Burnt Umber & Ultramarine 1991

Yun Hyong-keun created Burnt Umber & Ultramarine with oil on canvas, and the way he’s built up these hazy, dark rectangles feels almost like a process of excavation. I’m drawn to the raw canvas peeking through the blocks of color. See how it creates these vertical lines, like subtle ghosts within the umber and ultramarine? It's like he's not just applying paint, but also revealing something underneath. The paint is applied in thin layers, letting the weave of the canvas show through, creating a kind of breathing space. There's a meditative quality to this, a quietness that invites you to slow down and contemplate. This idea of reduction and essential forms reminds me a bit of Agnes Martin, but Yun’s work has a weight, a gravity, that feels distinctly his own. Art is all about this ongoing dialogue, artists responding to what came before, pushing it in new directions.