Jongsuk Yoon
Learn From The Old Masters

“Go to the museums and learn from the old masters.”

Artist Jongsuk Yoon shares her fascination for the classic painters that have formed her as an artist.

“The past is the best resource for creation. The contemporary is important. But the base is always the past.”

Jongsuk Yoon (b 1965), was born in Onyang, South Korea. In 1995 she moved to Europe and today she lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. Jongsuk Yoon studied at the Art Academy in Münster in 1996, the Art Academy in Düsseldorf from 1997–2001 and the Chelsea College of Art in London from 2004–2005.

Jongsuk Yoon was interviewed by Marie Estrup at Galleri Specta in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 2022.

Camera: Simon Weyhe
Edited by: Signe Boe Pedersen
Produced by: Marc-Christoph Wagner
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2022

Louisiana Channel is supported by Den A.P. Møllerske Støttefond, Ny Carlsbergfondet, C.L. Davids Fond og Samling and Fritz Hansen.

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