JeongMee Yoon
Terry and His Blue Things

Terry and His Blue Things
Terry and His Blue Things
Terry and His Blue Things
ArtistKorean, born 1969
CultureKorean
Titles
  • Terry and His Blue Things
  • from the series The Pink and Blue Project (2005-08)
Date2005
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 19 7/8 × 19 7/8 × 1 1/8 in. (50.5 × 50.5 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2007
Object number2007.1771
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

JeongMee Yoon’s fascination with accumulations of objects led her to create the series The Pink & Blue Project. This series evolved from the simple act of making a portrait of her 8-year-old daughter, Seo Woo, who loved all things pink (see 2007.1771).

Upon arriving in New York in 2002, Yoon discovered that her daughter’s obsession was not unusual. Expanding her investigations into the phenomenon of pink, Yoon reached across cultures and ethnicities, posting notices in her apartment building in Queens and at her child’s school, and even stopping people on the street, in the subway, or at shopping centers in search of volunteer subjects. The Blue Project followed, and the artist noted that even though her 14-year-old son did not particularly favor the color blue over other colors, his clothes tended to be some shade of blue.

Whether this amassing of pink and blue objects has been dictated by popular culture, influenced by pervasive commercial marketing, or determined by product manufacturers, Yoon’s photographs leave little doubt about the global reach of the marketplace.


Provenance[Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery and Beck Lower Level Corridor, October 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible signature. Gallery invoice states "signed and numbered by the artist.
Printed label on verso: "... (logo) / JENKINS JOHNSON GALLERY / ... SAN FRANCISCO ... / ... Jeongmee Yoon / Terry and His Blue Things, 2005 3/10 / c-print / ... / JY002-PH"

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