Korean, 1916–2002. A pioneer of Korean abstraction: the mountain, the sea, the sun pressed into flat planes of saturated color, geometry that stays warm. Signed his canvases “Youngkuk.”
Provenance
Pointed at by Namjoon.
2021, Daegu Art Museum, Yoo Youngkuk Mountain series. Sources: https://twitter.com/BTS_twt/status/1419534667250761732 · https://twitter.com/choi_bts2/status/1419542375102251013
2022, Kukje Gallery, “Colors of Yoo Youngkuk” (the show I walked into, see Colors of Yoo Youngkuk). Sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cek_jycvXyX/ (archived by Namjoon) · https://twitter.com/youthful_museum/status/1534818730823536640
2026, Seoul Museum of Art, “Yoo Youngkuk: A Mountain Within Me”. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZciPp8ILGg/?img_index=1 · official page
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Branches
- Colors of Yoo Youngkuk (encountered) - Kukje, 2022, the show I walked into.
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