The Neo Garde
dal 6/4/2011 al 22/4/2011
Segnalato da
Huikeun Yoon
Sungjung Kim
Jihyun Jeong
Heijin Kim
Sungran Park
Kyoungje Jang
Yoosun Kim
Jieun Ku
Haein Choi
Deahyuk Yoon
Hyukjae Kwon
Thalia Vrachopoulos
Suechung Koh
6/4/2011
The Neo Garde
Elga Wimmer, New York
'The Neo Garde' represents the tensions between universal hope and the potential challenges of the future. Chosen from a large pool of talented graduate artists at Ulsan University, the men and women who comprise 'The Neo Garde' exhibit a sophistication rarely seen in artists this young.
Curated by Dr.Thalia Vrachopoulos and Suechung Koh
“The Neo Garde” represents the tensions between universal hope and the potential challenges of the future. Chosen from a large pool of talented graduate artists at Ulsan University, the men and women who comprise ”The Neo Garde” exhibit a sophistication rarely seen in artists this young. What ultimately binds this group of young artists together is an uncanny sensitivity towards the dichotomies and inconsistencies, violence and gentility, which defines humanity in their work. In the frame of Asia Art Week, this is the first time any of these individuals have shown work in the United States.
Kyoungje Jang’s work in oak explores the trace effects of age. His reductive sculptures are all about the imprint of time, as well as the ubiquity of life as perceived through notions of reincarnation and Taoism.
Hyejin Kim depicts young Korean shoppers wandering through a crowded Bottega Veneta store—a clever, comic indictment of contemporary consumerism.
Sungjung Kim’s Pop Art subjects are also hybrid fantasies, thanks to her colorful patterns and multimedia flourishes.
Jieun Ku’s landscapes reveal the topsy turvy nature of destruction and beauty. The natural disasters which he chooses as his subject matter paradoxically startle thanks to the sensitive beauty of his delicate color palette.
Daehyuk Yoon’s intimidating oil paintings represent “killers” in paradoxically familiar and beloved guises—including Superman, schoolgirls, and toy soldiers.
Haein Choi appropriates the Northern Renaissance idea of Vanitas to examine notions of beauty and danger.
Jihyun Jeong looks at contemporary issues while portraying the “human rat race.” In an immaculate white setting scored by receding lines, his work scrutinizes delusions of grandeur and folly.
Yoosun Kim dreams of super-heroes. Her mixed media works use discreet images to examine the vain glory, wishing fulfillment to inspire society.
Hyukjae Kwon's paintings explore the crowdedness and disjunctions of the theatrical city of Hong Kong through his complex treatment of figure and ground, surface and depth.
Sungran Park uses conte crayon to create new entities, rising up out of the clashing and melding forces of this multifaceted medium.
Image: Deahyuk Yoon, Don`t Touch Me, 116.7” x 90.9”, Oil on canvas, 2010
Opening Reception April 7, 6-8 pm
Elga Wimmer PCC
526 W 26, Room 310, New York