Jinny Yu debuts new abstract paintings in first AGO solo exhibition
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Monday, December 9, 2024


Jinny Yu debuts new abstract paintings in first AGO solo exhibition
Jinny Yu. Inextricably Ours 23-08, 2023. Oil on aluminum, 152.4 × 139.7 cm. Courtesy of the artist. © Jinny Yu. Photo: Rémi Thériault.



TORONTO.- On view now at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Jinny Yu: at once marks a luminous return to colour by acclaimed artist Jinny Yu. Featuring new abstract paintings and works on paper made over the past two years, the exhibition is Yu’s first solo exhibition at the AGO.

A celebrated artist and educator who divides her time between Berlin and Ottawa, Yu describes her work as a reflection of “tensions between the sense of belonging…and sense of non- and/or un-belonging.” Born in Seoul, Korea, Yu’s large-scale abstract paintings have brought her international renown and her site-specific installation Don’t They Ever Stop Migrating? was exhibited during the 2015 Venice Biennale.

at once marks the first museum presentation of works from Yu’s new series, Inextricably Ours (2021- ongoing) and features nine oil paintings on aluminum and thirteen works on paper. In each artwork, geometric forms of varying shades - orange, yellow, red, green, pink and purple – shift and float. Inspired by Edwin A. Abbott's 1884 satirical novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, which described a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric figures, in each artwork, Yu uses a different configuration of colours and geometric forms to explore potential relationships between figure and ground, volume and flatness, guest and host.

“In these exciting new works Yu continues to ask questions about the history and dynamics of colonialism – finding in geometry and colour, a new formal and conceptual language to consider what it means to be a guest on Indigenous land,” says Georgiana Uhlyarik, Fredrik S. Eaton Curator of Canadian Art, AGO. “Radiating with colour and energy, these artworks both challenge and underscore the two-dimensional constraints of painting. I am so pleased to share them with our audiences.”

Born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976, Jinny Yu’s previous work has been shown widely, including exhibitions in Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, UK and USA. She was an artist in residence at La Napoule Art Foundation in France, BoxoPROJECTS in Joshua Tree, the KIAC in Dawson City, ISCP in New York, Seoul Museum of Art Nanji Studios, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts among others. Yu, Professor of painting at the University of Ottawa, was awarded the Mid-Career Artist Award by Ottawa Arts Council in 2013; Laura Ciruls Painting Award from Ontario Arts Foundation in 2012; and was a finalist for the Pulse Prize New York in 2011 and 2014. Her exhibition Don’t They Ever Stop Migrating? was presented during the 56th Venice Biennale (2015).










Today's News

June 25, 2024

Valparaiso University closes museum and moves ahead with selling from the collection

'Printer Savant: Lumiere Press and the Art of the Photo Book' opens at Howard Greenberg Gallery

Ahlers & Ogletree announces Modern & Contemporary Art + Design auction

Poster Auctions International announces highlights included in its 93rd Rare Posters Auction

Black Bear Antiques and Interiors will serve as the new home for 80 dealers

John McInnis Auctioneers, LLC to hold a firearms collection estate auction

Escher in The Palace acquires unique White Cat and discovers text written by Escher

Kader Attia presents a conversation between two large installations at the Berlinische Galerie

Inventive quilts by Black artists in summer 2024 exhibition at High Museum of Art

World-renowned Palestinian artist duo envelops Copenhagen Contemporary and the Glyptotek in powerful resistance poetry

Public art project bears fruit in Kings Hill

These Victorian lampshades are a TikTok hit

Kunstmuseum Den Haag launches Art Connection: For people with dementia and their carers

Cannupa Hanska Luger's new sculpture confronts the history of North American bison

Discord at the symphony: Losing a star, San Francisco weighs its future

The American who built a supersized Japanese aerie from abandoned parts

An odd rock in a box gets linked to a shooting star that fell 54 years ago

Bob Eckstein has the perfect museum for you

The Honarkar Foundation for Arts & Culture presents "Joe Goode │ Select Works: 1970s-2000s"

Jinny Yu debuts new abstract paintings in first AGO solo exhibition

Review: A 10th life for those jellicle 'Cats,' now in drag

Spatializing Reproductive Justice on view at the Center for Architecture

Mabe Fratti, a spark in Mexico City's experimental music scene

Frederick Crews, withering critic of Freud's legacy, dies at 91

The #1 Reason To Buy A Gift Hamper To Take Care Of Your Self

5 Ways to Get the Perfect Bronze Tan this Summer

The Escort Business: In-Depth Look at Structure, Operations, and Financials

The Best Free AI Image Enhancer to Improve Quality - insMind

What the work of 500K artists tells us about investment rules, price valuation, and more




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Attorneys
Truck Accident Attorneys
Accident Attorneys
Houston Dentist
Abogado de accidentes
สล็อต
สล็อตเว็บตรง
Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site Parroquia Natividad del Señor
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful