Jin Meyerson’s first solo exhibition at Dirimart in Istanbul brings new paintings together with a video developed from the same data. Kırılmış Yakınlıklar runs at the Dolapdere gallery from November 19 to December 13. Images from the Korean-born artist’s own archive connect digital processes and painting in works addressing memory, identity and displacement.
Korean-born artist Jin Meyerson’s first solo exhibition at Dirimart, a gallery in Istanbul, opens at its Dolapdere venue on November 19 and runs through December 13. Titled Kırılmış Yakınlıklar, the presentation gathers new paintings and a video work. Memory, identity and displacement connect the different media in the exhibition.[1], [2]
Meyerson draws on his own archive of earlier paintings, videos and LiDAR images, made through laser scanning. Digital processing changes those images before they meet paint and physical gestures on canvas. Working between figuration and abstraction, he has used randomisation software since the late 1990s. The video starts with the same data as the paintings and carries the imagery into movement and duration. It is presented in a dark room separate from the main exhibition space.[1]
Born in Korea and adopted by an American family, Meyerson grew up without official records of his birth. That personal history informs his attention to belonging and fragmented memories. The exhibition title refers to separated elements that remain connected across distance. Remembering, loss and reconciliation recur in works that bring the artist’s personal history into contact with collective memory.[1]
