This contemporary abstract painting features a muted color palette of olive green, gray, and white, with a striking pattern of black circular shapes dotting the canvas. The composition has a sense of spontaneity, with fluid brushstrokes and textural elements creating a dynamic and visually engaging artwork. The repetitive, almost rhythmic, placement of the circular forms suggests a playful exploration of the relationship between positive and negative space. While the subject matter is not immediately recognizable, the artist's bold and expressive style conveys a sense of underlying emotion or narrative. This piece likely reflects the artist's personal exploration of abstract forms and the emotive power of color and composition. ...
Influenced by Dansaekhwa, the Korean monochrome painting, and the Japanese Mono-ha movement, Kim Yong-Ik established his career in the late 1970s with his Plane Object paintings, a series of airbrush paintings on unstretched canvases that relate to these traditions. In the 1980s, having completed a thesis on Marcel Duchamp, Kim moved from the ‘Plane Object’ series to more abstract and geometric languages. During the 1980s and 1990s, he developed increasingly experimental work by using scraps and thus including forces greater than his own imprint, such as stains, hair or dust. By the early 1990s, Kim develops his “polka dot” series consisting of paintings depicting simple and serialized arrangements of circles.
In 1999, Kim helped establish one of Korea’s leading exhibition spaces known as “art space pool.” ...
