Korean-born Kwang Jean Park's subject matter explores the Taoist concept of the Yin-Yang,
or the cyclic and perpetual intermeshing of opposites. She employs binarisms such as
"heaven and earth" or "light and dark" as metaphors for the more abstract metaphysical
Yin-Yang concept, while often literalizing its binary nature by presenting her works
in a diptych format.
Even though her works are based on ancient Asian philosophy, they are not expressly traditional, nor are they neatly symbolic. Her works are purely abstract yet personal responses to a timeless model of cosmological order. Prior to this series addressing Yin and Yang, she devoted another several years to the subject of light in similarly nonrepresentational imagery.
She uses a two-step process to create her large woodblock prints. First, she designs the prototypical composition from which the woodblock will be cut in multiple panels. The complex colors are created by these multiple printings upon the paper. Next, she finishes the cycle of her process by returning to the paper with brush and charcoal, adding elements of color or lines, thereby instilling additional richness and depth. Each work finished in this manner is unique, even though the artist works in small editions (usually 5 to 10) of the basic print structure.
See Andrew Bae Gallery for more of her work.
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Creator.Personal Name: 박광진, 1957- Creator.Personal Name: Park Kwang Jean, 1957- Creator.Role: print-maker Title: Yin and Yang 2001-17. Description: framed woodblock and carbon print on paper; artist's seal and signature in middle; edition number 16/17. Date: 2000. Subject: Yin Yang (Symbol) Type: Woodcuts. Style.Period: Modern. Technique: Prints. Material.Medium: ink. Material.Support: paper. Measurements: 7 x 10.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, Daniel von Brighoff (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: Daniel von Brighoff. Record Type: work. Detail: signature and seal. 
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Creator.Personal Name: 박광진, 1957- Creator.Personal Name: Park Kwang Jean, 1957- Creator.Role: print-maker Title: 陰陽 Yin-Yang 1997.06.12. Description: framed woodblock print with drawing on paper; artist's seal and signature; edition number 10. Date: 1997. Subject: Yin Yang (Symbol) Type: Woodcuts. Style.Period: Modern. Technique: Prints. Material.Medium: ink. Material.Support: paper. Measurements: 32 x 44 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, Daniel von brighoff (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: Daniel von Brighoff. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: 박광진, 1957- Creator.Personal Name: Park Kwang Jean, 1957- Creator.Role: print-maker Title: 2005.34. Description: framed woodblock collaged on paper; artist's seal and signature. Date: 2005. Subject: Abstract prints. Type: Woodcuts. Style.Period: Modern. Technique: Prints. Material.Medium: ink. Material.Support: paper. Measurements: 14.5 x 10 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, Daniel von brighoff (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: Daniel von Brighoff. Record Type: work. |
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