유근택 Korean b.1965

When people think of Korean painting, they generally imagine traditional ink and wash paintings of grand landscapes. Yet Korean painter Yoo Geun taek explores more intimate subjects, while retaining the essentials of Oriental painting techniques. Yoo takes the path of experimentation and explores new themes, subject matter, materials and expression. He seeks to broaden the boundaries of Oriental painting, traditionally focused on ideality. However, for Yoo ideological and spiritual attributes restrict its possibilities.

“I always seek novelty and freshness It is not accomplished by just painting over and over, but by asking questions about the spirit of the age” After much consideration, Yoo delved into scenery from everyday life He painted familiar views from his house or atelier Even a long corridor of his apartment building inspired him Fountain series describes the forms of shooting out water in a variety of forms. For Yoo traditional black and white ink painting is inadequate for portraying contemporary life, and he uses a variety of materials from acrylic paint and tempera to Conté crayon and oyster shell white ..“I live in the 21 st century and my works have to take a different path to illustrate the world we live in”, says the artist.

주요 개인전 

2017 《시간을 걷다》, 성곡미술관, 서울

         《어떤 산책》, 갤러리현대, 서울 

2016 《유근택》, 21yo-j 갤러리, 도쿄, 일본

         《유근택 – 소환되는 회화의 전량》, 타마미술대학교 미술관, 도쿄, 일본 

           《Breath of Life》, 코리아 소사이어티 갤러리, 뉴욕, 미국

           《Life on the corner》, 신세계갤러리 센텀시티, 부산 

2015 《끝없는 내일》, 포스갤러리, 베이징, 중국

           《A Passage – 창문 밖을 나선 풍경》, 봉산문화회관, 대구