When working on a piece of art, the artists experience Alice entering Wonderland through the rabbit hole. This painting captures the moment at which the abstract sensibility within is captured as an impression by immersing in the world of liberation and freedom through paint at the boundary between the conscious and the unconscious.

Liberation

There is no story-telling behind these works. These are just traces that are scattered on the 'field of color' by me who enjoys to express various emotions like stillness, tranquility and contemplation after emptying my mind. Although the 'field of color' is not precisely defined, it is the emotion we can feel, such as joy, warmth, depth, loneliness, and serenity.  The purpose of these paintings are to express nothing, and in that sense, it can be called 'postmodern', but they are just an 'internal meditation', nothing more, nothing less.

Ataraxy - a state of serene calmness, tranquility of mind

Ataraxy

The 'blank' has always been an attractive element to me. It is because, firstly, it is believed that the state of 'blank' can best express the world of any wave that cannot be described with words... of conscious/unconsciousness. Second, it is because, rather than filling myself with something, I can always contain the things I search or learn from the outside in a large blank space. Leave as much blank space as you need in that space, and make the most appropriate choice to complete the painting in it! Doing only what is necessary. Above all else, while making that choice, trust yourself and have a courage. And taking responsibility for that choice. That's the way I want to express it now.

The blank

What I am aiming for now is to go beyond the expressionism that has been in the past, to break away from the way others have always done, to open the door to my senses, to my inner unconscious, to fully enter into it, and to find out what is in it. Lines, planes, dots and non-verbal symbols. While creating some metaphysics floating in the unconscious, one by one, I discovered a strange thing. I just drew a large dot, but in some drawings, the dot seems to shout at me. 'I'm not a big dot, I'm the moon!' When I enlarged the dot, the moon-like feeling is just because the moon is rising in my subconscious mind.

Dot and Dal

The Universe Series is a work that visualizes the shape of scattered objects based on a dark background. The things scattered in the dark space may be material or spiritual, but the artist seeks to find natural order in them and eventually find beauty. In this Universe Series, the artist tried a collage that she has not done often, and it is a very interesting work in that it gives a glimpse into the world that the artist wanted to express through the different textures brought by various materials.

Universe

Communication

What I want to express is not what I see.  I believe that in the state of unconsciousness, humans become more sincere and closer to their true nature. What I want to express is not a picture that can be explained, but something that can be felt as it is seen. The reason why I am attracted to the subject of 'the unconscious and dreams' is that no one can paint dreams visually like still life paintings. Because painting is a very personal experience in which the viewer and the work collide directly through the eyes, the work is an intellectual lubricant that allows you to feel and start thinking for yourself.

Hyunah Kim