Two Mountains and a Swimming Pool
SOLO EXHIBITION
YUJIN KANG
august.28 - january 15,.2021
Yujin Kang, Pool with Garden, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 227 cm x 182 cm, 89 in x 72 in
Yujin kang
Born in 1977 in Seoul, South Korea, Yujin Kang currently lives and works in Utah. She lived previously in Korea, Germany, Washington D.C., and New York. She earned a BFA and MFA from Seoul National University, Korea, and went on to obtain an MA from Goldsmith College, in London, England. She has exhibited worldwide including London, Berlin, Seoul, New York City and the Netherlands. Yujin’s works are in the collection of Gwangju Museum of Art, Art Bank (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), Seoul Museum of Art, Youngeun Museum and Kumho Museum in Korea. Her works explore the tension between the self-referential autonomy of paint and representation of the external environment by creating abstract and figurative illusions within one canvas.
Pools
Yujin Kang, Pool with Tent, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 130 cm x 162 cm, 51 in x 64 in
Yujin Kang, Pool with Holly Bush, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 130 cm x 162 cm, 51 in x 64 in
Yujin Kang, Pool, 2018, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 72.7 cm x 91 cm, 28.6 in x 36 in
Yujin Kang, Pool with Ice Cream, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 100 cm x 80 cm, 39 in x 31.5 in
“One of my goals is to make paintings that will cause people to stop as they pass by – to aggressively grab their attention against their will – so I use contrasts to do that and keep the viewers entertained. As I collage photos together, I try to imagine what it would look like when represented with paint and technique. The style/s of the painting develops as I progress through it. The unpredictable nature of enamel paint adds to the style.”
Greens
Yujin Kang, Green 1, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 72.7 cm x 91 cm, 28.6 in x 36 in
Yujin Kang, Green 2, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 72.7 cm x 91 cm, 28.6 in x 36 in
Yujin Kang, Green 4, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 53 cm x 41 cm, 21 in x 16 in
Roads
Yujin Kang, Road to the Fair, 2014, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 89.5 cm x 130 cm, 35 in x 51 in
Yujin Kang, Mountain with Crepe Cake, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 130 cm x 194 cm, 51 in x 76.4 in
“As I include more nature and natural subjects in my work, my work has become less figurative and more abstract since nature is not as exacting as manmade objects. Also, in these two paintings, because the mountains are in the background and far away, I may have deliberately painted them a bit more nebulous, just as they appear in real life.”
Yujin Kang, Uphill, 2019, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 162 x 130cm, 64 in x 51 in
Yujin Kang, Beach, 2018, Enamel and acrylic on canvas, 72.7 x 91cm, 28.6 in x 36 in
Installation images.