Gyu-Joon Yang: All That Blooms
“Joon’s work is highly accomplished painting that suggests a divided world. They all carry a strong emotional loading of displacement countered by assertion and give a feeling of what it must be like to belong within two cultures.”
TJ McNamara (30 Aug 2008 New Zealand Herald)
- Opening Date: Tuesday, 21 August 2012
- Closing Date: Sunday, 9 September 2012
- Opening Time: Tues to Fri 11-6pm, Sat 11-4pm
Joon Yang was born in South Korea and graduated with an MFA at
Chung-Ang University located in Seoul. Since immigrating to New
Zealand in 1997, he has further completed PGdip from Elam School of
Fine Arts at the University of Auckland and another MFA from
Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design in 2007. Now he resides in
Seoul.
His geometric abstraction and Calligraphic expressionism is
derived from a long standing tradition of both Eastern and Western
cultures. He says "Since I migrated to New Zealand I have been
through a lot of chaotic times mostly due to the cultural
difference between Korea and New Zealand. Then one day I realised
that there was a duality within my identity. It was like the
contradicting notions of Yin and Yang, light and darkness, East and
West. I want to take in and accept this duality not through
confrontation, but in harmony and unity."
He has held numerous solo exhibitions in both Seoul and
Auckland. His works are included in various private collections in
New Zealand and overseas including the Wallace Arts Trust and the
Auckland City Council.
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