Solo Exhibition by Artist Kim Dong-seok, Seokgwabulsik (碩果不食) - Dreaming of the Forest

Seokgwabulsik-1902_1000x200cm_Bamboo Stick And Seeds_2019 (Flat Installation Exhibition View) / Photo by Dongseok Kim

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] The solo exhibition by artist Kim Dongseok, planned with the meaning of Seokgwabulsik (碩果不食), will be held from the 16th to the 28th on the 3rd floor of the G&J Gallery Insart Center.

This exhibition is notable in that it allows a clear overview of Kim's works from his early pieces to his recent works and provides an understanding of the evolution of his artistic world.

Kim is a mid-career painter who has held eighteen solo exhibitions since his first in 1996. He has presented themes such as his mother's land, roads, and seeds, creating works that showcase a consistent thematic consciousness and diverse variations in form.

Seokgwabulsik-1902_1000x200cm_Bamboo Stick And Seeds_2019 (Flat Installation Exhibition View)./Photo by Dongseok Kim

This solo exhibition includes installation works alongside previous paintings or sculptural paintings. The installation works are the main pieces of this exhibition and encapsulate the philosophy and artistic will that the artist has pursued.

Art critic Kim Icheon commented on Kim's works, saying, "There is a characteristic of condensing and expanding the vitality of the seed object within the open space of the exhibition hall," and explained, "This is a different form of expression from the previous seed objects, which were attached to flat surfaces as painterly sculptures, organically showing the harmony of flatness and three-dimensionality, color, and materiality."

Meanwhile, Kim graduated from the Department of Western Painting at Chugye University for the Arts and the Graduate School of Art Education at Dongguk University. He earned a master's degree researching the works of Goam Lee Ungno and has been actively producing works, participating in 32 art fairs and over 600 curated invitational and group exhibitions.

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