This contemporary artwork features a striking close-up of a human face, with only the eyes and part of the eyebrows visible. The bold composition is created through the use of distinct black and white horizontal stripes that partially obscure the subject, lending an enigmatic and mysterious quality to the piece. The artist's technique combines photographic realism with an abstract, minimalist approach, hinting at themes of identity, concealment, and the human gaze. The overall effect is a captivating and thought-provoking visual exploration of the human form and the power of visual perception. ...
Throughout her career, Suyeon Kim has continued to explore the notion of weather, with a particular interest in the relationship between data and tooltips to form carefully calculated compositions on a picture plane. She sees weather as a manifestation of power, metaphorising personal experiences and emotions into mediated objects.
Kim’s paintings integrate data accumulated over time and movement. The artist observes the movement of the tool from the xy-axis plane and discerns the change in force from the z-axis by evaluating the bluntness or sharpness of the marks, then conscientiously traces and studies the modes of painting according to the tools. ...
