Jongsuk Yoon - Encounter of two worlds

In the large-format paintings of the Korean-born, Düsseldorf-based artist, the tradition of European landscape painting meets the Asian style of painting in a rich contrast. The color fields, which sometimes overlap in transparent lightness, are sometimes applied smoothly, sometimes with clearly visible brushstrokes, creating dreamlike landscapes that have no content other than themselves and thus tell no story. In Jongsuk Yoon's paintings, time stands still, making them a places to linger. Three landscape paintings have now been purchased for the Viehof Collection, including the work entitled "Kumgangsan", which is named after a mountainous region within the Taebaek Mountains on the east coast of North Korea and the border with South Korea and refers specifically to the artist's roots.