Yin and Yang 9904

Park Kwang Jean, artist

born 1957

Yin and Yang 9904, 1999

Where object was made: Korea

Material/technique: hand drawing; pigment; woodcut; paper; pencil

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 1090 x 810 mm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 42 15/16 x 31 7/8 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 52 x 40 1/4 x 1 in
Weight (Weight): 16 lbs

Credit line: Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum

Accession number: 2001.0026

Not on display

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Forms of Thought

The monochromatic black and white circles in these two prints embody the concept of yin and yang (陰陽). First formulated in early China, this concept of duality describes the perpetual intermingling of opposites (light and dark; high and low; hot and cold; life and death). This dynamic interplay results in cosmic balance.

Exhibition Label:
"Forms of Thought," Mar-2014, Kris Ercums
The monochromatic black and white circles in these two prints embody the concept of yin and yang (陰陽). First formulated in early China, this concept of duality describes the perpetual intermingling of opposites (light and dark; high and low; hot and cold; life and death). This dynamic interplay results in cosmic balance.

Exhibition Label:
“Textures of Interpretation: Meaning and Materiality in Global Contemporary Art," Jan-2010, Sooa Im
The monochromatic circles in these two prints represent the artist’s idea of yin and yang, a concept based on Daoist principles of cosmic balance and harmony. In these two large prints, Park Kwang Jean represents the complementary relationship embodied in yin and yang by building up multiple layers of “strokes” to form a perfect circle of black or white. Much like the “diamond effect” seen when the moon’s shadow passes across Earth’s surface during a total eclipse, the scratched lines and ink-splashed particles deployed by Park form delicate circles that give the work a shimmering quality.