Lot 36: JUNG YEONDOO (b.1969)

JUNG YEONDOO (b.1969)
Location #9, 2006
oversized chromogenic print
signed in Korean in ink on printed label with credit, title, date and edition '5/5' on backing board
50 x 60in. (125 x 155cm.) overall

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Named 'Artist of the Year' in 2007 by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Jung turns to set-building techniques of old Hollywood soundstages for his Location series. His works have been shown internationally, including Fast Forward: Photographic Message from Korea at Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt (2005); Modern Mondays at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2008), and the forthcoming exhibition Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/Santa Barbara Museum of Art (fig.1). His works are held in institutional, corporate and private collections, including MoMA, New York, and National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea.

Number 5 from the sold-out edition of 5.