A Korean painter loved by RM, the leader of the world-class boy group BTS
on exhibit until the 21st of August at Kukje Gallery.

 

"Today, I will review about ‘Colors of Yoo Youngkuk’, which is the 20th memorial exhibition of Yoo Youngkook. Also he is famous as the favorite artist of RM, the leader of the world-famous boy group BTS."

 

"Colors of Yoo Youngkuk displays the essence of his unique formal aesthetic. This exhibition is comprised of 68 paintings, 21 drawings and photographs taken by Yoo."

"Kukje Gallery’s K1 space centers on the Yoo Youngkuk’s representative and early works with works from the 1950s to 1960s."
 

"These works are the transformation of nature into simpler and more abstract forms, and the texture of oil painting is felt. He took the mountain as a motif for his work. We can meet geometric mountains in his works."

"The K2 space shows his 1970s to 1990s paintings. In this period the dot, line, plane, shape and color which are the basic elements, reached maturity.The K3 space showcases works produced from 1960s and 1970s. In this period he artist focused solely on his practice."

 

"His works shows nonrepresentational forms of nature with special attention to green, blue, and ultramarine. His works, which use various colors such as green, blue, ultramarine, etc., contain nonrepresentational forms of nature with this restrained emotion."

 

Yoo Yougkuk’s artworks will be on exhibit until the 21st of August at Kukje Gallery.

Sayart.net ReaA Jung, Art consultant

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