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Johyun Gallery
（Busan）
Johyun Gallery presents works by Lee Bae, Kim Taek Sang, Lee Kwang-Ho, and Hwang Jihae in the “Kyoto Meetings” section of Art Collaboration Kyoto. This presentation reconsiders the relationships between perception and materiality, nature and humanity, and image and gesture, offering an experience that resonates with the spatial and cultural rhythms of Kyoto.
All four artists take painting as a shared axis yet explore different media and approaches to probe the layers of time, matter, and sensation. Charred traces of charcoal, sedimented hues of water, hyperreal figuration, and the vitality of plant-based materials converge in one space, producing distinct tempos and densities. These contrasts evoke states of life and death, emergence and disappearance, stillness and tension, expanding the viewer’s field of perception.
Within Kyoto’s nature, gardens, subtle seasonal rhythms, and the spirit of craftsmanship, the works reveal new facets of materiality and sensibility in Korean contemporary art. They open up a unique and subtle realm where tradition and contemporaneity intersect, inviting viewers to reconsider nature, existence, and the layered dimensions of time.
Gallery Information
Johyun Gallery, which celebrates its 36th anniversary this year opened in 1989, took the initiative to revive Busan art by identifying local artists and organizing a number of experimental exhibitions. At the time of its opening, the gallery hosted a number of exhibitions by prominent Dansaekhwa artists from Korea's modern art movement, including Changsup Chung, Seo-bo Park, Ufan Lee, Hyongkeun Yun, and Gui-line Kim. These served as a crucial stepping stone for the gallery's identity since it provided a clear understanding of the Korean contemporary art movement and a superb perspective on Korean abstract painting. The recent exhibitions by the Johyun Gallery, which featured works by Chonghak Kim, Leebae, Daesup Kwon, Jongsuk Yoon, Jin Meyerson, Bosco Sodi, Bernard Frize, Claude Viallat, Georges Rousse and Aya Takano have received positive reviews. Johyun Gallery is also contributing to the introduction of contemporary art to the globe by consistently identifying and presenting young artists who are grabbing attention for their distinctive art world, like Kanghoon Kang, Jisan Ahn, Soyeun Lee, and Jongsung Jo while actively taking part in domestic and international art fairs.
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