Byron Kim

Byron Kim

Byron Kim (born in 1961 in La Jolla, California) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. In the early 1990s he produced minimalist paintings exploring racial identity.

Works

Kim's work in the early 1990s consisted of monochrome canvases depicting the skin tones of friends and family.Carey Lovelace, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_10_89/ai_79276175 "Byron Kim at Max Protetch - Brief Article", "Art in America", October 2001.] ] He gained early recognition for "Synecdoche", his contribution to the 1993 Whitney Biennial, which embodied the aesthetic and political aspirations of the art in that year's exhibition.Micheal Kelly in Salim Kemal, Ivan Gaskell, "Politics and Aesthetics in the Arts", Cambridge University Press, 2000, p249. ISBN 0521454182] "Synecdoche" (1991-1992) is a grid of 400 small, monochromatic paintings. Each panel recreates the skin color of an individual who sat for Kim while he painted their portrait. Although the works, at first glance, resemble minimalist paintings of the 1960s the racial and political dimensions became apparent after reading in the exhibition catalogue how the works came about. [Micheal Kelly in Salim Kemal, Ivan Gaskell, "Politics and Aesthetics in the Arts", Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp249-250. ISBN 0521454182] For Arthur C. Danto the work becomes less interesting once the viewer is aware of the artist's intentions. [Arthur Coleman Danto in Arthur Coleman Danto, Gregg Horowitz, Tom Huhn, "The Wake of Art: Criticism, Philosophy, and the Ends of Taste", Routledge, 1998, p173. ISBN 9057013010]

These monochrome canvases were followed by two or three-zoned canvases that color-sampled objects, sites or people. Kim collaborated with artist Glenn Ligon on "Black & White" (1993), part of a series critiquing the 'prejudices' of art materials, specifically the hues of 'Flesh'-colored tubes of paint. [Erika Doss, "Twentieth-Century American Art", Oxford University Press, 2002, p237. ISBN 0192842390] "46 Halsey Drive Wallingford CT" (1995) records his family members' various recollections of the color of a home Kim lived in as a child. Other works employ a more naturalistic approach to represent details such as the palms of the artist's hands, or the whorls in his children's hair.

Kim also paints landscapes and makes photographic assemblages. [Grace Glueck, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E7DE1131F93AA35751C1A9639C8B63 "Art in Review", "The New York Times", Dec 9, 2005.] ]

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