Eunmi Kim

Biography

EunMi Kim's art work gives clear shapes and colors to the imaginary world that is inevitable to be ambiguous. The space that reminds me of a virtual city or kingdom is filled with a variety of colors and shapes. Variations that have been made from memories fill this entire imaginary universe. Memories inevitably lead to transformation. What is in the art work does not represent the reality but is only similar to it. Similarity without certain standard can continuously go on as it varies in a playful manner. The space in the art work is not a single space from perspective in good order but a space with multiple views. It is a series of time as well. The screen that has diverse centers is not functioned by one single powerful perspective. Anywhere in the screen are scattered cracks and gaps that can be a leap into an unknown space. The buildings in the art work are all connected with lines enabling one to take a visual stroll. More detailed choice is fulfilled in the 'zoom in and zoom out' way. The landscape that comes nearer to the unknown kingdom is approached in a near or far distance. It is like reading gradually by increasing or decreasing the size of the touch screen; it is inspired by people's act when they saw the art work on smart phones. A colored side comes up when a part is enlarged and comes back to a screen where little things are in crowds when it is reduced in size. There is temporality there yet where to look at first is not determined unlike the temporal arts such as films and literature. However, the colored sides, patterns, and shapes are not just simply in a row but they are still all heading toward the most interesting part. The artist fluidly hand-rubbed materials to create numerous grains and in the gaps where these grains make are an alternative world that is parallel to the reality. This is how she escapes from the hackneyed real life.