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Yeondoo
Jung
b.
1969, born in Jinju, Korea and based in
Seoul, Korea.
After
graduating from Seoul National University,
Jung studied at the Goldsmiths College in
London. Jung is an artist who works in between
reality and fantasy. In the works of Jung,
the process of constructing the world of
fantasy and imagination in reality is as
significant as the final image. He reaches
the final vision through numerous meetings
with volunteers and involves their participation
in making costume, makeup and setting. Although
the results are photographs of the made-up
world of fantasy, because they are made
to resemble in every detail, they are, paradoxically,
extremely realistic. Evergreen Tower(2001)
is a slide projection consisted of 32 slides
of middle class families living in the same
building in Korea. The sequence of photographs
of the families with similar family membership,
with similar expressions and poses, and
living in the same structured houses overlap.
In the continuing sequence, the realistic
family portraits of a specific context become
an iconic portrait of a middle class urban
culture.
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Yeondoo Jung, Evergreen Tower, 2001, Multi-Slide
Projection of 32 Family Portraits, Collection
of Artsonje Center, Seoul;
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JGS
Foundation, NY; Fukuoka Asia Museum, Fukuoka
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