Yoon Hyup
WHILE YOU SLEEP
6 Feb - 6 Mar 2021
AISHONANZUKA is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Korean artist Yoon Hyup “WHILE YOU SLEEP”, which will be Yoon’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong.
Yoon Hyup was born in South Korea in 1982, works and lives in New York. He is a self-taught painter and has been working since early 2000 with murals and live paintings. In his work, Yoon freely uses lines and dots to draw a minimalistic landscape from a unique perspective. Components of various cultures, he has experienced, are strongly reflected in his works. The rhythm & improvisation in music, the flexibility & radical perspective in street culture are some of the creative inputs that transform into lines, dots, “rhythms” and colors in his works. A combination of these elements powers the creation of unique abstract paintings.
This exhibition is a departure from the nature-themed paintings shown in the Summer 2020 group show, and focuses on Yoon's other major image, the urban nightscape. In a series of four vertical canvas pieces (Sound of Friday 10, Slowly, Diamond Sky, Tomorrow) are a new attempt to connect different places with the concept of time.
In addition, we are pleased to announce his newly created character "Juggler". The character, born from the image of a city where many people and things are mixed together, is created from the lines and dots that are characteristic of Yoon's paintings, and it is a suitable expression to show the relationship between his paintings and the city. In recent years, his works have been installed in stores such as Dior and Tiffany & Co., and apparel in collaboration with NIKE and HUF has been released globally. The exhibition will start on February 6th. We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition.
