Anders Krisár
The subject of numerous museum shows, Anders Krisár’s work, often focuses on the human body. Krisár’s sculptures often features or makes reference to the human form, exhibiting a preoccupation with formal rigor and abstraction. Using this exacting approach, he employs precision of form to create intensely personal, psychological landscapes. Krisár’s sculptures ‒ immaculately produced, and often bear a deliberate blemish that is itself impeccably rendered ‒ are discomfiting, objects of simultaneous horror and beauty. The Birth of Us (Boy) features a child’s torso, marred by the indentation of two adult hand prints; in M the life size figure of a boy is split in two and then rejoined, so that a single figure becomes two halves, severed twins clasping hands. The violence that underpins both these sculptures is a recurring theme and is rendered with care and deliberation, so that it appears both aesthetic and inevitable. The sculptures are uncanny because of the meticulousness with which they are executed; according to Krisár, “I’m a perfectionist because I have to be, it’s not really a choice. And it’s not a striving for satisfaction, it’s rather to avoid pain. “
Jin Meyerson
Jin Meyerson is a Korean American artist currently based in Seoul. Recognized for his contributions to the revival of figurative painting in the early 2000’s in NYC where he began his career. He is a pioneer of Frontier Optics, engaging with image sampling as an alternative to the co-opted choreographies of of established identity art via early randomization CG systems in concert with painting since the late 90’s. His work bridges figuration and abstraction by engaging with issues of displacement, loss of heritage, post-colonialism, and the expansive Korean diaspora. His recent work employ LIDR scans, AR overlays and ideas of retro causality, as source and origin on his longstanding investigation of meaning and contemporaneity in painting.
His paintings have been featured in extensive solo and group exhibitions globally, including: The 2022 Venice Biennale, Gallery2 + Johyun Gallery, Seoul + Busan; Mwoods Museum, Beijing; Zach Feuer Gallery, NYC; Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris and Hong Kong; The Saatchi Gallery London; Galerie Nordine Zidoun, Luxembourg; Arario Gallery, Seoul and Cheonan, Hakgojae Gallery Seoul and Shanghai, and Pearl Lam Gallery HK. Jin Meyerson’s work can be found in numerous public and private collections, including: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Saatchi Collection, London; Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels; Dean Valentine Collection, Los Angeles; the de la Cruz Collection, Miami; the Speyer Family Collection, New York; the Yuz Foundation, Jakarta/ Shanghai; the Taguchi Art Collection, Tokyo; MACAN Museum, Jakarta; and the Sansab Museum, Bangkok.
