| The Pioneer of Korean |
Jun 07 2012 |
Abstract Art: Yoo Young-Kuk
Gallery Hyundai, Gangnam District.
To June 17: The show, held to mark the 10th anniversary of Yoo Young-Kuk's death, features 60 paintings by Yoo, one of Korea's most important first-generation abstract painters.
Yoo studied and created abstract art consistently throughout his life, unlike his close counterpart, Kim Whanki, who painted half-figurative and half-abstract paintings before moving to pure abstraction.
Still, Yoo's paintings reveal moderately different styles within the broader abstract category.
The paintings of his abstract expressionism period(1957-67), such as the 1965 oil 'Spirit', consist of color fields filled with light. But from the early 1970s, they were geometrically abstract and based on nature - especially the mountains in Uljin County, North Gyeongsang, wehre he was born.
Admission is 5,000won. Hours are from 10am to 6pm, every day except Mondays.
Go to Apgujeong Station, line No. 3, exit 2 or 3, and walk for 10 minutes.
(02)519-0800, www.galleryhyundai.com
