
Blue Lift Sandalwood Fall
2016
In "Blue Lift Sandalwood Fall" (2016), Byron Kim works with dyed canvas to produce a surface that is at once materially humble and visually arresting. The 158.1 × 121.9 cm work unfolds as a field of color that rewards sustained looking, its hues shifting in character depending on ambient light and the viewer's distance. Kim forgoes conventional painting materials in favor of dye absorbed directly into canvas, a process that eliminates the hierarchical separation between support and pigment and gives the work an almost atmospheric luminosity. Kim has long occupied a distinctive position in American abstraction, one grounded in a conceptual rigor that never sacrifices sensory pleasure. His practice draws on the traditions of Color Field painting while remaining alert to questions of identity, perception, and the social life of color. "Blue Lift Sandalwood Fall" belongs to a body of work in which titles function as poetic annotations, invoking sensation and season without prescribing a single reading. The naming of colors, the lifting of light, the warmth implied by sandalwood, all become part of the work's extended meaning. For collectors, this is a piece that deepens with familiarity. Offered through Kukje Gallery and signed by the artist, it carries strong institutional provenance and represents Kim at a mature, assured stage of his practice. Its scale commands presence in a room without dominating it, and its material subtlety means it integrates into a sophisticated collection while consistently holding its own.
- Medium
- Dyed Canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Kukje Gallery, Seoul
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Kukje GalleryView on map
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