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Kim Yong-Ik 金容翼
Untitled 無題
1990
In the 1990s, Kim Yong-Ik began a series of polka dot paintings. These works
consist of dots arranged in grids on canvases that also often feature irregular
marks, stains, and gaps. The artist views these imperfections in the
otherwise perfect grid as a way to upset the notions of control, clarity, and
completeness that characterise the modernist discourse in art. This work, one
of the earliest in the series, is painted in white only on the left side of the canvas.
The dots are in fact vinyl cut-outs affixed to the surface. Kim left the painting
outdoors for years, causing it to fade and revealing the wooden armature of its
support. He considers the discolouring and the marks that have accumulated
on the canvas over time to be integral aspects of the work.
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