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kim taek sang, "in betweem color and light"nov. 29 - dec. 26, 2014 taguchi fine art,ltd. |
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Kim Taek sang was born in Seoul, Korea in 1958. Took B.F.A. at College of Fine Art, Chungang University, Seoul in 1985 and M.F.A. at College of Fine Art, Hongik University, Seoul in 1987. Currently living in Ilsan, near Seoul. He consistently has exhibitions in Korea and also outside of Korea. Recent years he is one of the most important artists for traveling shows introducing Korean abstract painting to foreign countries as ÒEmpty FullnessÓ, currently held in Berlin traveled from Shanghai. Tradition of Monochrome paintingMonochrome painting, which became active from 1970's, called "Dansaekhwa", forms the mainstream and is regarded as an important tendency in contemporary art in Korea. "Dansaekhwa" is now getting highly noticed internationally as "Mono-ha" in Japan. Many artists who started to work in 1990's have experience to study in Europe or United States and therefore monochrome painting itself shows various development in material and technique these days.He himself has no experience to study abroad, through the communication with those artists in his same generation, Kim Taek sang has been sought his identity as a Korean artist, deepened his thought and made effort to establish the originality of his works. Kim Taek Sang is now regarded as the center artist of the second generation of "Dansaekhwa". Trace of NatureHe does not use any brush, painting knife or palette, letting water, gravity of earth, nature to paint. First he makes a rectangular pool filled with water. Then soaks the unstretched canvas into this pool and pour water mixed with acrylic paint. The water slowly evaporates leaving its traces on the canvas. Temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure, season and weather make the difference and variation in those traces. In this process, the only one thing the artist has to do is to wait. After the certain period of time, Kim Taek sang drains the water and takes the canvas out from the pool, then puts the canvas on the wall to dry. He repeats this process over and over with the same canvas, overlapping the colors in many layers.Painting by TimeKim Taek sang's work is thus actual traces of water and it contains passage of time, just same as the rings of tree. All he has to do is to arrange the conditions of materials for the passage of time and nature to reveal themselves in the visible form to us.Color of NatureFor Kim Taek sang, using color is originally just a device to visualize the passage of time, season or nature on the canvas. If only with the transparent water, it is impossible for the artist to make those to be seen. The colors he uses are from nature; red from setting sun, blue from ocean or sky, green from trees, yellow from sun. Created deliberately with plenty of time, covered with soft and gentle colors, his works give the sense or notion of "maturity" or "ripeness" to the viewer.This is the first occasion for his solo show at our current space in Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi-mae. Please come to take a look of the new works by Kim Taek Sang. From 17:00 till 19:00 on the first day, November 29th, we will have a reception for the artist. checklist of the installation 1. Breathing Light - green blue, 2014 126 x 74 cm 2. Breathing Light - orange, 2013 130 x 82 cm 3. Breathing Light - apricot, 2013 122 x 80 cm 4. Breathing Light - orange, 2014 204 x 143.5 cm 5. Breathing Light - blue green, 2014 121 x 87 cm 6. Breathing Light - green yellow, 2009 40 x 40 cm 7. Breathing Light - orange red, 2008 30 x 30 cm 8. Breathing Light - red in red, 2014 59 x 47 cm water, acrylic on canvas |