Installation view, Joo Myung Duck: Sensory Space in Photography, courtesy Miyako Yoshinaga

Joo Myung Duck: Sensory Space in Photography
Closing Saturday, April 13 2024

Be sure to view Joo Myung Duck: Sensory Space in Photography, an exhibition showcasing the artist’s transition from social realism to abstract photography at Miyako Yoshinaga before it closes this Saturday, the 13th.

Born in 1940 in the village of Anak (in North Korea today), Joo Myung Duck (b. 1940, Korea) came to prominence in the 1970s as a leading social-realism photographer, documenting lives deeply affected by Japanese colonialism and the aftermaths of WWII and the Korean War. In the 1980s, Joo shifted his focus to the terrain around him. This exhibition features Joo’s work created between 1988 and 2011 when he was experimenting with abstraction in photography.

In 2011, at age 71, Joo explored color photography, primarily focusing on the urban locality intertwined with colors, patterns, and textures. In the series, Joo employs close-looking and erases reality through the practice of abstract art to create sensory space. The exhibition also strives to shed light on this master photographer’s relationship with Korean abstract art, particularly, the Dansaekhwa movement and its artists, investigating their shared aesthetic, methodology, and philosophy.

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