG 기술을 사용해 이주와 디아스포라 같은 이슈를 다루는 진 마이어슨의 최근 작업으로 구성됩니다. 이외에도 윤종숙의 한국 전통 수묵화와 독일 추상표현주의를 동시에 담아낸 회화 작품이 록펠러 센터의 로비에 설치됩니다. 이번 전시의 일환으로 이배는 한국 작가 최초로 록펠러 센터의 채널 가든에 숯을 높게 쌓아 올린 거대한 숯조각 작품을 선보일 예정입니다. 록펠러 센터의 링크 레벨 갤러리(Rink Level Gallery)에서 열리는 조현화랑 최초의 해외 전시에 많은 관심 부탁드립니다.
Johyun Gallery will present Origin, Emergence, Return, a special exhibition at Rockefeller Center that celebrates modern and contemporary Korean art through the works of Park Seo Bo, Lee Bae, and Jin Meyerson – each a leading artistic voice of his generation and beyond. All three artists investigate and challenge the notions of abstraction through unique materials – Park with hanji (traditional Korean paper), Lee with charcoal, and Meyerson with CG (computer graphics) and VR (virtual reality). The exhibition begins with early to present works by post-war master Park Seo Bo (b. 1931), the founder of Dansaekhwa and a defining figure of contemporary Korean art; followed by the works of Lee Bae (b. 1956), whose charcoal-based works embody such themes as life and death and presence and absence; and concludes with works by Jin Meyerson (b. 1972), whose practice integrates CG technology into painting and addresses issues of displacement and diaspora. Alongside the exhibition, Jongsuk Yoon (b. 1965), the Korean-German artist’s paintings will be on view at the lobby of Rockefeller Center. As part of the exhibition, Lee will also unveil his large-scale site-specific outdoor sculpture of stacked charcoals at Rockefeller Center’s Channel Gardens, becoming the first Korean artist to exhibit at the Gardens. Origin, Emergence, Return will be on view from June 8 to July 26, 2023 at the Rink Level Gallery at Rockefeller Center, with an artist talk on June 8 from 5 to 6pm, followed by an opening reception from 6 to 8pm. This will be Johyun Gallery’s first-ever exhibition outside Korea.
Image Credit: A rendering of Lee Bae’s ‘Issu du feu’ at the Channel Gardens. Image courtesy of the artist and Johyun Gallery.
The exhibition space is designed by studioMDA.
The Wall IAB, flagship 146” LED display of Samsung, will invites visitors to experience Park’s work from various perspectives.
