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Justin Yoon — Original Cast Recording
Justin Yoon

Original Cast Recording

2021

Original Cast Recording presents a luminous field of layered surface and compressed memory, characteristic of Justin Yoon's ongoing investigation into nostalgia, identity, and the material weight of cultural artifacts. Completed in 2021, the work employs acrylic, acrylic gouache, and glitter on canvas to conjure a visual experience that hovers between intimacy and spectacle. The glitter is not decorative ornament here but a structural choice, catching and redistributing light in ways that shift the painting's emotional register depending on the viewer's position. At 91.4 by 91.4 cm, the square format enforces a kind of stillness and symmetry that draws the eye inward rather than outward, inviting sustained rather than passing attention. Yoon's practice is deeply informed by the aesthetics of popular music, particularly the tactile and sentimental currency of album covers, liner notes, and the physical objects through which sound becomes memory. The title evokes the theater and recording industry tradition of preserving a performance in its original form, gesturing toward themes of documentation, preservation, and the irretrievability of a specific moment in time. The painting functions similarly, fixing a particular emotional and visual atmosphere on canvas while acknowledging that the experience it references can never be fully recaptured. Signed by the artist and currently available through Hannah Traore, Original Cast Recording represents a confident and poised example of Yoon's evolving body of work. For collectors drawn to painting that engages sincerely with popular culture without irony or detachment, this work offers both material richness and conceptual depth. The absence of a frame leaves the presentation open to the collector's own vision, allowing the canvas to integrate naturally into a broad range of interior contexts.

Medium
Acrylic, acrylic gouache, and glitter on Canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes

For Sale — $5200

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Justin Yoon, Original Cast Recording , 2021

Original Cast Recording presents a luminous field of layered surface and compressed memory, characteristic of Justin Yoon's ongoing investigation into nostalgia, identity, and the material weight of cultural artifacts. Completed in 2021, the work employs acrylic, acrylic gouache, and glitter on canvas to conjure a visual experience that hovers between intimacy and spectacle. The glitter is not decorative ornament here but a structural choice, catching and redistributing light in ways that shift the painting's emotional register depending on the viewer's position. At 91.4 by 91.4 cm, the square format enforces a kind of stillness and symmetry that draws the eye inward rather than outward, inviting sustained rather than passing attention. Yoon's practice is deeply informed by the aesthetics of popular music, particularly the tactile and sentimental currency of album covers, liner notes, and the physical objects through which sound becomes memory. The title evokes the theater and recording industry tradition of preserving a performance in its original form, gesturing toward themes of documentation, preservation, and the irretrievability of a specific moment in time. The painting functions similarly, fixing a particular emotional and visual atmosphere on canvas while acknowledging that the experience it references can never be fully recaptured. Signed by the artist and currently available through Hannah Traore, Original Cast Recording represents a confident and poised example of Yoon's evolving body of work. For collectors drawn to painting that engages sincerely with popular culture without irony or detachment, this work offers both material richness and conceptual depth. The absence of a frame leaves the presentation open to the collector's own vision, allowing the canvas to integrate naturally into a broad range of interior contexts.

Medium
Acrylic, acrylic gouache, and glitter on Canvas
Dimensions
overall: 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Year
2021
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Hannah Traore

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