Mark Yang

Mark Yang

BornNationalityBased In
1994South KoreanBrooklyn
Biography

Employing the formal study of composition, colour and line, Mark Yang creates large-scale paintings that depict interwoven nude male bodies, addressing his identity as an immigrant, Korean-American man. The maze of faceless, tubular limbs painted in striking combinations of bright colours show men wrestling – or embracing – in impossible, entangled proximity. Subverting notions of masculinity, Yang alludes to male intimacy being more common in Korean culture than that of the West. Remininist of the legacy of artists such as Eakins, Bacon and Mapplethorpe, as well as the imagery of Ancient Greece, Yang’s practice navigates questions of gender, ethnicity and migration through psychologically-charged, dizzying canvases of ambiguous bodies, blurring the line between aggression and intimacy. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Selected Artworks
Serpent's Flame
Mark Yang
Serpent's Flame, 2021
132.1 x 113 x 5.1cm
Suspension
Mark Yang
Suspension, 2021
182.9 x 137.2 x 5.1cm
Triplet
Mark Yang
Triplet, 2021
61 x 48.3cm
Sand Bond
Mark Yang
Sand Bond, 2021
132.1 x 162.6cm
Split Contour
Mark Yang
Split Contour, 2021
182.9 x 152.4 x 5.1cm
Arctic
Mark Yang
Arctic, 2021
158.8 x 196.8 x 5.1cm
Cad, Han, Ind
Mark Yang
Cad, Han, Ind, 2021
182.9 x 137.2cm
The Lamentation
Mark Yang
The Lamentation, 2022
127 x 101.6cm
Tiepolo’s Rebel Angels
Mark Yang
Tiepolo’s Rebel Angels, 2022
101.6 x 152.4cm
The Attic
Mark Yang
The Attic, 2023
152.4 x 111.8cm
Figures at the Seaside
Mark Yang
Figures at the Seaside, 2024
147.3 x 152.4cm
Figures at the Seaside 23
Mark Yang
Figures at the Seaside 23, 2023
147.3 x 152.4cm
Gallery Representation
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