Young-jun Tak

Young-jun Tak. Photo: Sangtae Kim. Courtesy of the artist and Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
Young-jun Tak, Wish You a Lovely Sunday, 2021, single-channel HD video, color, 5.1 sound, 18' 45". Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Young-jun Tak, Wish You a Lovely Sunday, 2021, single-channel HD video, color, 5.1 sound, 18' 45". Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Installation view of ‘History will say we were best friends’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 07 December 2024—01 February 2025. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Installation view of ‘History will say we were best friends’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 07 December 2024—01 February 2025. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.
Young-jun Tak, Wish You a Lovely Sunday, 2021, single-channel HD video, color, 5.1 sound, 18' 45". Photo: Vinciane Lebrun. 
Young-jun Tak, Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday, 2023, single-channel 4K video, color, 5.1 sound, 18' 53''. Photo: Sangtae Kim.
Young-jun Tak, Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday, 2023, single-channel 4K video, color, 5.1 sound, 18' 53''. Photo: Sangtae Kim.
Young-jun Tak, My Big Expectation (detail), 2022, lime wood, rusty metal, beeswax, oil, rubber, 95.5 × 12 × 11.3 cm (37.6 x 4.7 x 4.4 in) (left), 92 × 12.5 × 11 cm (36.2 x 4.9 x 4.3 in) (right).  Photo: Sangtae Kim.
Young-jun Tak, My Big Expectation, 2022, lime wood, rusty metal, beeswax, oil, rubber, 95.5 × 12 × 11.3 cm (37.6 x 4.7 x 4.4 in) (left), 92 × 12.5 × 11 cm (36.2 x 4.9 x 4.3 in) (right). Photo: Sangtae Kim.
Biography
Young-jun Tak (b. 1989, lives and works in Berlin) examines sociocultural and psychological mechanisms that shape belief systems, ranging from simple worshipped objects to sophisticated forms of religions. Mixing media, techniques and subject matter, Tak pursues obfuscation as a mode of critique. In his sculptures, installations and films, Tak often exposes human bodies in the context of polarising norms and conventions and tries to dissolve fossilised coded aesthetics—byproducts of polarizations and exclusions—for example, found in religious icons, propaganda tools, protest materials, and gender symbols. Tak had solo exhibitions at PHILIPPZOLLINGER, Zurich (2024); COMA, Sydney (2024); Atelier Hermès, Seoul (2023); Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin & Dusseldorf (2023); palace enterprise, Copenhagen (2023); Wanås Konst, Knislinge (2023); Overgaden, Copenhagen (2023); Efremidis, Berlin (2022); SOX, Berlin (2022); and Fragment, Moscow (2021). He also participated in multiple institution and biennale exhibitions, including the Bangkok Art Biennale 2024, Bangkok (2024); High Line, New York (2023); Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago (2023); Lyon Biennale, Lyon (2022); KINDL Center for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2022); Berlin Biennale, Berlin (2020); Seoul Museum of Art SeMA Bunker, Seoul (2019); and Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (2017). His works were collected by the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin & Düsseldorf; and the Laurent Fiévet Collection, Paris.

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Works
Young-jun Tak
Wish You a Lovely Sunday
2021
Single channel HD video, color, 5.1 sound
18 minutes 45 seconds
Ed. 3/5 + 2AP

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Exhibitions
History will say we were best friends
Artists: Srijon Chowdhury, Weera-it Ittiteerarak, Dae Uk Kim, Young-jun Tak, Luis Xertu
07 December 2024—01 February 2025

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Artist Young-jun Tak is showcasing video Love at First Sight on Monday (2024) at 24th SongEun Art Award Exhibition

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Artist Young-jun Tak will showcase Wish you a Lovely Sunday (2021) as part of the group show at Fondazione Sandretto

11 December 2024

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