Kim Yong-Ik
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This minimalist artwork features a composition of simple geometric shapes and forms in a muted color palette. The predominant elements are circles and rectangles in shades of gray, black, and white, arranged in an asymmetrical and balanced manner. The use of negative space and the contrast between the solid shapes and the open areas create a sense of visual tension and dynamism. The artist's style appears to be rooted in the Bauhaus tradition, with a focus on clean lines, basic shapes, and the exploration of the relationship between form and space. This piece likely aims to distill the essence of visual perception and challenge the viewer's understanding of composition and balance. ...
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Kim Yong-Ik
B.1947Influenced 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.” ...