Installation lights work by ITP Alum Jason Yung
SFA Projects presents
JASON YUNG
NEW PAINTINGS
August 13th, 2020 — September 18th, 2020
HOURS
Friday 1-6 pm
Saturday 1-6 pm
Or by Appointment
(please email: contact@sfaprojects.com)
131 Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002
SFA Projects is proud to present NEW PAINTINGS, a one-person exhibition of work by Jason Yung.
The exhibition presents three distinct bodies of work by the artist that form a chronology of his light-based practice.
Painting for me is endlessly fascinating and I continue to find my inspiration in painters, both past and present... If Hopper was a painter of the light that fell onto objects, then Rothko was a painter of light in itself, in its most abstract, fundamental form. As Rothko’s work was a step towards light through the medium of painting, I see my own work as stepping towards painting through the medium of light.
Jason Yung is a Brooklyn-based Canadian new media artist working primarily in light, using LEDs. In his light work, Yung aims to bring the visual principles of traditional painting into the 21st century by utilizing LED light as a painting medium. To this end, Yung established Bushwick Lightbox, a platform to showcase this new kind of light art to the public through pop-up street shows. Art is Yung’s second career. Previously, he was a Canadian diplomat. His experiences serving in the Afghan war led to his career change to art. Yung has strong interests in psychology, philosophy and spirituality, which is at the root of all his esthetic expression. Yung graduated from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) in 2019.