Kim, Kwang Ho – Reflection
8 July – 8 August 2021
Venue: Gallery Jeeum (LG-01, Office Block One, DB North Plaza, 92 Siena Avenue, Discovery Bay, Hong Kong)
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11am to 5pm; Saturday-Sunday, 11am to 7pm
Gallery Jeeum is delighted to present Korean artist, Kim Kwang-Ho’s recent works in the upcoming show. Light, shadows, and objects are three important, intertwined elements in Kim’s works. The artist believes that the relationship between the three elements is beyond the fact that shadow is a combined creation of the existence of light and an object. Shadow is a methodological instrument to search for an ego and to find an answer to the most fundamental and essential question of human beings: “Who and what am I?”
In years of practicing, Kim has developed and experimented with different expressions of shadow: focusing on spatiality and with the design of the sculpture structure itself as a background; allowing a wide blank space in the background and emphasizing on the figuration of the object in front; creating a frame and adding different colours to the sculptures etc. Every form and shape existing in our world are three-dimensional, with spaces in between or surrounding that exist as a void. They are all an investigation into creating the non-substantial from substantial, and vice versa.
No matter the way of expression, Kim’s subject of focus has always been loyal to the Four Sagunja, also known as the four noble ones or four gracious plants – plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo, this time with the recurring motif of a seemingly tranquil moon in a golden form on the other side. Along in the group of his most recent works are also pieces that shift our attention to other objects such as the human figure, houses, and shapes, some with repeated layers and patterns.
Each work is placed in front of a mirror as the back frame, offering an alternative way of appreciating Kim’s steel sculptures. On eye-level, the images appear to be either in black or white and only when you look into the reflection from a different angle would you see a colored reproduction. The introduction of a myriad of bright colours added a contemporary touch to the pieces, different from the artist’s usual works. Once again, Kim’s sculptures invite the audience’s gaze to travel beyond the boundaries of line expressions, this time extended to the mirrored images created within the works.
Artworks
Standing woman – reflection 2021
350x85x1200cm
Stainless Super mirror
Standing women – reflection 2021
350x85x1200cm
Stainless Super mirror
Plum Blossom(梅) 2021
540x85x750cm
Stainless Super mirror, Steel
Plum Blossom (梅) – Reflection 2021
350x85x1200cm
Stainless Super mirror
Chrysanthemum 2021
540x85x790cm
Steel
Bamboo (竹) Wind – Reflection 2021
560x85x950cm
Stainless Super mirror
Hometown 1 – Reflection 2021
570x85x880cm
Steel
Cube – Reflection 2021
720x85x570cm
Steel
Dance – Reflection 2021
670x85x610cm
Steel
군집 – Reflection 2021
720x85x710cm
Stainless Super mirror
Cube – Reflection 2021
720x85x570cm
Steel
