Dorothy M Yoon

Mong yu do won do(1447), a painting by An Gyeon of a landscape based on the dream of Anpyeong, the third Prince of King Sejong, was a great inspiration for my artwork that conveys the boundary between and borderline of imagination and reality, normal and abnormal, as well as ordinary days and extraordinary days.

In addition, ‘Sa shi pal kyeong do (a landscape painting in eight sceneries depicting four seasons and 24 hours of a day from the evening moon to the morning sun) was also reinterpreted with the modern artist’ viewpoint.

(Dorothy M Yoon, 2018)

Group exhibition with the former artists-in-residence Julie Forgues, Dorothy M Yoon and Liu Zhenchen at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in 2018.

"Seven years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer and had to go under chemotherapy. While taking injections for calming the chemotherapy, I could experience chemistry where colorful fireworks were being spread all over my body. I described those injections by colorful magic sticks through embroidery, and also created costume for magic princess (references to other super heroes like Iron Man or Spider Man) in order to save the earth; this was my project for
Venice Biennale Swatch Faces 2019." (Dorothy M Yoon)

When your darkest moments turn into magic ones – Korean-born Dorothy M Yoon devotes her art to the concept of “This Moment is Magic”. The work of sublimating life experience in fantasy involves a sense of agony, illusion, eroticism and wit – a process of associations, one after another. Swatch presents Yoon’s two new Swatch Art Specials TIME’S MAGIC and POWER OF MAGIC, memorizing magical moments and ready to empower your wrist!

Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, the POWER OF MAGIC is limited and numbered to 1976 pieces. It carries the magic wand and comes in a special 3D-packaging, shining bright in Saekdong colours and definitely an artwork itself.