Colors of Waterincluding works by Jongsuk Yoon
Current Museum Group Exhibition
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Cheongju
South Korea
21 Mar – 7 Sept 2025
On the occasion of the exhibition Colors of Water at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Cheongju, Korea, Jongskuk Yoon has created colorful and vibrant wall paintings. The artist’s abstracted landscapes are structured by formal elements and layers of paint applied precisely on top of and next to each other, their deliberate arrangement evoking narratives and traces of implied landscape elements. This exhibition brings together watercolor works from our collection in one place, offering the public a chance to see watercolor paintings by some of Korea's best-known artists, including LEE Jungseop, PARK Sookeun, CHANG Ucchin, LEE Insung, and PARK Seobo, all of whom are widely recognised. The exhibition focuses on the aesthetic qualities of the watercolor genre, such as its penetrating effects, smearing, transparency, and immediacy, while exploring how it has evolved into contemporary art. This is an excellent opportunity to appreciate watercolor as a complete and self sufficient genre, transcending its traditional status as an apprenticeship or preparatory drawing.
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