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KIM Dong-Kyu, <Light column>, Fabric, dye, plastic bowl, 400x600x50cm, 1974 (reproduction in 2016)
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KIM Dong-Kyu, <Custom>, Oil on Canvas, 84x102cm, 1974
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[Korea]
KIM Dong-Kyu
Light column
Unknown title
Kim Dong-Kyu graduated from the arts department at the Busan National University of Education and served as a member of the Hyuck coterie in Busan from 1963 to 1975. In Light Column by the artist who has led the contemporary art scene in Busan, clothes are hung from the ceiling in the form of a column with the lower portion soaking in a bowl filled with aqueous ink. Over time ink of various colors are absorbed into the column of clothes. The method of using the technique of traditional dying and the process coming from the nature of the materials is differentiated from the method of modernism. Kim Dong-Kyu attempted to create works that took advantage of natural phenomenon while seeking the beauty and joy found in the contemporary arts through the passage of time and changes in materials according to the change and native beauty of primary colors.
