KIM
HYUNJEE
 




WORKS︎

2019-
  1. Full Bloom
  2. A Pond
  3. Dreaming at the Beach
  4. My Father
  5. My Father’s Dancing Legs
  6. Bed Fight at 10 
  7. Documentation [30.11.2020-11.2.2021] On Potato
  8. I Want to Understand You and I Forgive You
  9. I Can’t Find My Home
  10. Home Dinner [babsang 밥상]
  11. Spiders in My Bed
  12. Toastbook 
  13. My Quiet Room



PROJECTS
2020-
  1. Dancing Leg
  2. In My Dreams
  3. How to Bake a Cake



EXPERIENCES
2023-
  1. Transformation Project, Averill Park, NY, US
  2. Arts Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, NY, US
  3. Aesthetics of Bliss, London, GB





PRESS
2023-
  1. CBS6 Albany, 2023 - 

    “Nopiates committee's transformation project sheds light on substance abuse disorder”








                We all originate from the core of emotion.


                A rock, the nature, our body is a perfect connected metaphor, an allegory in volume. When placed it’s sculptural limits beget a kind of proposition — and when considered with reduced anthropomorphism and ungeologically — produce a ready-made analog to the causation and bounds of our attempts at the understanding of all things.




Kim Hyun Jee is a sculptor who centres her work on 압 (壓, 押) – "the act of pressing”. In reflecting our current socio-political landscape, where radical politics often exploit or diminish the power of language, she engages with the layered meanings of the traditional Chinese character 압 (壓, 押), which can be interpreted as ‘physically pressing’ or ‘psychological, social pressure’.


Using ceramics, silicone rubber, and other mixed media, Kim expresses her philosophies through the concept of "pressing"—fully embracing the primitive pressure, temperature, and emotion. Her work suggests new possibilities for communication, emphasizing the transformative power of poetic expression.



Mark






I Want to Understand You and I Forgive You








I Want to Understand You and I Forgive You
video, 1’17, 2022
         


I Want to Understand You and I Forgive You manifests as a multimedia opus wherein the artist engages in a recorded introspective monologue, delving into the intricacies of their paternal sentiments. The absence of scripted discourse imbues the piece with an unfiltered authenticity, akin to a solipsistic therapeutic dialogue, encapsulating the artist's journey toward self-revelation. In the atmospheric backdrop of an overcast and blustery day, the artist grapples with a heightened emotional state, transcending the quotidian tribulations. Against this tumultuous emotional canvas, the artist's attention is drawn to a solitary tree, its sinuous branches gracefully swaying in response to a subtle zephyr. These arboreal appendages, in their undulating cadence, evoke an anthropomorphic semblance of anguish and bewilderment, yet persistently exhibit an innate inclination toward survival—an allegory harmonizing with the artist's own existential milieu.

This documentation serves as an intimate visual testament, portraying my silent communion with the arboreal subject, thereby encapsulating a profound symbiosis between introspective human inquiry and the stoic resilience of the natural realm, navigating the nexus of emotional self-exploration and a contemplative rendezvous with the arboreal tapestry. In this multidimensional creation, the artist's internal narrative converges with the silent struggles of nature, beseeching viewers to not only witness the unfolding of a personal odyssey but also to engage in a cerebral discourse on the indomitable human spirit in the face of existential tempests.


Click - Link to the video


Stills from the video