Installation view of “Pillar Rock Standing in Midstream (砥柱中流)” ©Leeahn Gallery
Leeahn Gallery presents a solo exhibition “Pillar
Rock Standing in Midstream (砥柱中流)” by Kim Tschoon-Su, through December 31. This solo exhibition
features 10 new works from the artist’s representative series, ‘Ultra-Marine’.
The exhibition's title, “Pillar Rock
Standing in Midstream” is an archaic Chinese phrase that refers to a person or
an act that keeps fidelity in the face of difficulty, an appropriate language
for Kim.
Installation view
of “Pillar Rock Standing in Midstream (砥柱中流)” ©Leeahn Gallery'Repetitive performance, Aimlessness, and
Layers of Korean beauty' are the characteristics of the artist's monochromatic
paintings. 'Blue/Clear Light' (both pronounced as Cheong in Chinese
characters)' which Kim has focused for more than 30 years, could be described
as a state of 'practical unity between ego and painting' where the artist uses
his fingers and palms rather than a brush to create the speed and texture of
the strokes.
Notable in this exhibition is the emergence
of a 'delicate matière' in which the energy of the ripple's vibrant colors is
integrated into the canvas.
Installation view of “Pillar Rock Standing in Midstream (砥柱中流)” ©Leeahn GalleryKim's blue is not a single color, but rather a 'boundless freedom that unfolds infinitely' that liberates our closed thoughts. To achieve this, he emphasizes a “centered mind". For the artist, Ultra-Marine is a color and light like an alter ego, 'a real heart that sticks in the mind'.
