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Art Jakarta 2019
August 30 - September 1
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Pool with Garden_enamel and acrylic on canvas_116.5 x 91cm_2019
Yujin KANG(1977~)
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In appreciating an array of new works by Yujin Kang, it will be wise to look back on the previous works of the artist. Using paint and enamel, Artist Yujin Kang has painted subjects of cityscape where the artist herself, along with millions of other dwellers spends most of her time. The artist’s selected subjects of depiction such as geometrical shapes found in specific city architecture, the reflection of light upon the glass surface of high-rise buildings, swimming pool, galleries were painted in an anonymous manner. Their combination with uncanny subjects like oversized trees, plants and lumps of meat created tension while the dripping of enamel on canvas brought on a strong and spectacular visual effect. Now the artist has taken on a new approach and it will be helpful to bear in mind the mentioned subject and method in comparison with the style of her most recent works. 

Whereas Kang concentrated on representing subjects of familiar and common cityscapes in an extraordinary manner, the artist has now taken on a new set of subjects; the scenes she newly came by while on travel. The titles of new works are taken after the specific names of the touristy places like Jungfrau, Luxemburg, Bruges and exhibition spaces like the Vitra Museum, Porsche Museum and Pompidou Center. Kang has chosen to depict the famous spots she has visited instead of the intimate and personal spots she could have ventured through while on travel. Other than being all tourist attractions, these subjects share an important aspect of being all artificially made over or created to be presented to the public. The artist’s interest in this sort of well-made, public places has been traced from her previous <Gallery> series. Whether it’s architecture of Pompidou or the postcard view of the Alps, they are both products of artificial organization and refinement and artist takes interest in these designed and polished scenes, ready to be published to the public. In other words, the natural passage of time which carves out nature and its scenes are of little importance to the artist. Instead she concentrates on the artificial changes exercised onto nature and the passage of time we perceive through them. As for forms, Yujin Kang’s previous works were characterized by strong visual effect achieved by random dripping of enamel on canvas, multilateral composition, and visual dismantling and reassembling of architecture. The method pertained to the artist’s reevaluation and experiment of the rules of the perspective and two dimensionality of painting. On the other hand, in Kang’s recent works are lessened portion of the intentional fragmentation and juxtaposition. Rather, a less complicated perspective and imagery are in place, balancing each other. Many would assume that the artificial subjects of Yujin Kang’s recent works like exhibition spaces and tourist attractions were selected upon the artist’s intention to raise a social, historical or political issue or doubt and that they bear enlightening and self-reflective standpoint. Yet, the artist states her intention is to appreciate the charm and communicate it to the audience. The way Kang sees it is that there is beauty in the newest construction technology, contemporary materials and purpose of these places and scenes. To the artist, it is no longer meaningful to discriminate against artificiality and instead she chooses to celebrate it as a part of our contemporary life and further, seek charm in it. The spectacles of her previous works have dissolved into a more resolute perspective and direction to incorporate more subjectivity and familiarity. 

In contemporary art, the subject itself is less important than how it is perceived and expressed by the artist. The perception of visual information, selection process and depiction are key elements in Yujin Kang’s works. Kang paints scenes she experiences. Whether they are mundane scenes of everyday life or those of exotic travel matters little to the artist. The selection is entirely up to the artist who chooses upon random impression or sentimentality and whose focus is on how to balance out the surface value with the subjective perception of the scene. In result, the scenes in Kang’s recent works are familiar and easy on the eye. Besides keenly capturing the things we tend to miss under the excuse of them being too familiar an object or situation, the artist also expresses on the same scene what we had considered special eventually grows old. In other words, the scenes Kang depicts are about both surface and imagery as artist sees them. They are familiar but extraordinary, special but mundane and entirely subjective and these scenes tell us how the artist conceives of the contemporary.


2005      MA Fine Arts Department, Goldsmiths College ,University of London,England
2004      M.F.A Graduate School of Seoul National University,Seoul,Korea
2001      B.F.A College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul,Korea

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019     Seasons, Gallery Chiyoo, Seoul, Korea
2015     Kang Yu Jin, Doosan Gallery ,New York,the United States
2012     Finding Landscapes, Gallery SUN contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2011     Into Europe, Gallery ResyMuijers, Tilburg, Netherlands
2009     Buildings,Sky and Water; Man-made Landscape, 
             YoungEun Museum,Gyeonggi,Korea
2007    Gallery, Gallery SUN contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2006     Between,Kumho Museum,Seoul,Korea
2004     Transcape, Shinseagae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2004     Plane Landscape, Gallerie Gaia, Seoul, Korea
2004     Giant and Tiny Landsacpe , Gallery mieum, Seoul,Korea
2003     Cafe imA,ilmin Museum of Art,Seoul,Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018     7th Lighting exhibition, Pyeongtaek, Korea
              Art: contemporary woman, Kyobo art space, Seoul
2013     Floatinf In Space, Space K, Gwangju, Korea
2011     No.45 Kumho Young Artist, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010     Kang Yujin, Kim Hyung Gwan, Lee Joon Hyung, Space od Art.ETC, Seoul,Korea
              Immunity, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
              Arcades Project, Inter Alia, Seoul, Korea
2009     Space on the Surface, Doosan gallery, Seoul, Korea
              SUN contemporary 0809, Gallery SUN contemporary , Seoul, Korea
2008     SUN contemporary 0708, Gallery SUN contemporary , Seoul, Korea
              Cantilever Left, Gallery I-MYU, London, England
               Emerging Art Seoul-Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2007     The Edge of Sensation II-A Slight Movement, GallerySimon, Seoul, Korea
              Black Powder &White Party, Art Museum of Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea
              Strange Decalcomanie, Gallery Curiosty, Seoul, Korea
              No Bounds- Happy Contemporary 2007,Gallery SUN contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2006     Fosterart Winter Exhibition 2006, Fosterart, London, England
              More than words, Seoul National University, Woosuk Hall, Seoul, Korea
              Celeste Art Prize 06 Finalist Exhibition, The Well, London, England
              Below the Reader, 45 St.John Street, London, England
              Young Artists Crossing Europe 06-07, Tilburg, Netherlands
               Distance & Proximity, The Trafalgar, London, England
               Intersection 1, Tilbrug Netherlands
               Still Dynamics, Jerwood Space, London, England
2005     Daily Fragrance, Gallery SUN contemporary, Seoul, Korea
               Here & Now, Chinese Contemporary, London, England
2003      Art World Competition, Dawon Art Gallery,Ansan, Korea
               Young Artists Exhibition- New Challenge & Potentiality, Gallerie Gaia
               Entre Pariset Seoul, Galerie Paris Beaubourg, Paris, France
2002      NOKIA Arts Awards-Asia Pacific 2001, Silpakorn University, Bangkik, Thailand
               Kang Yujin & Lee,Zooyeon, Gallery Shilla, Daegu,Korea
               REAL(Dash) Gallery Goo, Seoul, Korea
              Vision 21, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
2001      The Direction of Arts 2001, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
               Persist, Gallery Helloart, Seoul, Korea
               NOKIA Arts Awaeds-Asia pacific 2001, Gallery Thu.Fri.Sat,Seoul,Korea
               Korean-Chinese Students’ Interchange Exhibition, Beijing Central Arts University, Beijing, China
              Sejong Arts Awards, Baeksang gallery, Seoul, Korea

Award & Residencies

2018     The 5th Artust Residency White Block, Cheonan, Korea
2008     The 7th Artist Residency, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi, Korea
              Emerging Art Seoul-Berlin (KIAF), Seoul, Korea
2007     Nanji studio Artist Residency, Nanji Studio, Seoul, Korea
2006     Celeste Art Prize 06 Finalist, London, england
2001     NOKIA Aets Awards? Asia Pacific Finalist, Bangkok,Thailand
              The 4th Sejong Arts Awards, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
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