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Justin Yoon — Violets for Your Furs
Justin Yoon

Violets for Your Furs

2023

Violets for Your Furs presents a luminous field of sensation, where Justin Yoon layers acrylic, acrylic gouache, and glitter on canvas to conjure an atmosphere at once intimate and transcendent. The 2023 work, measuring 50.8 by 50.8 cm, carries a compact intensity that rewards close viewing, its surface catching and redistributing light through the embedded glitter in ways that shift with the viewer's position. The title, borrowed from the classic jazz standard, signals Yoon's recurring interest in emotional memory and the sensory residue of romantic longing, translating something fundamentally auditory into a visual and tactile encounter. Yoon, a New York-based artist of Korean descent, has developed a practice rooted in the tension between decorative beauty and psychological depth. His paintings invite collectors into a space where pleasure and melancholy coexist without resolution, and Violets for Your Furs exemplifies this balance with particular grace. The deliberate use of glitter, often dismissed as a craft material, is here elevated into a vehicle for genuine feeling, reinforcing rather than undercutting the painting's emotional sincerity. Currently presented through Yiwei Gallery, this signed work represents a strong entry point into Yoon's evolving body of work. The square format lends itself to a variety of installation contexts, and the unframed presentation allows collectors the freedom to choose a surround that complements their own space. For those drawn to contemporary painting that honors lyrical tradition while asserting a wholly original visual language, this piece offers both immediate appeal and lasting depth.

Medium
Acrylic, acrylic gouache, glitter on canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Yiwei Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

For Sale — $3400

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Justin Yoon, Violets for Your Furs, 2023

Violets for Your Furs presents a luminous field of sensation, where Justin Yoon layers acrylic, acrylic gouache, and glitter on canvas to conjure an atmosphere at once intimate and transcendent. The 2023 work, measuring 50.8 by 50.8 cm, carries a compact intensity that rewards close viewing, its surface catching and redistributing light through the embedded glitter in ways that shift with the viewer's position. The title, borrowed from the classic jazz standard, signals Yoon's recurring interest in emotional memory and the sensory residue of romantic longing, translating something fundamentally auditory into a visual and tactile encounter. Yoon, a New York-based artist of Korean descent, has developed a practice rooted in the tension between decorative beauty and psychological depth. His paintings invite collectors into a space where pleasure and melancholy coexist without resolution, and Violets for Your Furs exemplifies this balance with particular grace. The deliberate use of glitter, often dismissed as a craft material, is here elevated into a vehicle for genuine feeling, reinforcing rather than undercutting the painting's emotional sincerity. Currently presented through Yiwei Gallery, this signed work represents a strong entry point into Yoon's evolving body of work. The square format lends itself to a variety of installation contexts, and the unframed presentation allows collectors the freedom to choose a surround that complements their own space. For those drawn to contemporary painting that honors lyrical tradition while asserting a wholly original visual language, this piece offers both immediate appeal and lasting depth.

Medium
Acrylic, acrylic gouache, glitter on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Year
2023
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Yiwei Gallery

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