Yeondoo Jung: Handmade Memories

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:18:00 +0900

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Yeondoo Jung
Still from Handmade Memories: Legend and Poverty, 2008
Dual channel video

Yeondoo Jung: Handmade Memories

February 27 — March 28, 2009

OPENING RECEPTION, FRIDAY February 27th, 6 — 8pm

Tina Kim Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new video work by Korean
artist Yeondoo Jung. Comprised of six, dual-channel videos, Handmade Memories
continues the artist's ongoing investigation into the subjective instability of memory
as well as the tenuous authenticity of mechanically-produced images.

For this project, Jung has interviewed six elderly strangers who he randomly
encountered in parks around Seoul. His opening line – 'What is the most memorable
experience of your life?' - successfully taps into the pathos of an aging generation that
lived through the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910 – 1945) and the Korean War
(1950 – 1953). For large segments of this demographic basic necessities such as food
and shelter were in short supply as was adequate education. Jung's interviews teeter
precipitously between truth and fiction: some reveal obvious fabrication and
embellishment while others border on confessionals, revealing a tension that speaks
poignantly to the psychological damage levied on the country's collective psyche and
the fantasies that were invented by so many as a coping mechanism. The interviewees'
dreams – which for the most part have gone unfulfilled – are quick to surface and are
laid bare before Jung's lens.

In an effort to both expose these discrepancies and pay tribute to this generation's
experiences, Jung has reconstructed the pivotal location from each story in an empty
soundstage using homemade sets and rudimentary props. First employed in his 2007
film Documentary Nostalgia, this method of using the stage to frame a fictional
narrative has become a signature strategy of the artist and is here employed to
stunning effect — his carefully choreographed trompe l'oeil underscores the disjuncture
between fact and fantasy. This chasm is further heightened by presenting the (re)
created locations adjacent to the interviews, a juxtaposition that highlights their sense
of nostalgia and forces the viewer to question the authenticity of these individuals'
experiences, as well as their own.

One of the most prominent artists working in Korea today, Jung was born in 1969 in
Jinju, South Korea and received his MFA from Goldsmiths College in 1997. He is the
recipient of the 2007 Artist of the Year Award, given annually by the National Museum
of Contemporary Art in Seoul. He has had solo exhibitions in Asia, Europe as well as
the United States and his works have also been shown in numerous museums and
biennales worldwide, including the 51st Venice Biennale and the Liverpool Biennale in
2008. His photographs and videos can be found in important collections worldwide,
including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the National Museum of
Contemporary Art (Seoul), The Essl Museum of Contemporary Art (Vienna), and the
RISD Museum (Providence, RI).

A full-color catalog is available in conjunction with this exhibition. Tina Kim Gallery is
located in the Chelsea Arts Tower at 545 W.25th Street. The gallery is open Tuesday –
Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm. For further information, please contact
jaime@tinakimgallery.com or call (212) 716-1100.

Hand Made Memories

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:55:16 +0900

Solo show at Kukje gallery on the 17th Oct 2008 in Seoul. New series 'Hand Made Memories', 'Time Capsule' will be shown.

Yeondoo Jung - For Your Loneliness

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:34:24 +0900

April 12th - May 17th 2008
Opening Saturday, April 12th, 6 pm
Galerie Gebr. Lehmann
Gorlitzer Str. 16 01099 Dresden

http://www.galerie-gebr-lehmann.de/

“Documentary Nostalgia” - Film exhibition at MoMA

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:25:36 +0900

An Evening with Yeondoo Jung

Modern Mondays Program, MoMA, New York

Screening on Monday, March 10, 2008, 7:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_ex ··· d%3D6151

Memories of You

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:16:52 +0900

2007.5.22 – 7.29
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Curated by Ryu Hanseung

http://moca.go.kr/modern/eng/exhibition ··· doo.html

Exhibition View of the Memories of You

I will Remember You

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:11:40 +0900

Sept. 5. 2007 – Oct. 21
ACA Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Oct. 26-Nov. 18
Red Gallery, Savannah, GA

http://www.scad.edu/about/news/topstori ··· 607c.cfm

Exhibition view & Opening at Red Gallery

Trans(ient) City Project

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:31:52 +0900

From 28 April to 3 June 2007
Curated by Hou Hanru
Host by Luxemburg 2007 Urban Lab

http://www.urbanlab2007.net/wiki/read/lab1.html#anchor2

Urban Landmaks Artists round table 29 April 2007
Carl Michael Von Hausswolff, HeHe, Hou Hanru, Didier Fuzza Faustino, Yeondoo Jung

Delta of Venus
Public installation view: Mirror on metal stage, music, sensor
2007

Liverpool Biennial, 2004 Wonderland workshop at L1 community Center

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:07:39 +0900

Wonderland – Miss Sparkle Sprinkles the Magic,
2004 presented on Billboard, Liverpool, UK

Wonderland Exhibition View

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:03:20 +0900

‘Four From Korea’ Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
September 2005 – November 2005

Location shooting - Location #17

(YEONDOO JUNG) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:58:55 +0900

Location #17
April 2006, Jeju Island, South Korea

Yeondoo Jung: Handmade Memories

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