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Elegant Earth: Photographs by Johsel Namkung Part of the Northwest Summer Celebration May 4–October 15, 2006 SAAM Tateuchi Galleries

Large-scale photographs by Korean artist and Northwest resident Johsel Namkung (born 1919) are the focus of this exhibition. Approximately 20 recent works are featured. Namkung joined the circle of Northwest artists in Seattle in the 1950s. He went on to study theory and technique in color photography under the direction of Chinese photographer Chao-chen Yang, and black and white photography with Ansel Adams. Namkung’s large format photographs transcend traditional landscape composition and capture the abstract, rhythmic and elegant beauty inherent in nature. This exhibition will present Namkung’s landscape photographs of the U.S. and Korea and will be accompanied by a publication about his personal history.

Curated by Yukiko Shirahara, The John A. McCone Foundation Associate Curator of Asian Art.

Johsel Namkung, Sherman Pass, WA, August 13, 1993, 1993, digital chromogenic laser print, 48 x 60 in. © Johsel Namkung

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