Impossible Shadows

Cindy Ji Hye Kim

Impossible Shadows, 2023173 x 91cmSign in to view price
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MaterialGallery
graphite, charcoal, pastel, colored pencil on silk with shapedFrançois Ghebaly
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This striking black and white photograph depicts a surreal and dreamlike scene. The composition is dominated by a striking staircase, with its intricate curves and railings creating a sense of movement and uncertainty. The use of chiaroscuro, with areas of deep shadow contrasting with bright highlights, adds to the mysterious and unsettling atmosphere. The inclusion of what appears to be a toy figure perched on the staircase further enhances the otherworldly quality of the image. The artist's intention seems to be to challenge the viewer's perception and evoke a sense of disquiet and unease, inviting contemplation of the subconscious and the liminal spaces between reality and the imagination. ...

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Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Artist
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
B.1990, South Korean

Cindy Ji Hye Kim is a Canadian-Korean painter, who concocts disturbing domestic scenes. In her signature grayscale palette, Kim works with a mixture of oils, acrylics, inks and graphite to create her large-scale works. She has developed a host of three recurring characters within her paintings; Mister Capital, Madam Earth and schoolgirl, these figures undergo and inflict violent acts in the supposed comfort of the home. Mutant SPAM tins cause havoc, rats run riot or ironing chords contort and maim the female figures as they undergo their domestic errands. The horror that unfolds between these stereotypical markers of patriarchy, domesticity and capitalism speaks to the infiltration of these forces within our daily lives. Building on her background in animation and illustration, these tableaux are delivered in a cartoonlike register, cropped awkwardly like strips within a comic, or freeze frames within a film. Kim has spoken about the subversive capacity of cartoon imagery, and its ability to really push the limits of the grotesque in a way that ‘fine art’ media cannot. This graphic approach links her work to artists such as Roy Lichenstein, or Tala Madani and Ebecho Muslimova, who similarly mobilise illustrative registers to deftly examine the restrictions placed upon women’s bodies. Simultaneously magnetic and repulsive, Kim’s paintings demand the viewer’s attention. ...

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Crux Decussata: The Wailing
Crux Petrus: Dreams of Oedipus
Ego Pathétique
Cindy Ji Hye KimEgo Pathétique, 2021
243.84 x 182.88cm
Sorrow or Satire
Cindy Ji Hye KimSorrow or Satire, 2021
30.48 x 30.48cm
A Shield Composed of One Word
Capita: The Face and Its Name
The Wailing
Cindy Ji Hye KimThe Wailing, 2021
30.48 x 22.86cm
The Face and Its Name
Ego Pathétique
Cindy Ji Hye KimEgo Pathétique, 2021
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Butterflies Will Make You Blind
I Heard Nothing But Laughter
The Binding of Isaac
Cindy Ji Hye KimThe Binding of Isaac, 2018
213.36 x 162.56cm
Impossible Shadows
Thousand-Eyed Monster
Disillusion, Eclipse
Mosaic Tale
Cindy Ji Hye KimMosaic Tale, 2023
172.5 x 132cm
Driftwood
Cindy Ji Hye KimDriftwood, 2023
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Haunt of the Wild Beast
Lumen Insignia
Cindy Ji Hye KimLumen Insignia, 2023
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Kokdu #1
Cindy Ji Hye KimKokdu #1, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
Kokdu #2
Cindy Ji Hye KimKokdu #2, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
Kokdu #3
Cindy Ji Hye KimKokdu #3, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
Kokdu #4
Cindy Ji Hye KimKokdu #4, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
Kokdu #5
Cindy Ji Hye KimKokdu #5, 2023
25.4 x 10.2 x 8.9cm
The Mating Dance
François Ghebaly
Gallery
François Ghebaly
Los Angeles, New York City

Since 2009, François Ghebaly has presented an innovative, eclectic program of Los Angeles-based and international artists. With a history of identifying and championing diverse voices and emerging talent, the gallery’s roster has grown to include 27 artists and 2 artist estates, ranging from early career, such as Sharif Farrag and Ludovic Nkoth, to mid-career, like Christine Sun Kim, Meriem Bennani, Kelly Akashi, Farah Al Qasimi, and Genesis Belanger, to well established, including Sayre Gomez, Kathleen Ryan, Neïl Beloufa and Candice Lin as well as underground legends, like Patrick Jackson and Mike Kuchar. The gallery advances the reach of its artists’ visions by publishing exhibition catalogues and producing artist editions. Located since 2013 in a 12,000 square foot warehouse space in Downtown Los Angeles, the gallery is a mainstay of the burgeoning Arts District community, and recently expanded to New York's Lower East Side. François Ghebaly’s program demonstrates a commitment to challenging work across all media and to fostering the progressive, boundary-pushing practices of its artists. ...

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