Heesoo Kim has lengthy used the identical titles for each exhibitions and works. His exhibitions have been titled ‘Regular Life’ and his work have been titled ‘Untitled’. There have been just a few exceptions with small subtitles, however the sample was largely constant. This may occasionally appear easy at rst look, however it comes from his intention to step again and preserve a sure distance from his work. This angle additionally seems in the way in which he paints gures with out tying them to specic folks, permitting anybody to see themselves in them. From this slight distance, he returns to feelings that really feel acquainted, resembling love, friendship, and relationships, and asks what they imply once more.
Heesoo Kim information passing ideas and temporary scenes via handwriting and drawing. Reasonably than aiming for a nished picture, these drawings are nearer to fast notes that maintain a second. They type just like the bark of a tree that grows and sheds. Even when the writing is difficult to learn, it carries personal and unltered emotions spoken nearly with out intention.
There was no xed vacation spot in the way in which he noticed and recorded every day life, however the feelings and relationships amassed over time slowly revealed the place his thoughts was turning. This seems within the title of this exhibition, ‘What I lengthy to see’. It could appear to be a departure from his earlier naming sample, however it’s extra of a small shift that naturally adopted the path of his work.
In an setting the place ideas and pictures are shortly shared and changed on small screens, we join with others simply and drift aside simply as quick. As sociologist Zygmunt Bauman described trendy relationships as “liquid,” the strain between the will for stability and the will to not be sure echoes the fact the artist has felt. Within the fatigue and vacancy left by fixed publicity, he asks himself what he ought to maintain on to.
Figures mendacity face down on the oor as if on the lookout for a spot to relaxation, or a gure standing with open arms underneath one other who’s falling, specific a want to restore relationships, a perception that connection continues to be attainable, and the core emotions he desires to return to. By bringing again feelings which can be straightforward to cross over and including weight to them via thick layers of paint, his work turns into a manner of transferring towards the chance that life could be formed once more.
The hope present in his work lies within the gesture of reaching out a hand towards one thing not but inside attain however nonetheless sought.
