Mun-gi Yang
Mun-gi Yang, born in Gwang-Ju in South Korea, graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts at Chosun University.
In 2012, sculptor-artist presented his exhibition Story of Luxury Stone at Okgwa Art Museum in South Korea. Although it seems like these Luxury stones are at first parodic objects of Chinese counterfeit handbags of famous brands, such as Louis Vuitton and Chanel, they go beyond a simple imitation or representation of these objects. Through the characteristics of stone-made items, the useful function of bag disappeared. The object loses its useful features and is now transformed into a symbol, an icon.
Works
LA FRUSTRATION
Luxury Stone 2204 #1
Luxury Stone 2206 #1
Luxury Stone 2108 #1
Luxury stone 1912 #3
Luxury stone 1911 #2
Luxury stone 1911 #1
Luxury stone 1905 #4
CHAIN CHANEL Gold – Luxury Stone 1703 #2
Tiger Vuitton – Luxury Stone 1803 #2
BUCKET VUITTON – Luxury Stone 1612 #2
Hache Primitive
Swagger Chanel
Tote Vuitton
Bucket Vuitton No.3
Black Chain Chanel
LUXURY STONE – LV
Luxury Stone-Louis Vuitton
Biography
Mun-gi Yang, born in Gwang-Ju in South Korea, graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts at Chosun University.
In 2012, sculptor-artist presented his exhibition Story of Luxury Stone at Okgwa Art Museum in South Korea. This exhibition revealed a specific attention, which gives significance and symbolism to luxury handbag by exploiting the aesthetics of stone. In this exhibition, 45 works interrogate the nature of object and of human beings, as well as question the structure of social mechanisms in developing the contemporary desire.
Mun-gi Yang, born in Gwang-Ju in South Korea, graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts at Chosun University.
In 2012, sculptor-artist presented his exhibition Story of Luxury Stone at Okgwa Art Museum in South Korea. This exhibition revealed a specific attention, which gives significance and symbolism to luxury handbag by exploiting the aesthetics of stone. In this exhibition, 45 works interrogate the nature of object and of human beings, as well as question the structure of social mechanisms in developing the contemporary desire.
Although it seems like these Luxury stones are at first parodic objects of Chinese counterfeit handbags of famous brands, such as Louis Vuitton and Chanel, they go beyond a simple imitation or representation of these objects. Through the characteristics of stone-made items, the useful function of bag disappeared. The object loses its useful features and is now transformed into a symbol, an icon. Only the desire of possession, which related to each brand’s unique visual identity, is kept. The desire here is sublimated by the stone, polished and carved as jewel on the one hand, and its untamed nature and timeless peculiarity for statuary tradition on the other. This diversion carries thus both the modern luxury items and material. The weight of Luxury stones suggests the massive and fetishist characteristics of luxury consumption in Asia, at once the human sacrifices involving the production process and acquisition of luxury goods. These works question the deaf persistence, through the modern market economy, the stress and imperative of being successful in the society.
“For me as a sculptor, stone as a material has the attribute of heaviness, hardness, or roughness, To me, a sculptor, a stone as a material has an attribute from heaviness, hardness, and roughness of square stones to round smoothness occurring in the flow of time, so it is a very good material to express the desire and energy of the inside within the category of this property. By the intervention of behaviors of cutting, making a hole, and polishing in the process of producing works, that is, by combining the desire and energy change of myself into the formation of works through behaviors of treating properties, finally it intends to change into the works consistent with my constitution and sense. In this point, I am fascinated by the fact that the nature of stone is held and delivered to spectators.”
Mun-gi Yang
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Process of creation : Find Mun-gi Yang at his studio in Korea, click here!
Virtual visit : solo show 2018, click here!
Performance at Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, Cliquez ici
Exhibitions
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Monumental • Jardin de sculptures
Career
Solo exhibitions
2018
ROCKS, Galerie LOFT, Paris, France
2014
LUXURY STONE, Galerie Marie Laure de l’Écotais, Paris, France
2012
STORY OF LUXURY STONE, Okgwa Art Museum, South Korea
2010
LUXURY STONE, Gallery Gowol, South Korea
Solo exhibitions
2018
ROCKS, Galerie LOFT, Paris, France
2014
LUXURY STONE, Galerie Marie Laure de l’Écotais, Paris, France
2012
STORY OF LUXURY STONE, Okgwa Art Museum, South Korea
2010
LUXURY STONE, Gallery Gowol, South Korea
2009
LUXURY STONE, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2007
Story of Stone and Luxury Products, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
1999
Yang Mun-Gi’s Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Buk-gu Office, Gwangju, South Korea
Group exhibitions (selection)
2025
Monumental, Sculpture Garden, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2021
Window on the Past, Galerie Loft, Paris, France France
2019
LOFT Selection, LOFT Gallery, Paris, France
2014
Art Paris, Galerie LOFT, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Construire la vie et fabriquer, Galerie Shinsegae, Gwangju, South Korea
2013
LOFTISSIMES, LOFT Gallery, Paris, France
Performance – The Playful Exhibition in the Street, Paris, France
Performance – The Playful Exhibition in the Street, Lyon, France
2012
MIRACLE OF ART, AK Gallery, Suwon, Korea
PROGRESS. PIERCE, Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
VOGUE MOMENT, MoA (Seoul National University Museum of Art), Seoul, South Korea
2011
ART IN THE CAPITAL, Grand Palais, Paris, France
SNBA 2011, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
ART ROUTE 77 – WITH ART, WITH ARTIST!, Hangil Gallery, South Korea
ARTIST BRAND, GAMO Gallery, South Korea
PIERRE JARDIN, Lotte Gallery, South Korea
2010
SNBA 2010, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
SUPER HEROES: FASHION & FANTASY, Lotte Avenue, Seoul, South Korea
LUXURY, Dongshin University Cultural Museum, Naju, South Korea
2009
ART & PLAY – ART IN SUPERSTAR, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea South Korea
BluedotAsia, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
SOAF (Seoul Open Art Fair), Park Ryu Sook Gallery, KOEX, Seoul, South Korea
Korea Galleries Art Fair, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
2008
Zero base. Action. Art, Market of Deain, Gwangju, South Korea
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair), Park Ryu Sook Gallery, KOEX, Seoul, South Korea
ART Singapore 2008 Fair, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Suntec, Singapore
Sh Contemporary, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair 2008, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
SOAF (Seoul Open Art Fair), Park Ryu Sook Gallery, KOEX, Seoul, South Korea
A PRELUDE TO MAY, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
Korea Galleries Art Fair, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
2007
NY ACAF (Asia Contemporary Art Fair), Park Ryu Sook Gallery, New York, USA
SOAF (Seoul Open Art Fair), Park Ryu Sook Gallery, KOEX, Seoul, South Korea
Daegu Art Fair, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, EXCO, Daegu, South Korea
Sh Contemporary, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Seoul Art Fair, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
A Field of Gwangju Art, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
Creative Studio, Museum of Gwangju, Kumnamro Art Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
Design + Nothing, Okwa Art Museum, Korea
There are artists close to us at the Open Studio Festival, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
Open Studio 3, Gwangju, South Korea
Look at an Ancestor Worship Ceremony of Dragon and Chinese Phoenix Gwangju, South Korea
HUTTE, Chosun University Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
Beakhak Sculpture Society, Gwangju, South Korea
Namdo Sculpture Society, Gwangju, South Korea
2006
Art Orchestra, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
Artists Going to the Department Store – Shocking, Gwangju Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
Inaugural Exhibition, Gwangju Art Museum, Yangsan-dong, Production Studio, Gwangju, South Korea
Sea Art Exhibition, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY, Janwon Museum, Ham-Pyung, Junlanam-do, South Korea
BEYOND THE 1960s GENERATION, FUTURE AND FUTURE, Gallery Chosun University School of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
Open Studio Festival, Sinsaegae Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
Environmental Art Exhibition – Outing to Forest, Okgwa Art Museum & Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
From Expressing, Gwangju, South Korea
Museum Cabaret, Gwangju, South Korea
2005
Gwangju Video Center – Sajik Park Pigeon Exhibition, Gwangju Video Center, Gwangju, South Korea
Artists Going to the Department Store – Shocking, Gwangju Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
Environmental Art Exhibition, Okgwa Museum & Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
Projecting and participating in the Gwangju Biennale Docent Exhibition, Okgwa Museum, Gwangju, South Korea South
2004
Joyful Imaginative Exhibition (Yang Mun-Gi, Jo Gwang-Seok), Gwangju Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
An Bin Nak Do Exhibition (four artists), Okgwa Art Museum, Okgwa, National Grand Prize, South Korea
Regular Exhibition of the National Sculpture Association
New Meeting, Chosun University Art Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
Fusion Exhibition, Ilgok Library, Gwangju, South Korea
2003
Power Exhibition, Inje Gallery, Gwang-ju, South Korea
2002
Young Artists Exhibition for the Opening of the Sang Gallery, Gallery Sang, Seoul, South Korea
Power Point Exhibition, Inje Gallery, Gwang-ju, South Korea
Awards and recognition :
2006
Selected as an artist for the Public Furniture exhibition at the Busan Biennale
Member of the Culture Committee and the art of Gwangju
2000
National Sculpture Grand Prize
1998
National Art Grand Prize (Non-Figurative)
1997
National Art Grand Prize (Non-Figurative)
Special Prize at the Hangaram Gallery Grand Ceremony
Sang Gallery Prize
1996
Seoul City Museum of Art Excellence Award
Special Prize at the Seoul Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition
Collections:
Okgwa Art Museum, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
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Rough stones from the depths of nature, polished stones refined into their most precious forms. Gentle curves or untamed surfaces— a dual identity born from the dawn of time. A primitive and immortal material, stone stands as the essence of our earth and of human evolution.
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