Sunghoon Yang, Memory I & II (2015), oil on canvas [Detail]
Sunghoon Yang (b. 1967) is a South Korean artist based in Daegu. He gained a BFA in Western Painting from Keimyung University's Fine Arts College and completed his Masters Degree at Keimyung University. Using catalogues and photographs of traditional Korean ceramics, Yang creates paintings which explore ideas of memory and time. His work has been exhibited internationally, including 89 Gallery in France, Tongin Gallery in Seoul and Daebaek Plaza Gallery and Songadang Gallery in Daegu.
Memory I and Memory II each show a singular ceramic, filling the canvas. Based on moon jars found in domestic museums, and national and private collections, these works reflect the hands through which the pottery has passed over hundreds of years. They embody the stories of each person who once held it, in the cracks and imperfections visible on the surface.
Painted in a colour similar to that of the background, the ceramics seem to fade at their edges, as though within a mist. Adding to the mystery of the painting, this hints at the idea of fading memories, and the continued passage of time.
Press Releases
THREADS OF TIME - Yang-En Hume, Seungwon Jung, Shivanjani Lal, Sunghoon Yang
10 December 2021 - 26 February 2022
CERAMICS, GLASS, BRONZE AND CONCRETE - Charlotte Barker, Silvano Bavia, Augustine Carr, Shaun Fraser, Wendy Mayer, Harry Morgan, Paolo Staccioli, Sunghoon Yang and Zulu pottery25 April – 9 June 2019
TWELVE at No 20 - Charlotte Barker, Sarah Chalmers, Terry Frost, Anish Kapoor, Paula Rego, Jenny Saville, Rosie Snell, Sunghoon Yang, Alison Watt, Elaine Watt, Katsutoshi Yuasa and Andrew Vass1 February - 12 March 2017
Selected Works
Sunghoon Yang
Memory I, 2015
Oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm
Sunghoon Yang
Memory II, 2015
Oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm
Exhibition History Highlights
2021 - ‘THREADS OF TIME’, No 20 Arts, London, UK
- ‘Permeate’, Dong-Won Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
2019 - ‘CERAMICS, GLASS, BRONZE AND CONCRETE’, No 20 Arts, London, UK
2018 - ‘SUMMER EXHIBITION’, No 20 Arts, London, UK
2014 - ‘Memory’, Art Factory, Seoul, South Korea
Publications
THREADS OF TIME
Exhibition catalogue
Fully illustrated in colour,
5.8 x 8.3 inches (14.8 x 21 cm)
Click here to download a pdf version of the catalogue, or please contact the gallery at info@no20arts.com to enquire about a paper copy.
CERAMICS, GLASS, BRONZE AND CONCRETE
Exhibition catalogue
18 pages - Fully illustrated in colour,
5.8 x 8.3 inches (14.8 x 21 cm)
Click here to download a pdf version of the catalogue, or please contact the gallery at info@no20arts.com to enquire about a paper copy
TWELVE AT NO 20
Exhibition catalogue
Fully illustrated in colour
Click here to download a pdf version of the catalogue