Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore (GINZA SIX 6F, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will host Park Yong-jae's solo exhibition "Tropic of Return: Where Eternity Resides" from August 29th (Sat) to September 16th (Wed), 2026, in its in-store art space, FOAM CONTEMPORARY.
Special Feature Page | https://store.tsite.jp/ginza/event/art/55957-1545300731.html
"The Untilted Cosmos," Oil on canvas, 145.5 x 112.1 cm
overview
Park Yong-jae has primarily presented paintings that depict mental landscapes where reality and fantasy intersect, based on inner themes such as loneliness, loss, dreams, and rebirth. The title of this exhibition, "Tropic of Capricorn," refers to the boundary line on Earth where the sun's orbit reverses. Park interprets this word as a spiritual turning point that occurs along the way of life, and depicts the cyclical nature of life as it transforms through his new series. Ray, Eden, and Moly, who appear on the canvases, are fictional characters that symbolize the loneliness and existence of urban dwellers. Their journey from the silence of the city to the "in-between" realm where reality and fantasy intersect, and their transformation into a dream world, is depicted like a story. Through the cyclical trajectory woven from birth and extinction, loss and rebirth, viewers are given an opportunity to reflect on their own memories and existence.
Overground (Train)
Ungrown (not yet fully grown up)
Artist Statement
This series is not meant to document wear and tear or loss. It is a hymn to the hopeful act of "return." Just as the boundaries between the beginning and end of a canvas disappear, becoming a single cycle, our lives, too, are reborn each time we let go, imbued with the warmth of new life. I hope that you, who have silently continued to walk the heavy trajectory of reality, will be able to rediscover the forgotten cradle sleeping within you at the end of this corridor. Our lives, in this way, beautifully cycle again and again. And then, quietly, we return once more.
Park Young-jae
Regarding the sale of artwork
The exhibited artworks will be available for purchase starting at 11:00 AM on Saturday, August 29th.
Depending on the pre-sale situation, tickets may sell out before the event begins.
Artist Profile
Park Yong Jae
Born in 1982. Based in Seoul.
Park Yong-jae is an artist who transcends the boundaries of two-dimensional expression, creating hyperrealistic sculptures and paintings in parallel. After gaining recognition for his meticulously crafted figurine works that recreate real people, he has expanded his range of expression to include paintings that explore themes of dreams, memories, and the boundaries of everyday life. His canvases, which reconstruct cities, nature, vague childhood memories, and landscapes remaining in the subconscious, feature anthropomorphic animals and depict a fantastical world where reality and dreams intersect. Through these two forms of expression, painting and sculpture, he continues to delicately explore the inner world and freedom of modern people, moving between form and emotion, reality and memory.
2026 “Future fair” Future fair (New York)
2026 “ONE ART Taipei” ONE ART Taipei (Taipei)
2026 “Group exhibition” PG Gallery (Seoul)
2025 “We-An” PG Gallery (Seoul)
2025 “Ungrown Memories” Noblesse Collection × Drop Dot (Seoul)
2025 "Art Busan Fair" PG Gallery (Busan)
2024 "Group exhibition" A:Gallery (Shenzhen)
2024 “Duo exhibition” PG Gallery (Seoul)
2024 "Art021 Shanghai" GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS (Shanghai)
2024 “Duo exhibition” Paradise City (Incheon)
2024 "Solo exhibition" PG Gallery (Seoul)
2024 "Group exhibition" GINZA SIX/GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS (Tokyo)
2024 “Group exhibition” SJ Kunsthalle, PG Gallery (Seoul)
2023 "Group exhibition" GINZA SIX/GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS (Tokyo)
2023 “Solo exhibition” Gallery HYO (Korea)
Exhibition details
PARK YONG JAE "The Tropic of Capricorn: Where Eternity Remains"
Dates｜Saturday, August 29, 2026 to Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Hours: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM *Closing at 6:00 PM on the last day Reception: August 28th (Fri) 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM *Open to everyone.
Venue: Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore FOAM CONTEMPORARY
Organized by Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore, in cooperation with PG Gallery
Admission: Free Closed: Mondays Inquiries: info.ginza@ccc.co.jp
Special Feature Page | https://store.tsite.jp/ginza/event/art/55957-1545300731.html
FOAM CONTEMPORARY
Combining the flexible concept of "liquid" with the conventional white cube-like space equipped with all the necessary facilities, this space, named "FOAM," represents an intermediate state that offers a multifaceted expression of the Japanese art scene.
The initial "O" in the logo is deliberately distorted to resemble a bubble. This represents the ever-changing contemporary art scene itself, while also symbolizing the free, flexible, and limitless expression of artists.
As a space for expression that explores and cultivates the value and appeal of art that transcends the life cycle while staying true to the actual times, we will introduce a variety of artists who deserve attention, regardless of their career or age.
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Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore
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CCC Art Lab
CCC Art Lab is a planning group within Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd., a planning company, that proposes "a life with art." Through our proposals for "a life with art," we aim to make art more accessible, make people's lives happier, and contribute to creating a better society. Based on the knowledge we have cultivated through many years of business experience in store planning, art media, product development, and event production, we propose projects with an approach that only we can offer.
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[From a press release by Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (CCC Art Lab)]
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