모마에 전시된 김범 작가의 작품 ‘무제’. 사진: Martin Seck
Kim Beom, Untitled (Intimate Suffering #11), 2012
317 × 221 cm, Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
In each work in his most recent series of paintings, begun in 2008 and titled Intimate Suffering, Kim Beom creates a visual riddle by mapping a massive network of lines that zigzag across a ten-by-seven foot canvas. In laboring over such an absurd task, Kim interrogates the idea of art as a leisure activity. At the same time, the viewer is challenged to solve this colossal labyrinth—certainly a visual endurance test. As Kim notes, "Life comes with its share of problems, and solving problems and finding the right way is hard, but it seems to be human instinct and nature to do so."
Gallery label from Unfinished Conversations, March 19-July 30, 2017.
다양한 장르를 넘나드는 아티스트 김범 작가가 뉴욕현대미술관(MoMA•모마)의 기획전 ‘끝나지 않은 대화’(Unfinished Conversations: New Work from collection) 전시회에 한국 작가 작품으로는 유일하게 선보이고 있다. 지난 3월 19일 개막, 2017년 7월30일까지 열리는 이번 전시에는 한국 뿐 아니라 유럽, 남미, 아프리카 등 전세계 신진 및 중견 작가 14인의 작품들로 모마가 구입한 소장품들을 한 곳에서 보여준다. 작가들은 자신들이 처한 현실로부터 오는 사회•정치적인 불안과 정체성, 사회적 통념에 대한 반항 등을 다양한 매체를 이용해 표현한 작품들을 보여주고 있다.
김범 작가는 회화에서부터 드로잉, 오브제, 설치, 비디오, 책에 이르는 폭넓은 매체를 사용하여 이미지가 가진 허구성이나 사회적으로 교육된 개념으로부터 탈피하는 작품을 제시하며 관람객으로 하여금 고정관념에서 벗어나 세상을 보는 또 다른 시각을 숙고하게 한다. 이번 전시에는 그의 대형 추상화 작업 '무제‘(친숙한 고통 #11)을 만나볼 수 있다. 거대한 미로를 형상화한 이 작품은 관람객로 하여금 눈으로 미로 찾기를 하게 하면서 반복적인 패턴을 바라보는 동안 제목의 의미를 고스란히 전해준다.Mar. 2017
New York
The exhibition considers the intertwining themes of social protest, the effect of history on the formation of identity, and how art juxtaposes fact and fiction. From Cairo to St. Petersburg, from The Hague to Recife, the artists in the exhibition observe and interpret acts of state violence and the resistance and activism they provoke. They re-examine historical moments, evoking images of the past and claiming their places within it. They take on contemporary struggles for power, intervening into debates about government surveillance and labor exploitation. Together, these artists look back to traditions both within and beyond the visual arts to imagine possibilities for an uncertain future.
The title of this exhibition is inspired by John Akomfrah’s three-channel video installation The Unfinished Conversation (2012), which is included here and chronicles the life and work of the Jamaican-born British cultural theorist Stuart Hall (1932–2014). Hall recognized the power that museum collections have to both shape and reflect culture and communities, contending that they are sources of inspiration “which create thought-provoking visions of our past. They provide testimony to the darkest and brightest of human history.”
Unfinished Conversations includes works by John Akomfrah, Jonathas de Andrade, Anna Boghiguian, Andrea Bowers, Paul Chan, Simon Denny, Samuel Fosso, Iman Issa, Kim Beom, Erik van Lieshout, Cameron Rowland, Wolfgang Tillmans, Adrián Villar Rojas, Kara Walker, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3651
In each work in his most recent series of paintings, begun in 2008 and titled Intimate Suffering, Kim Beom creates a visual riddle by mapping a massive network of lines that zigzag across a ten-by-seven foot canvas. In laboring over such an absurd task, Kim interrogates the idea of art as a leisure activity. At the same time, the viewer is challenged to solve this colossal labyrinth—certainly a visual endurance test. As Kim notes, "Life comes with its share of problems, and solving problems and finding the right way is hard, but it seems to be human instinct and nature to do so."
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/199054?artist_id=49061&locale=en&page=1&sov_referrer=artist
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