Yooyun Yang takes her title from the small fold at the corner of a page — the mark that says I was here, I want to return. Her figures blur and slip back into the surface instead of meeting your gaze; they read as states rather than subjects, the residue of an encounter rather than the encounter itself. Running underneath is bokgi, the Korean Go practice of replaying a finished game move by move.
Yooyun Yang takes her title from the small fold at the corner of a page — the mark that says I was here, I want to return. Her figures blur and slip back into the surface instead of meeting your gaze; they read as states rather than subjects, the residue of an encounter rather than the encounter itself. Running underneath is bokgi, the Korean Go practice of replaying a finished game move by move.
Full description from the venue
The title comes from that small fold at the corner of a page, the one that says I was here, I want to return. The figures in these works blur and dissolve, slipping back into the surface of the paper rather than meeting the viewer's gaze. They are not portraits in any conventional sense. They are closer to states than to subjects, to the residue of an encounter than to the encounter itself.
The work is rooted in a set of quiet but insistent questions about perception, presence, and what it means to face another person. Running through it is also the Korean Go concept of bokgi, the practice of replaying a finished game move by move to understand where it went. Beneath all of this, though, is a more personal inquiry the paintings keep circling: how clearly we are actually encountering one another now, when faces are everywhere and the feeling of real presence keeps thinning.
When is it on?
28 May 2026 – 1 Aug 2026.
How much is it?
Free admission.
Where is it?
두아르트 스퀘이라 서울, 서울 용산구 한남대로20길 61-17.
What are the opening hours?
Tue–Sat 10:00–18:00. Closed Mon, Sun.