Photo Credit: Jeong Design
From South Korea to New York City’s West Village, an exhibition of extraordinary craft and vibrant cultural legacies awaits. Suitably titled after the Korean cultural value, Jeong, the showcase represents the country’s collective emotional connection to people and places. Collectively showcasing the works of eight Korean Designers, the works share a common thread of unity with a goal of being able to better understand one another. By evoking feelings and acts of camaraderie, loyalty, affection, compassion and community, and encouraging people to be present in their interactions, the designers will be sharing their stunning collection of work with Jeong from February 2nd to March 17th at The Future Perfect’s West Village location.
Under the overarching concept of Jeong with roots in tradition and intergenerational culture, each designer is unique in their own exhibitions. On display by one of Korea’s initial founders of concept furniture, Myung Taek Jung shares his work inspired by ancient Korea architecture.
(Left) Rahee Yoon, Acrylic Piece 4, 2022 | (Right) Jinyeong Yeon, Padded Bench, 2021
Photo Credit: Jeong Design
Other features include avant garde furniture designers, Jineyoung Yeon, who invented a modern plush chair derived from unsold down jackets and Seungjin Yang, who created playful balloon-like chairs and stools from quite literally from blowing up epoxy coated balloons. Artist Junsu Kim displayed vessels made of precisely laid leather coils while Tahee Yoon shared soft-focus colorfield sculptures.
Jane Yang-D’Haene and Jaiik Lee reinvented the monumental ‘moon jar’ with a contemporary take on the original piece. The hand-hammered copper spheres were reimagined for the artist’s ongoing series. This time, distorted for a surreal effect.
