JIN MEYERSON
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<strong>JIN</strong> <strong>MEYERSON</strong>
Jin Meyerson<br />
Jin Meyerson (b. 1972 Incheon, Korea) graduated with a BFA from<br />
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota in 1995, and<br />
an MFA from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia in<br />
1997.<br />
Meyerson's monumental paintings bring together traditional<br />
practice methodologies with an image set that is distinctly<br />
contemporary, drawing specifically from a media-saturated<br />
internet age. Near-illusionistic to the eye, Meyerson's paintings<br />
layer and juxtapose dozens of highly-detailed images, often<br />
distorted or fragmented so that at first glance the works present<br />
themselves as swirling masses of colour and pattern. This<br />
moment of visual incomprehension is at the heart of Meyerson's<br />
practice. The interweaving of a wide array of imagery borrowed<br />
from predominantly digital source material references a contemporary<br />
viewer's tendency to sift through thousands of contrasting<br />
digital images on a daily basis. The aesthetic which thus<br />
emerges from Meyerson's work is one of meticulously rendered<br />
chaos. Meyerson's paintings celebrate visual tensions between<br />
the natural and manmade, warping and thrusting together<br />
images of decaying buildings, apartment complexes, trees,<br />
people, flags and urban waste into configurations that are<br />
simultaneously nightmarish and awe-inspiring, and which across<br />
the two and three metre expanses of Meyerson's canvases are<br />
elevated to the status of revelatory images of worship.<br />
In contrast to this post-industrial, post-internet aesthetic,<br />
Meyerson's studio practice is strikingly traditional. After periods<br />
of extensive planning in which his designs are sketched and<br />
transferred onto the canvas, Meyerson's paintings are executed<br />
in layers limited strictly to the media of oil paint, acrylic paint and<br />
ink. With the help of assistants, who make possible the monumental<br />
scale of his works, Meyerson's perfectionism and exactitude<br />
liken his practice to Renaissance studio ideals, in which the<br />
artist's meticulous planning and execution equates to a visual<br />
pursuit of balance and the sublime. Meyerson's images of<br />
distortion, saturation, and fragmentation reverberate with the<br />
violent collision of the objects and figures that are his subject<br />
matter. Depicted with the utmost attention to detail, Meyerson's<br />
commitment to a medium that is deeply traditional, imbues his<br />
fast-paced, explosive compositions with a permanency and<br />
gravity that positions them as shrines to the 21st century.
Jin Meyerson<br />
Untitled, 2012<br />
Oil and acrylic on canvas<br />
65 x 57 cm / 25.5 x 22.4 in<br />
Unique
Jin Meyerson<br />
32 seconds of Solitude, 2012<br />
Oil and acrylic on canvas<br />
96 x 70 cm / 38 x 28 in<br />
Unique
Jin Meyerson<br />
Untitled (Four Seasons), 2013<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
50 x 33 cm / 19.6 x 13 in<br />
Unique<br />
Private collection
Jin Meyerson<br />
A Single Journey Can Change the Course of a Life, 2013<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
65 x 92 cm / 25.5 x 36.3 in<br />
Unique
Jin Meyerson<br />
Before The Invention of Death, 2009-2019<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
200 x 610 cm / 78 x 240 in<br />
Unique
Jin Meyerson<br />
No Rest for the Wicked, 2013<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
50 x 33 cm / 19.6 x 13 in<br />
Unique<br />
Private collection
Jin Meyerson<br />
The Death of Water, 2007-2008<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
300 x 473 cm / 118.1 x 187 in<br />
Unique<br />
Private collection
Jin Meyerson<br />
Family Treet, 2006<br />
Oil, acrylic and india ink on canvas<br />
352 x 534 cm / 138 x 210 in<br />
Unique<br />
Private collection
Jin Meyerson<br />
Tower, 2005<br />
Oil and acrylic on canvas<br />
139 x 144 cm / 54 x 56 in<br />
Unique<br />
Private collection
Jin Meyerson<br />
Blunderbuss, 2008-2009<br />
Oil, acrylic and india ink on canvas<br />
325 x 450 cm / 128 x 177.2 in<br />
Unique<br />
Private collection
INSTALLATION VIEW
INSTALLATION VIEW
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MCLEMOI GALLERY is a contemporary art space established in 2012 by Sara Leonardi-McGrath, Glenn McGrath AM and curated by Kristia D. Moises.<br />
The primary focus of the gallery is to center itself as an open forum, representing international and Australian mid-career artists; and introducing young<br />
emerging artists through exhibitions, conversations, consulting and partnerships with Cultural Institutions. The Galleryʼs mission is characterized by an<br />
adherence to a curatorial program, which aims to create a sense of community and learning.<br />
MCLEMOI GALLERY is located in Chippendale, in the heart of Sydneyʼs emerging, contemporary art scene.
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