Minjung Kim – Hill Art Foundation

A gallery space with black and white art works in white frames hanging on different floating walls

Installation view: Minjung Kim. Hill Art Foundation, March 3–27, 2021. © Hill Art Foundation. Photo: Matthew Herrmann.

A gallery space with artworks in white frames hanging on different floating walls

Installation view: Minjung Kim. Hill Art Foundation, March 3–27, 2021. © Hill Art Foundation. Photo: Matthew Herrmann.

An installation shot of an exhibition space entrance with a collection of small artworks hanging...

Installation view: Minjung Kim. Hill Art Foundation, March 3–27, 2021. © Hill Art Foundation. Photo: Matthew Herrmann.

The Hill Art Foundation is honored to present the first career survey of Minjung Kim, whose work merges the traditions of Korean watercolor painting and calligraphy with concepts of minimalism and abstraction.

The exhibition is a close collaboration between the artist and curatorial advisor Boon Hui Tan, the Director of the Asia Society Museum and the Asia Society’s Vice President for Global Artistic Programs. The exhibition has been structured to include 37 paintings drawn from series across the artist’s career, showcasing the astonishing range of Kim’s exploration of the interaction between ink and paper.

Ink circles that become darker and darker as they move towards the center of a page with a series...

Minjung Kim, Percussion, 2006. Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper, 28 × 28 inches (71 × 71 cm).

Minjung Kim, Percussion, 2019. Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper, 27 5/8 × 27 5/8 inches (70 × 70 cm).

Minjung Kim, Percussion, 2019. Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper, 27 1/8 × 27 1/8 inches (69 × 69 cm).

Minjung Kim, Percussion, 2019. Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper, 27 5/8 × 27 5/8 inches (69 × 69 cm).

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Ink As Contemporary Practice: The Art of Minjung Kim — introduction by curator Boon Hui Tan

A gallery space with a courtyard with an abstract sculpture and contemporary artworks in white...

Installation view: Minjung Kim. Hill Art Foundation, March 3–27, 2021. © Hill Art Foundation. Photo: Matthew Herrmann.

A gallery space with the cityscape outside the window and artworks in white frames hanging on floating...

Installation view: Minjung Kim. Hill Art Foundation, March 3–27, 2021. © Hill Art Foundation. Photo: Matthew Herrmann.

Lines of burnt p aper arranged horizontally from lightest at the top to darkest at the bottom.

Minjung Kim, Timeless, 2019. Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper, 74 7/8 × 51 1/4 inches (190 × 130 cm).

Landscape of mountains created by a range of light to dark ink.

Minjung Kim, Mountain, 2019. Ink and watercolor on mulberry Hanji paper, 74 7/8 × 51 1/4 inches (190 × 130 cm).

A gallery space with contemporary artworks in white frame on floating walls and wooden chairs around...

Installation view: Minjung Kim. Hill Art Foundation, March 3–27, 2021. © Hill Art Foundation. Photo: Matthew Herrmann.

Installation photo of a gallery space with artworks hanging on floating walls and furniture in...

Installation view: Minjung Kim. Hill Art Foundation, March 3–27, 2021. © Hill Art Foundation. Photo: Matthew Herrmann.

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Minjung Kim

Mountain, 2008

Ink on mulberry Hanji paper

7 × 17 3/4 inches (18 × 45 cm)

Minjung Kim

Mountain, 2008

Ink on mulberry Hanji paper

14 3/4 × 18 7/8 inches (37.5 × 48 cm)

Minjung Kim

Mountain, 2012

Ink on mulberry Hanji paper

17 1/8 × 27 1/8 inches (43.5 × 69 cm)

Close up of landscape of mountains created by a range of light to dark ink.

Minjung Kim

Mountain, 2008

Ink on mulberry Hanji paper

11 7/8 × 14 3/4 inches (30 × 37.5 cm)

Minjung Kim

Mountain, 2012

Ink on mulberry Hanji paper

15 × 15 inches (38 × 38 cm)

A work on paper with different colors of tans in rectangular shapes and irregular circles in each...

Minjung Kim

New York, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

55 1/8 × 78 3/8 inches (140 × 199 cm)

Minjung Kim

Red Mountain, 2019

Ink and watercolor on mulberry Hanji paper

12 3/8 × 18 inches (31.5 × 45 cm)

Landscape of mountains created by a range of light to dark blue ink.

Minjung Kim

Blue Mountain, 2019

Watercolor on mulberry Hanji paper

13 3/8 × 18 1/2 inches (34 × 47 cm)

An artwork of a range of light to dark red ink layering on top of each other.

Minjung Kim

Red Mountain, 2019

Ink and watercolor on mulberry Hanji paper

12 1/4 × 8 3/4 inches (31 × 22 cm)

Grey, black, and white mountains created with ink receding into the background of the painting.

Minjung Kim

Mountain, 2014

Ink on mulberry Hanji paper

43 3/4 × 62 7/8 inches (111 × 159.5 cm)

Minjung Kim

Timeless, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

74 7/8 × 51 1/4 inches (190 × 130 cm)

Minjung Kim

Mountain, 2019

Ink and watercolor on mulberry Hanji paper.

74 7/8 × 51 1/4 inches (190 × 130 cm)

White circles overlapping as they are arranged in vertical columns on a black background.

Minjung Kim

Velocity, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

57 × 80 1/8 inches (145 × 204 cm)

Grey canvas two-thirds covered with overlaid white circles and the other third painted with repeated...

Minjung Kim

Insight, 2014

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

43 1/8 × 53 inches (109.5 × 134.5 cm)

Private Collection, Munich

Tiny cut out, circular pieces of paper covering a black canvas.

Minjung Kim

Order-Impulse, 2017

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

80 × 55 1/2 inches (203 × 141 cm)

Ink and burned paper arranged to look like rough vertical paint-strokes across the canvas.

Minjung Kim

Phasing, 2017

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

81 7/8 × 56 3/4 inches (208 × 144 cm)

Private Collection

Repeated circular shapes with burned edges converge to the right of the center of the work.

Minjung Kim

Sculpture, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

56 3/4 × 80 1/8 inches (144 × 204 cm)

An artwork of ink blotches on hanji paper with burned circles over the ink blotches.

Minjung Kim

Phasing, 2017

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

58 1/4 × 82 3/4 inches (148 × 210 cm)

Minjung Kim

Phasing, 2018

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

55 1/8 × 80 1/2 inches (140 × 204.5 cm)

An artwork of ink splashes on hanji paper with burned holes mimic the splashing pattern over the...

Minjung Kim

Phasing, 2017

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

57 1/8 × 81 1/2 inches (145 × 207 cm)

Private Collection

White canvas overlaid with tan sheets of burnt paper to form a collage.

Minjung Kim

Dobae, 2015

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

29 1/2 × 53 1/8 inches (75 × 135 cm)

Private Collection, Swampscott, MA

Numerous different colored circle shaped pieces of paper stacked to create a collage.

Minjung Kim

Pieno di Vuoto, 2008

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

82 3/4 × 59 1/8 inches (210 × 150 cm)

Minjung Kim

Mountain, 2018

Ink on mulberry Hanji paper

28 3/4 × 30 1/8 inches (73 × 76.5 cm)

A work of art consists of different color hanji paper with burned edges of paper creating oval...

Minjung Kim

The Street, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

79 1/8 × 55 1/2inches (201 × 141 cm)

A work on paper with irregular oval-shapes on top of each other, each with multiple burned paper...

Minjung Kim

The Street, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

78 3/4 × 55 1/8 inches (200 × 140 cm)

Private Collection

A work of art consists of dark hanji paper with burned edges of paper creating oval shapes

Minjung Kim

The Street, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

78 3/4 × 55 3/4 inches (200 × 141.5 cm)

Different colored dots splattered across a white piece of paper and connected by thin lines.

Minjung Kim

Predestination, 2013

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

55 1/8 × 74 7/8 inches (140 × 190 cm)

Strips of black and brown burned paper in a series of patterned lines.

Minjung Kim

Story, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

55 1/2 × 78 3/4 inches (141 × 200 cm)

An artwork of ink blotches of different sizes and hanji paper with burned circles over the ink...

Minjung Kim

Phasing, 2018

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

33 1/2 × 55 1/8 inches (85 × 140 cm)

White and grey strips of burned paper arranged to create an illusionistic corner.

Minjung Kim

The Corner, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

82 1/2 × 58 1/8 inches (209.5 × 147.5 cm)

White strips of burned paper arranged to create an illusionistic corner.

Minjung Kim

The Room, 2007

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

79 1/2 × 55 7/8 inches (202 × 142 cm)

White strips of burned paper arranged to create lines that concentrate towards the center of the...

Minjung Kim

Tension, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

83 1/8 × 57 1/2 inches (201 × 141 cm)

Minjung Kim

Percussion, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

27 5/8 × 27 5/8 inches (69 × 69 cm)

Minjung Kim

Percussion, 2006

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

28 × 28 inches (71 × 71 cm)

Minjung Kim

Percussion, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

27 5/8 × 27 5/8 inches (70 × 70 cm)

Minjung Kim

Percussion, 2019

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

27 1/8 × 27 1/8 inches (69 × 69 cm)

Red ink splattered across a white page with black lines throughout to highlight details.

Minjung Kim

Cries, 2001

Mixed media on mulberry Hanji paper

27 5/8 × 55 1/8 inches (70 × 140 cm)

Minjung Kim
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