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TEFAF New York 2025

Choi Myoung Young
Stand 319, 9 - 13 May 2025

TEFAF New York 2025

Choi Myoung Young
: Stand 319

Past viewing_room
TEFAF New York 2025 Choi Myoung Young, Stand 319

CHOI MYOUNG YOUNG (b. 1941, Korea)

 

Born in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, North Korea, in 1941, Choi Myoung Young fled to South Korea during the Korean War at just 11 years old. His family was torn apart, and he and his brothers had to survive without their parents, living as displaced persons in Gunsan and Incheon. During his childhood, he became captivated by the conditions of human life—suffering, survival, asceticism, and salvation.

 

In 1960, he began studying painting at Hongik University College of Fine Arts, having previously trained under master artist Chung Sanghwa at the Incheon National School of Education. To Choi, the canvas is a conditioned space for painting—both a body and a metaphor for the conditions of existence.

 

As a result, he believed that a painter must accept the absolute flatness of the canvas as a rational foundation for painting, a conviction that became the starting point of his artistic practice. He joined two influential art groups, Origin (1963–present) and the Korea Avant-Garde Group (A.G., 1969–1975), both of which played significant roles in the development of modern and contemporary Korean art. Within these circles, he refined his artistic approach and philosophy.

 

Choi Myoung Young has participated in group exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2024); and the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan (2017). His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul; the Seoul Museum of Art; the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art; and the National Art Center, Tokyo.

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  • His Conditional Planes series has been a defining element of his artistic journey since the 1970s. This style emphasizes the flat surface of the canvas, aligning him with Dansaekhwa (Korean monochrome painting), which is characterized by geometric compositions, simple and precise lines, and primary colors. During this period, Choi developed a unique technique that involved creating and erasing traces on the canvas using fingerprints and sandpaper.

     

    By the mid-1970s, Choi's artistic approach took on a meditative quality. He began applying layers of paint with a roller in a manner reminiscent of a calligrapher completing a character with a single brushstroke. His work continuously explores the relationship between his body, the canvas, and the medium, repeating patterns until he achieves a meditative and spiritual rhythm akin to traditional East Asian literati painting.

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  • After the mid-1980s, his compositions became defined by horizontal and vertical lines, forming layered surfaces through repeated brushstrokes. Choi has compared his artistic process to the Buddhist tradition of transcribing scriptures, suggesting that his painting is an act of self-discipline. Since then, he has continued his exploration of the plane as a painting space through his ongoing monochrome series, Conditional Planes.

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