Yin and Yang 9904, Park Kwang Jean

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Park Kwang Jean, Yin and Yang 9904
Park Kwang Jean, Yin and Yang 9904
Yin and Yang 9904
1999
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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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.