Gwangju, Südkorea, 1962
Clouds
2024, Mixed media on Mulberry Hanji Paper, Unique
23,8 x 30 cm
Minjung Kim is a contemporary Korean artist best known for the transparency of her ink paintings as well as her subtle formal compositions on layered paper. Kim is on a mission to reinterpret traditional Korean aesthetics. She uses a process-based organization of her thoughts, problems and moods in each of her artworks. Through the repeated work of burning and layering mulberry hanji paper, she conveys the process of emotional healing and meditation. Often colorful and staccato, the artist describes her calligraphic works in emotional words: “The movement, the colors, they are so calm and peaceful. They are my state of mind,” she says.