Yongsang Yoo

Yongsang Yoo (b. 1973) paints trembling wine glasses and paper cups to embed philosophy in everyday drink, using layered, shifting focal points to fuse past and present in a single frame and to express the anxious gestures of contemporary life through the fragile, blood-like hue of wine. In "Beautiful Curb," native Korean flowers stand in for people within a wine glass, paradoxically questioning the contradictions of human existence. He holds a BFA from Jeonbuk National University and a BFA and MFA in painting from Hongik University, and has won the Grand Award for Young Artist at the Korea Art Award (2010) and been selected a "Notable Artist of the Year" by the Korean Art Critics Association (2016).