In his latest exhibition, "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring," artist Sung Hwa Kim presents new works expanding on the traditional Korean white porcelain jar as a motif for exploring time. These paintings, described as visual haikus, capture fleeting moments and seasonal shifts through a vivid color palette. Notable works like "Still Life with Jar, Moon Lamp" depict serene urban landscapes contrasted with vibrant interior scenes. Kim's use of ethereal imagery intertwines themes of life and death, suggesting a harmony between opposing cycles in existence.
These paintings are visual haikus: poetic snapshots of ephemeral moments that tend to reckon with a change in season and the climactic evolutions that distinguish it.
In Still Life with Jar, Moon Lamp, and René Magritte Postcard, cool blue tones blanket a sleepy cityscape illuminated only by a crescent moon—it’s a dreamlike stillness.
Time folds in on itself in Still Life with Jar, Pencil, and Notebook, as reality lingers in a state of flux—an ending and a beginning intertwined.
Kim expertly stages diverging cycles of life and death, showcasing the delicate balance between urban and pastoral, day and night.
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