Kim Yusob

Kim Yusob (* 1959 in Gwangju ) is a contemporary artist from South Korea.

Life

In 1983 Kim Yusob graduated from the Department of Fine Art at Chosun University in Gwangju. He then studied at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art and at the University of the Arts (at that time still University of the Arts) . In 1995 he became a master student of Wolfgang Petrick . From 1996 onwards, Kim was a lecturer in painting at Chosun University in Gwangju, where he graduated from the Graduate School in 2001. From 2007 he taught at the Berlin University of the Arts . In 2014 he became professor of painting at Chosun University. Kim Yusob lives and works in Seoul, Gwangju and Berlin.

Works

In his work, Kim Yusob endeavors to further develop Abstract Expressionism . Religious, philosophical and anthroposophical matters flow into the creation process of his paintings. Much is left to chance, as Kim sees his art as a seismogram of his inner world: the basic material of his pictures is a difficult-to-define, liquid mass, which he describes as “physical primordial matter” and the material of his creation. In this way, the works of art are already present in the material before the actual painting act. Kim only promotes them to days. This teleological definition of matter, reminiscent of Aristotle (as found in Michelangelo or Edwin Landseer ) is characteristic of him. There are also roots in Daoism and the I Ching . It achieves a special effect through a special technique of delaying drying, which further emphasizes the materiality of the color mass.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibition: Kim Yusob - Energy Flash - Galerie Michael Schultz , Berlin (2014)

Solo exhibition: SPIRIT-PURE , Gallery Gahoedong60, Seoul (2012)

Solo exhibition: Kim Yusob - Energy development - Kunsthalle Rostock (2012)

Visions Of Paradise - Python Gallery, Erlenbach (Switzerland) (2012)

Black painting - The spirit of the Abstract - Nuri Gallery, Goyang Cultural Foundation Oulim Nuri, Ilsan (Korea) (2012)

Solo exhibition: Kim Yusob - Banned Light - Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin (2011)

Solo exhibition: Kim Yusob - Galerie Helmut Leger, Munich (2010)

Solo exhibition: Kim Yusob - CAS / Contemporary Art Space, Salzburg (2010)

Feng Lu (China) - Sculptures / Yusob Kim (Korea) Painting - Man in the Square - KUNSTKABINETT, Regensburg (2008)

Black Pictures - Ephraim-Palais , Stadtmuseum Berlin (2006)

Deep Action - Wolfgang Petrick and master class student (1975-2005) - Georg Kolbe Museum , Berlin (2005)

literature

Kim Yusob: Black Pictures (exhibition catalog), Museum Ephraim-Palais, Berlin 2006.
Ursel Berger , Lothar Romain , Karlheinz Lüdeking , James Kalm (eds.), Deep Action. Wolfgang Petrick and master student. 1975-2005. (Exhibition catalog), Berlin 2005.

Web links

Gallery representative Michael Schultz , Berlin, Seoul, Bejing
Gallery representation Python Gallery , Erlenbach (Switzerland)
Portrait at the CAS gallery, Salzburg

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. 김유섭 展 - 에너지 를 품은 카오스 , in: newswave (Korea), September 2, 2011.

↑ Cf. Gim Jonggil, Paintings Sprouting from the Depths of Nature , (Korean / English review), in: akive (Korean Contemporary Arts Archive), April 10, 2012.

↑ Cf. Gerhard Charles Rump , Fantasy in Material and Movement. The Korean artist Kim Yusob examines the aesthetic effects of color , in: Die Welt , December 20, 2008.

↑ Complete list at Kim Yusob's gallery representative.

↑ Cf. Ingeborg Ruthe, Der Meister und seine Zauberlehrling , in: Berliner Zeitung , April 22, 2014.

↑ Cf. Claudia Böckel: Oh, the Pope can laugh and cry , in: Mittelbayerische Zeitung , October 2, 2008; Gerhard Charles Rump: Completely global: gallery owner Michael Schultz from Berlin , in: Berliner Morgenpost , October 31, 2008.

↑ See Daniel Völzke: Kurz und Kritisch , in: Der Tagesspiegel , November 23, 2005; Marion Zipfel, auctions and exhibitions , in: Die Welt , January 7, 2006.