Origin, Emergence, Return

Origin, Emergence, Return, a special exhibition at Rockefeller Center celebrates modern and contemporary Korean art through the works of Park Seo Bo, Lee Bae, and Jin Meyerson – each a leading artistic voice of his generation and beyond. All three artists investigate and challenge the notions of abstraction through unique materials – Park with hanji (traditional Korean paper), Lee with charcoal, and Meyerson with CG (computer graphics) and AR. The exhibition begins with early to present works by post-war master Park Seo Bo (b. 1931), the founder of Dansaekhwa and a defining figure of contemporary Korean art; followed by the works of Lee Bae (b. 1956), whose charcoal-based works embody such themes as life and death and presence and absence; and concludes with works by Jin Meyerson (b. 1972), whose practice integrates CG technology into painting and addresses issues of displacement and diaspora. Alongside the exhibition, Jongsuk Yoon (b. 1965), the Korean-German artist’s paintings are on view at the lobby of Rockefeller Center. As part of the exhibition, Lee also unveils his large-scale site-specific outdoor sculpture of stacked charcoals at Rockefeller Center’s Channel Gardens, becoming the first Korean artist to exhibit at the Gardens. This is Johyun Gallery’s first-ever exhibition outside Korea.

Exhibition Locations

Outdoor Sculpture

Lee Bae, Issu de feu, 2023, Charcoal
Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center

Main Indoor Exhibition

Park Seo-bo I Lee Bae I Jin Meyerson

Rink Level Gallery at Rockefelelr Center

610 5th Ave, New York

Gallery Hours

Mon: Appointment Only

Tue - Sat: 11AM - 6PM

Sun: Closed

Indoor Exhibition

Jin Meyerson I Yoon Jongsuk

Simon and Schuster Building

1230 6th Ave, New York