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Dedicated to the practice of the South Korean–German artist Jongsuk Yoon (@jongsuk_yoon ), the publication explores her gestural, vividly colored “landscapes of the soul” not as mere representations of nature, but as poetically charged spaces of encounter where imagination, memory, and cultural affiliations converge. In her painterly approach to Kŭmgangsan—the mountain range on the border between North and South Korea—the artist refers to the political dimension of historical murals. Oscillating between paradigms of East Asian traditions and Western modernism, Yoon’s transcultural visual language renders landscape, beyond national topographies, as a space of resonance where identity and a relation to the world can unfold. Essays by Heike Eipeldauer (@heikeeipeldauer ) and Adam Budak (@adam.h.budak ), as well as a conversation between Jongsuk Yoon (@jongsuk_yoon ) and Hans Ulrich Obrist (@hansulrichobrist ), provide a deeper understanding of the artist’s work and situate her unique position within contemporary art.

Also I was lucky to catch a beautiful exhibition of @jongsuk_yoon paintings and drawings @mariangoodmangallery the layering of vibrant color in her works is really special. ❤️#jongsukyoon

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Final reminder to see Jongsuk Yoon’s “Azalea Spring” and Agnieszka Kurant’s “Recursion” today before the shows end at 6 pm. “The landscape of my hometown lives in my memory – visually and emotionally,” Yoon told Carmela Brunetti of @brunettiartonworld . “These aren’t literal depictions of Onyang, but rather how that landscape shaped my inner world. When I paint, I`m exploring how external landscapes become internal ones, how place becomes feeling.” What role do we play in systems, and how might the world depend on them to function? Kurant challenges us to think against notions of Western individualism towards interdependence in her latest exhibition at Marian Goodman in New York, writes Terry Nguyen in Ocula. “My works are created by setting up systems with parameters and rules, rather than directly sculpting forms. Setting up the system allows the work to emerge on its own terms, without me making formal aesthetic decisions that have no meaning beyond appearance,” Kurant told Nguyen. #AgnieszkaKurant #JongsukYoon #MGGNY

#FinalWeekends: Come see works by Agnieszka Kurant and Jongsuk Yoon at #MGGNY before the exhibitions close on 21 March. At the center of Kurant’s exhibition, “Recursion,” are “Unthoughtforms” (2026), a set of suspended sculptures and “Uncomputables” (2026), an installation. In these works, metal, tree-like forms grow in response to AI-harvested real-world socio-political and economic data, which are parsed and converted into electric current flows and sound vibrations by a computer-controlled system. Each structure records an emergent idea or solution as a physical abstract form—a crystallization of something yet unthought. In “Azalea Spring,” Yoon’s exhibition, a series of medium scale works provide a transition from ruminations on nature and reminiscence, to tiered swaths of color that veer towards abstract compositions. These works invite a a slightly different journey towards the creation of half-abstract paintings, with regions delineated by their condensed formats, which render their chromatic relationships less tangible. “When painting smaller I think more about composition,” says Yoon. #AgnieszkaKurant #JongsukYoon Agnieszka Kurant images in order: “Unthoughtforms,” 2026 Copper crystals grown by passing electric currents and sound waves through copper sulphate solution; nickel plated and chrome plated. Fabrication: Krzysztof Smaga “Uncomputables,” 2026, Aquarium, copper sulphate, sulfuric acid, distilled water, copper anode, copper electrodes, wires, acrylic, electroplating rectifier, wifi-enabled microcontroller, relay module. Fabrication: Sebastian Bidegain; Software Engineering: Brian Oakes Jongsuk Yoon images in order: “The Mountain in Front,” 2025, Oil on canvas “Bom,” 2026, Oil on canvas Photos: @alexyudzon

Meet Jongsuk Yoon (@jongsuk_yoon ), whose paintings draw from memories of nature from her childhood in Onyang, South Korea. In 'Azalea Spring', now on view at Marian Goodman Gallery (@mariangoodmangallery ) in New York, she paints what she calls “landscapes of the soul” — images shaped less by observation than by memory, emotion, and the sensations of nature. Rooted in the traditions of East Asian landscape painting and shaped by European modernism, Jongsuk’s process is intuitive and meditative. She doesn’t sketch or plan in advance. Instead, color and gesture lead the way. Large fields of pink, red, and yellow recall the feeling of spring while the paintings unfold as a dialogue between the artist and the canvas. Jongsuk Yoon: Azalea Spring Feb 6–Mar 21, 2026 Marian Goodman New York 🇺🇸

Jongsuk Yoon finds freedom through painting in a singular practice of physical and meditative works where “intuition leads, unplanned and spontaneous, carried by color and gesture,” with impressions and actions taking precedence over mimetic observation. A series of gouaches on paper on view at Marian Goodman Gallery New York feature the recurring brushmarks of her larger works, providing a space for a distinctly different emotional register, one that facilitates Yoon’s openness to the moment, away from cultural memory, searching for the empty space within. These works begin with swift and light gestures that remain in tune with Yoon’s call to a constant and immediate state of being. Explore Yoon’s many dreamlike, color field landscapes in “Azalea Spring,” now through 21 March 2026. #JongsukYoon #MGGNY

@jongsuk_yoon at @mariangoodmangallery exhibition walkthrough ✨ On view through March 21 🎨 Jongsuk Yoon: Azalea Spring 🗓 Feb 6–Mar 21, 2026 📍 Marian Goodman Jongsuk Yoon’s exhibition Azalea Spring at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York features new large-scale paintings and gouache works on paper. Born in South Korea and later trained at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Fritz Schwegler, she combines elements of East Asian landscape traditions with European and American modernist painting. Her process is intuitive and physical: she builds open fields of color through layered brushstrokes, often without fixed horizons or single viewpoints, allowing gesture and chromatic relationships to guide the composition. In smaller works, she focuses more deliberately on structure and color balance, compressing space into tiered bands that verge on abstraction. Across formats, her landscapes draw on memory, migration, and imagined geography, using color and scale to immerse the viewer rather than describe a specific, observed place. #art #MarianGoodmanGallery #JongsukYoon

Art reflects life. Memories captured in paint. This is Jongsuk Yoon’s (@jongsuk_yoon ) painting “Azalea” now on view at Marian Goodman (@mariangoodmangallery ) in New York. Despite the cold and snow that continues to batter the city, Yoon takes you to a warmer place—spring in the mountains. She shares her story of her childhood home and memories of picking flowers for her mother’s syrup recipe. Standing in front of the work, you feel the slight spring breeze and sweet scent in the air. Jongsuk Yoon: Azalea Spring Feb 6–Mar 21, 2026 Marian Goodman New York 🇺🇸

I don’t depict what I see, I am inside it. I act, responding to what the painting tells me. -Jongsuk Yoon In Yoon’s “Azalea Spring,” a solo exhibition of works that are now on view at #MGGNY, new paintings and works on paper explore imagination and cultural memory through the invented topographies of past and present, in what the artist calls “landscapes of the soul.” A series of large format paintings anchors the current exhibition in panoramic works which each surround the viewer with scale, infused by memories of azaleas in bloom and primeval zones of sky, cloud, streams and mountains. The works burst with dreamlike pink, red, and yellow hues that capture the reflections and sensations of a mountainous region of youth — aptly conjured rather than physically experienced — transporting us to the essence of springtime in Yoon’s spirit and heart. Experience these works for yourself, on view now through 21 March 2026. #JongsukYoon 📸: @alexyudzon

Whether in New York or Paris, come join us for our exhibitions tonight at 6-8 pm. “Barkley L. Hendricks: All is Portraiture” at Galerie Marian Goodman in Paris is the artist’s first solo show in Europe. The paintings, photographs and works on paper in the exhibition shine a light on an artist who never stopped experimenting and never followed trends, whose attentive gaze on the world nourished his entire body of work. “Recursion” is Agnieszka Kurant’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition at our Tribeca location brings together new and recent works—speculative thought experiments developed in collaboration with scientists, linguists, engineers, and philosophers. “Azalea Spring” is our first solo exhibition in New York of works by Jongsuk Yoon. On view will be new paintings and works on paper which explore imagination and cultural memory through the invented topographies of past and present, in what the artist calls “landscapes of the soul.” #BarkleyHendricks #AgnieszkaKurant #JongsukYoon Photos in respective order by Rebecca Fanuele and Alex Yudzon