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Hun Kyu Kim: The Prayers
Perrotin Seoul is pleased to present The Prayers, a solo exhibition by Korean artist Hun Kyu Kim. Expanding upon the world of animal collectives that he has long explored, this exhibition sheds new light on the realms of faith and belief. Born in Seoul in 1986, Kim graduated from the Department of Oriental Painting at Seoul National University. Drawing inspiration from Goryeo Buddhist paintings and traditional silk-coloring techniques, he has developed an allegorical visual language that reflects human desire and contradiction through the depiction of animals. After completing his MFA at the Royal College of Art in London, Kim has continued to work primarily in London, presenting a unique painterly world that moves fluidly between Eastern and Western visual idioms.
In Kim’s paintings, chaos and order, inside and outside, one belief and another ceaselessly collide. As viewers engage with his work, they are prompted to confront fundamental questions about humanity—What is right? How should we live? Rather than seeking definitive answers, the artist persistently reexamines these questions through the act of painting. Through this exhibition—where color, belief, and pictorial structure intertwine—viewers are invited to contemplate the symbolic narratives that compose Kim’s universe, and to reflect on the fragile balance of convictions that shape our world.
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Perrotin Seoul is pleased to present The Prayers, a solo exhibition by Korean artist Hun Kyu Kim. Expanding upon the world of animal collectives that he has long explored, this exhibition sheds new light on the realms of faith and belief. Born in Seoul in 1986, Kim graduated from the Department of Oriental Painting at Seoul National University. Drawing inspiration from Goryeo Buddhist paintings and traditional silk-coloring techniques, he has developed an allegorical visual language that reflects human desire and contradiction through the depiction of animals. After completing his MFA at the Royal College of Art in London, Kim has continued to work primarily in London, presenting a unique painterly world that moves fluidly between Eastern and Western visual idioms.
In Kim’s paintings, chaos and order, inside and outside, one belief and another ceaselessly collide. As viewers engage with his work, they are prompted to confront fundamental questions about humanity—What is right? How should we live? Rather than seeking definitive answers, the artist persistently reexamines these questions through the act of painting. Through this exhibition—where color, belief, and pictorial structure intertwine—viewers are invited to contemplate the symbolic narratives that compose Kim’s universe, and to reflect on the fragile balance of convictions that shape our world.
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