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Essays

In the Realm of Yongwang (Dragon King) – Paintings by Dongkuk Ahn, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007, Jeffery Wechsler

This group of paintings by Dongkuk (Don) Ahn in the current exhibition makes for exciting viewing. Nearly all of the paintings exemplify a method of rapidly applied brushstrokes that hurtle across the surface with extreme speed and spontaneity. This is a technique that Ahn has employed at frequent intervals during nearly half a century of […]

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Black Fish, JoongAng Ilbo, 2007

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Don Ahn’s Zen Paintings: The Substance of Speed, The Fullness of the Void, Exhibition Catalogue, 2004, Jeffrey Wechsler

At first glance, the current exhibition of ink paintings by Don Ahn may appear to represent a particular stage, or even a concentrated moment, within an artist’s career. Together, the works form a coherent visual ensemble: sweeping gestures of black and watery gray dance across expanses of white rice paper. In each, there is a […]

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The House with a Lotus Pond, Neighbor Magazin, 2002

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Art in Embassies, 2002

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Don Ahn’s painting: Record of Nostalgia and Incomplete Dreams, Exhibition Catalogue, 2000, Gordon Rhee

Each of us has a past and memories associated with the experiences of that past. Remembrance of bygone days-verdant hills and winding trails, fleecy clouds and singing streams, the trace of certain words reminiscent of childhood, incidental retrieval of facts from oblivion, situations deduced from casual observation – the nostalgia sometimes serves as psychological palliative […]

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Of Asians Among the Abstractionists, New York Times, 1997, Holland Cotter

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Don Ahn (Dongkuk Ahn): Recent Work, Exhibition Catalogue, 1996, Jeffrey Wechsler

This group of recent paintings by Don Ahn stands at the newest point along a sustained, logical progression of technique and imagery that has run through the artist’s career virtually from its conception. Always concerned with both representation and abstraction, and retaining the East Asian notion that all art is to some extent abstract, Ahn […]

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Art: Two Shows South of Houston St., New York Times, 1972, John Canaday

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Art: Old Drawings That Do Turn Up, New York Times, 1971, John Canaday

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To My Self Portrait, Exhibition Catalogue, 1963, Don Ahn

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Articles

  • In the Realm of Yongwang (Dragon King) – Paintings by Dongkuk Ahn, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007, Jeffery Wechsler
  • Black Fish, JoongAng Ilbo, 2007
  • Don Ahn’s Zen Paintings: The Substance of Speed, The Fullness of the Void, Exhibition Catalogue, 2004, Jeffrey Wechsler
  • The House with a Lotus Pond, Neighbor Magazin, 2002
  • Art in Embassies, 2002
  • Don Ahn’s painting: Record of Nostalgia and Incomplete Dreams, Exhibition Catalogue, 2000, Gordon Rhee
  • Of Asians Among the Abstractionists, New York Times, 1997, Holland Cotter
  • Don Ahn (Dongkuk Ahn): Recent Work, Exhibition Catalogue, 1996, Jeffrey Wechsler
  • Art: Two Shows South of Houston St., New York Times, 1972, John Canaday
  • Art: Old Drawings That Do Turn Up, New York Times, 1971, John Canaday
  • To My Self Portrait, Exhibition Catalogue, 1963, Don Ahn

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Recent Articles

  • In the Realm of Yongwang (Dragon King) – Paintings by Dongkuk Ahn, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007, Jeffery Wechsler
  • Black Fish, JoongAng Ilbo, 2007
  • Don Ahn’s Zen Paintings: The Substance of Speed, The Fullness of the Void, Exhibition Catalogue, 2004, Jeffrey Wechsler
  • The House with a Lotus Pond, Neighbor Magazin, 2002

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