Mun-Gi Yang was born in 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea. He graduated from Fine Arts at Chosun University.
In 2012, the artist-sculptor presented Story of LUXURY STONE at the Okgwa Art Museum in South Korea. This exhibition revealed the special attention he pays to the meaning and symbolism of the luxury bag by exploiting the aesthetic potentialities of stone. In this exhibition, 45 works proposed to question the nature of the object and the human being and the structure of social mechanisms in the elaboration of contemporary desires. These Luxury stones, although appearing at first as parodic works on Chinese counterfeit bags of big brands such as Louis Vuitton or Chanel, go well beyond a simple imitation or representation of these objects. By the very characteristics of these stone objects, the useful function of the bag disappears. By losing any functional character, the object is now transformed into a symbol object, an icon. Only the desire for possession, linked to the unique visual identity of each brand, is preserved. It is here sublimated by the stone, on the one hand polished and engraved as if it were a jewel, on the other hand retaining its raw and timeless nature proper to the statuary tradition. The hijacking therefore concerns both the modern luxury object and the material. The weight of these Luxury stones suggests just as much the massive and fetishistic nature of the consumption of luxury brands in Asia, as the human sacrifices implied by the process of production and acquisition of luxury goods. These works question the dull persistence, through the modern market economy, of a whole tradition of constraints and imperatives related to social success.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2014
LUXURY STONE, Gallery Marie Laure of Ecotais, Paris, France
2012
STORY OF LUXURY STONE, Okgwa Art Museum, South Korea
2010
LUXURY STONE, Gallery Gowol, South Korea
2009
LUXURY STONE, Ryu Sook Gallery Park, Seoul, South Korea
2007
Lotte gallery, Gwang-ju, South Korea
1999
Yang Mun-Gi's Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Buk-gu Office, Gwang-ju, South Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2014
Art Paris, LOFT Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Building Life and Making, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwang-ju, South Korea
2013
LOFTISSIMES, LOFT Gallery, Paris, France
Performance - Fun exhibition in the street, Paris, France
Performance - Fun exhibition in the street, Lyon, France
2012
MIRACLE OF ART, AK Gallery, Suwon, Korea
PROGRESS. TRANSPERCER, Gwang Ju Art Museum, Gwang-ju, South Korea
VOGUE MOMENT, Seoul National University Museum of Art (MoA), Seoul, South Korea
2011
ART IN CAPITAL, Grand Palais, Paris, France
SNBA 2011, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
ART ROUTE 77 - WITH ART, WITH ARTIST!, Hangil Gallery, South Korea
ARTIST BRAND, GAMO Gallery, South Korea
PIERRE JARDIN, Lotte Gallery, South Korea
2010
SNBA 2010, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
SUPER HEROES: FASHION & FANTASY, Lotte Avenuel, Seoul, South Korea
LUXURY, Cultural Museum of Dongshin University, Naju, South Korea
2009
ART & PLAY -ART IN SUPERSTAR, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
BluedotAsia, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
SOAF (Seoul Open Art Fair), Ryu Sook Gallery Park, KOEX, Seoul, South Korea
Korea Galleries Art Fair, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
2008
Zero base. Action. Art, Market of Deain, Gwang-ju, South Korea
KIAF (International Art Fair in South Korea), Park Ryu Sook Gallery, KOEX, Seoul, South Korea
ART Singapore 2008 Fair, Ryu Sook Gallery Park, Suntec, Singapore
Sh Contemporary, Ryu Sook Gallery Park, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Asia Top Gallery Art Fair 2008, Ryu Sook Gallery Park, Tokyo, Japan
SOAF (Seoul Open Art Fair), Ryu Sook Gallery Park, KOEX, Seoul, South Korea
A PRELUDE OF MAY, Gwang-ju Art Museum, Gwang-ju, South Korea
Korea Galleries Art Fair, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
2007
NY ACAF (Asian Contemporary Art Fair), Park Ryu Sook Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
SOAF (Seoul Open Art Fair), Ryu Sook Gallery Park, KOEX, Seoul, South Korea
Daegu Art Fair, Ryu Sook Gallery Park, EXCO, Daegu, South Korea
Contemporary Sh, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Seoul Art Fair, Ryu Sook Gallery Park, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
A field of Gwang-ju Art, Gwang-ju Museum of Art, Gwang-ju, South Korea
CREATIVE STUDION, Museum of Gwang-ju, Kumnamro Art Museum, Gwang-ju, South Korea
CONCEPTION + NOTHING, Okwa Art Museum, Korea
There are artists close to us at the Open Studio Festival, Lotte Gallery, Gwang-ju, South Korea
Open Studio 3, Gwang-ju, South Korea
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Luxury Stone 1804 #5, 2018
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6" x 11"
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Luxury Stone 1705 #2, 2017
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7" x 9"
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Camel Spy Vuitton, 2010
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7" x 13"
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Hobo Vuitton N°1, 2016
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10" x 8"
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(26cm x 20cm x 11cm)
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Hobo Vuitton N°2, 2018
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9" x 6"
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(22cm x 16cm x 11cm)
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Stam Vuitton N°2, 2012
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10" x 13"
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Pink Trophy Vuitton, 2015
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11" x 11"
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(28cm x 29cm x 13cm)
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Black Trophy Vuitton
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14" x 11"
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(36cm x 28cm x 11cm)
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Trophy Gucci, 2014
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12" x 9"
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(31cm x 22cm x 13cm)
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Satchel Vuitton N°3, 2015
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15" x 13"
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(39cm x 32cm x 14cm)
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Black Speedy Vuitton, 2017
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One of a kind original artwork
9" x 13"
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(24cm x 34cm x 8cm)
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Raw Speedy Vuitton, 2017
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One of a kind original artwork
7" x 15"
x 9"
(19cm x 37cm x 24cm)
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HalfMoon Vuitton N°1, 2017
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12" x 14"
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(30cm x 36cm x 9cm)
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HalfMoon Vuitton N°2, 2018
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12" x 15"
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(30cm x 38cm x 13cm)
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Swagger Vuitton, 2015
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13" x 15"
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(32cm x 37cm x 12cm)
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Black Duffel Vuitton
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One of a kind original artwork
14" x 17"
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(35cm x 43cm x 10cm)
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Green Duffel Vuitton, 2016
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21" x 22"
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(53cm x 55cm x 11cm)
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Pour la première fois 1610 #1, 2016
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10" x 12"
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(25cm x 31cm x 12cm)
on request
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La foule 1208 #1
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One of a kind original artwork
12" x 15"
x 7"
(30cm x 37cm x 18cm)
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La foule 1305 #1, 2012
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One of a kind original artwork
11" x 13"
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