Julia Jo
LOT 6
Ease, 2024
Oil and oil pastel on linen
12 x 12 in
Courtesy of the artist and Charles Moffett
Suggested retail value: $8,000
Starting bid: $8,000
About the Artwork
Julia Jo’s work encompasses a distinctive style of oil painting that incorporates a vibrant color palette to render compositions that oscillate between the figurative and the abstract. Jo was born in Seoul, South Korea, and spent her childhood and adolescence moving between South Korea and states across the U.S.; she draws upon a deep, personal well of moments lost in translation, social miscues, and interpersonal distance to inspire her practice. Her paintings are grounded in the self-doubt, conflict, and misunderstanding that can subsume any relationship, with human forms and familiar objects dynamically rendered through careful line, color, and shadow to simultaneously reveal and conceal. While Jo is known for her large-scale compositions, she has recently begun creating works in a smaller format, including Ease. In an Artnet interview with Katie White, Jo spoke of these more intimately scaled works: “It was very exciting to challenge myself to compress everything. I have to be more aware if I want to achieve a certain level of drama and speed. What do I need to edit out? This could be shifting brush sizes or if that doesn’t work, working with contrast pigmentation,” she explained. “I’m always interested in bodies positioned in a certain way that feel vulnerable and communicating something that we inherently know. We all have the same mechanism that is the body, so I wanted to squeeze in the figures so they become portable, huggable, miniature moments.” Jo has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Charles Moffett, New York; James Fuentes, Los Angeles; and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. Jo was a recent participant in the esteemed Beecher Residency in Litchfield, CT. Her work is in the permanent collection of ICA Miami.
HOW TO BID:
Bidding is available from May 19-June 6.
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