Kwon Youngwoo

Hong Kong | 1926 - 2013

Kwon Youngwoo was a Hong Kong Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1926. Their work is currently being shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago have featured Kwon Youngwoo's work in the past.Kwon Youngwoo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 117 USD to 230,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2014 the record price for this artist at auction is 230,000 USD for Untitled, sold at Korea Premier Auction in 2016. Kwon Youngwoo has been featured in articles for Ocula, Hyperallergic and The Korea Times. The most recent article is “Lineages” at The Met Explores Present-Day Korean Culture by Tapping into the Past written for Observer in November 2023. The artist died in 2013.

Artist's alternative names: Kwon Young-woo

Untitled

color on paper laid on canvas

162.2 x 130.3 cm

Untitled & Untitled, 1982, 1984

mixed media on Korean paper (White) colour pigment on Korean paper (Grey)

each 116.5 x 92.5 cm. (45 7/8 x 36 3/8 in.)

Untitled, 1984

gouache on paper laid on canvas

162.2 x 130.3 cm

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At Auction

Upcoming Lots

Untitled

By Kwon Youngwoo

Seoul Auction

Recent Auction Results

무제

By Kwon Youngwoo

-50%

below mid-estimate

Korea Premier Auction

Untitled

By Kwon Youngwoo

-34%

below mid-estimate

Seoul Auction

Unitlted

By Kwon Youngwoo

Seoul Auction

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Current Exhibitions

Lineages: Korean Art at The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Nov 07,2023 - Oct 20,2024

Past Exhibitions

Monochrome Multitudes

Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago

Hyde Park | Chicago | Illinois | USA

Sep 22,2022 - Jan 08,2023

Kwon Young-Woo

Annely Juda Fine Art

London | UK

Sep 22,2022 - Oct 29,2022

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Articles

“Lineages” at The Met Explores Present-Day Korean Culture by Tapping into the Past

Observer 24/11/2023

The show explores art from the 12th Century to the present day in just thirty pieces, but it would be a mistake to confuse size with significance.

Frieze L.A. 2023: 7 Directors Introduce Their Booths

Ocula 09/02/2023

Frieze Los Angeles returns from 9 to 16 February.

Abstractions That Record the Scars of Trauma

Hyperallergic 14/04/2022

Kwon Young-Woo presents the viewer with a deeper sense of the reality that nature goes on, no matter what humans are doing to each other.

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Coverage

“ ..Especially in these white hanji works, Kwon renounced the use of the brush and the traditional emphasis on drawing and painting, and opted to use his hands and handmade tools to cut, tear, puncture, and... ”
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Kukje Gallery, Seoul

“ ..Eventually Kwon reintroduced the use of color, pouring gouache and ink with absolute precision into and around the cuts to further accentuate his mark making... ”
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Blum & Poe, New York

“ ..Early in his career, the artist was well known for his use of figurative abstraction and Chinese ink, a common oriental medium... ”
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Kukje Gallery, Seoul