Selection
Beyond the Ocean_THE FLOW
Jian Yoo2023.04.12 ~ 2023.08.31
Description of the work
- Media Mother-of-Pearl, Mixed Media
- Location LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL MAIN TOWER 1F
Beyond the Ocean is a work that was visually expressed after the exploration of the material’s physical properties, which were then used as a motif. The vastness of the ocean, which embraces a long period of time that’s as immeasurable as its depth and size, eliminates boundaries and resets them. And the blue waves above it, created by the winds, vary in size, as they tremble with sensation under the sunlight that changes over time. The small pieces that blanket the surface become the water, the wind, the sun, the moon, and the clouds to create the ocean and cause the waves to surge. Clearly revealed through the continuous repetition of extinction, creation, and change, the traces of time concentrate energy and circulate it to fill with the green of life.
Artwork Inquiry 1533-8017
Artwork Inquiry 1533-8017
About the author
Jian Yoo presents a new image with the coexistence of contrasting elements, such as nature-artificiality and traditional-contemporary, through the mother-of-pearl. Her works, which can be defined as “In Between”, result from various perspectives discovered through different environments and cultures. Having majored in design in the US, Yoo uses various mediums, such as paintings, objects, art furniture and more, and does not separate design, craft, and art from each other. In this way, her works create a connectivity between mediums and become the cause that expands the world of art.
Her works reveal a kind of brilliance that can only be realized when thousands and thousands of small glimmers of light come together to form a whole. With the material being brought from nature, the artist focuses on respecting its unique qualities, while also highlighting them. As the small pieces gather, one by one, what they complete within the art is temporality and connectivity. The flow of time embraced by the natural material and the process of searching for the most optimal path by communicating - these aspects are condensed into multi-layers of time to create high density within the art.
Her works reveal a kind of brilliance that can only be realized when thousands and thousands of small glimmers of light come together to form a whole. With the material being brought from nature, the artist focuses on respecting its unique qualities, while also highlighting them. As the small pieces gather, one by one, what they complete within the art is temporality and connectivity. The flow of time embraced by the natural material and the process of searching for the most optimal path by communicating - these aspects are condensed into multi-layers of time to create high density within the art.
Jian Yoo (1982~, Republic of Korea)
Pratt Institute (New York, U.S), B.F.A. in Interior Design
