Young-Il Ahn
Young-Il Ahn
01.22.2021 — 03.13.2021
835 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607
COVID-19 Announcement
In consideration of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, viewing of our fall exhibitions will be limited. Groups of up to four people may book private viewing appointments between the hours of 11 am and 5 pm, Tuesday through Friday, and between 12 and 4 pm, Saturday. All visitors to Kavi Gupta will be required to wear masks at all times and to maintain social distancing of at least six feet. Temperatures will be taken at the door.
We also continue to host regular online exhibitions, virtual studio visits, and other special virtual programming. For more information about our artists, our exhibitions, online art fairs, shipping options during the pandemic, or for any other reason, please email us at info@kavigupta.com.
The gallery will be closed during the holiday from December 22th through January 4th.
Announcement
It is with a heavy heart that Kavi Gupta gallery announces the death of painter Young-Il Ahn. The esteemed painter passed away this morning, December 12, in Los Angeles.
Born in 1934 in Gaeseong, Korea, Ahn earned his BFA from Seoul National University in 1958, and relocated permanently to the United States in 1966. For most of his career, Ahn lived in Southern California, where he found inspiration in music and nature. A private person, he immersed himself in his studio practice where he developed a signature impasto method that was exacting and intensive. His singular technique is evident in his beloved Water Series, on which he worked for more than 30 years. In his memoir And still it flows towards me: a life lived with art, Ahn recounts his experience being shipwrecked in dense fog off the coast of Santa Monica. The moment the fog lifted that day, he witnessed a sublime interplay of light, shadow, and color on the water, and attempted in earnest to communicate it through his Water paintings. Ahn’s work has recently been the subject of monographic exhibitions at the Long Beach Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Prior to his passing, Ahn was in the process of planning his second solo exhibition with Kavi Gupta, scheduled to open in 2021. His paintings are included in the collections of LACMA, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, among others. He is survived by his wife Soraya and their daughters. Condolences may be directed to the family or to Kavi Gupta gallery.
Upcoming Gallery Exhibitions
Current Gallery Exhibitions
Online Gallery Exhibitions
Beverly Fishman
Beverly Fishman: Studies on Relief
07.15.2020 — 09.12.2020
Jeffrey Gibson
Jeffrey Gibson; Believe! Believe!
07.01.2020 — 08.05.2020
Alfred Conteh
Alfred Conteh, Our Reality
06.09.2020 — 07.31.2020
ADAA Online Viewing Room
06.01.2020 — 08.31.2020
Jessica Stockholder
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER: KATHMANDU RESIDENCY
05.26.2020 — 06.16.2020
The Written Word
04.23.2020 — 05.07.2020