Wonkun Jun
New paintings - January 31 until March 07 - 2026

 

The gallery will be closed until the opening of the exhibition
Wonkun Jun – New Paintings on January 31, 2026.

Visits are possible by appointment.

Opening 31 January 2026, 4–7 p.m.

We are pleased to exhibit the latest pictures by Wonkun Jun.

Conventional picture viewing focuses on the front of a picture. In provenance research, i.e., the study of when a painting was exhibited, where it was exhibited, and who owned it, the back of the painting is revealing. In Wonkun Jun's work, the sides of the paintings are a characteristic feature. Multicolored, water-thin strips of paint can be seen on all sides. Close together, sometimes overlapping, they reveal the painting process.

Wonkun Jun's paintings consist of up to fifty layers of watery thin acrylic paints. He is a master of application and removal. This enables him to create profound areas of color. Circular fields sometimes draw the eye into the depths. In his latest paintings, the structure of the canvases can be seen through the velvety-looking final layer of paint. Some of the paintings created in the summer are a touchingly beautiful green. In the dark season, they seem to point to the approaching spring.

Wonkun Jun was born in South Korea in 1970 and lives and works in Düsseldorf. He studied at the Chugye University of Arts in Seoul, the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig, and the Art Academy in Düsseldorf. He is a master student of Helmut Federle. His works are regularly exhibited in Germany and South Korea.