JAE YOUNG P A R K
530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
What is the significance of a strand? What does it symbolize? What can we learn from the process of weaving strands together? Jae Young Park explores these ideas through ‘woolscape paintings,’ which depict the process of drawing woven materials. The repetitive process of strands can be viewed as an allegory of the structure of modern society: each fiber is part of a larger collective, just as the lives of everyday people are interwoven to create a collective humanity. The way the strands embrace each together, and create patterns of over and underlays, is suggestive of our life within our societies, and our societies within a global structure. Through the combination of expanded scale works and various media, his works contain a message that warmly embraces the lives of modern people. Park is a Korean contemporary artist and fine arts teacher who studied Western painting at the university and graduate school levels, and currently teaches in the style today. His work has been sold through Christie’s Auction house, the K-Auction House, and solo and group exhibitions at various galleries and art fairs. Additionally, he has works on view at South Korea’s National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul.
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Woolscape - Fantasy Life 1, 2019 Oil on Canvas 29” x 36”
$ 4 8 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Flowers, 2014 Oil on Canvas 23.5” x 59”
$ 8 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Fantasy Life 2, 2019 Oil on Canvas 29” x 36”
$ 4 8 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Put Hand In, 2017 Oil on Canvas 71” x 71” $ 2 4 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Chihuahua Outing, 2017 Oil on Canvas 31.5” x 23.5” $ 4 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Changed Life, 2019 Oil on Canvas 46” x 36” $ 8 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Feel, 2013 Oil on Canvas, diptych 35.5” x 91.5”
$ 1 6 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Gaze, 2016 Oil on Canvas 71” x 71” $ 2 4 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Maternalism, 2019 Oil on Canvas 76.5” x 51” $ 1 9 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Contemporary Towers, 2019 Oil on Canvas 57.5” x 38” $ 1 2 5 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Persona 1, 2019 Oil on Canvas 25.5” x 21” $ 2 4 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Holder of Mugs, 2015 Oil on Canvas 23.5” x 19.5” $ 2 2 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Our Twisted Hero, 2019 Oil on Canvas 46” x 36” $ 8 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Persona 3, 2019 Oil on Canvas 25.5” x 21” $ 2 4 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
Woolscape - Ribbon, 2015 Oil on Canvas 71” x 71” $ 2 4 0 0 0 – B U Y O N A RT-M I N E.C O M
What is a strand? The strands in my work are symbolic forms that contain implicit memories. Each strand represents a different memory. They are repeated, woven together, loosened, or tied as a process of expression. The images created in the process are close-up records of everyday life within the social structure. The shape of the strands does not show outlines or solid colors, but mostly consists of the connection of lines in an overlapping structure of knots. In addition, the meaning of drawing lines was emphasized by excluding emotions and implications by limiting the decorative characteristics. The color of the work is simple and appropriate. The repetition of strands serves as an important formative for expressing internal memory (explicit memory). The work pursues the neutrality and more complete objectivity of the drawing. Containing colors, repetitive strands, enlargement, and separation, this work reflects the psychological and mental characteristics of the inner world of man, and has a unique characteristic that differentiates it from other works of the artist.
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