Artist Statement
Soojin Kim
Artist Statement
Objects have the power of carrying the memories across space, time, culture and generations. I interpret the images of objects in the languages of paints and brushes to create an emotional and sensual communication. As a young adult I came to the United States to study and was exposed to the western art in a museum context. This had a dearest impact on my aesthetic sensibility and led to change the subject of study. My father¨s illness and death in Korea, what I could access of him was the memory of him and his happy moments with American candies during the Korean War. The moment of joy of eating, biting, chewing, licking, cracking, stacking, sorting, role-playing ´
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 Oreo Box oil on canvas 54 x 60"
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Teddy Grahams NO.2 sold oil on canvas 9 x 12"
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Gold Fishes No. 2 oil on canvas 8 x 10" |
Gold Fishes No. 1 sold oil on canvas 12 x 9" |
Sandwich Crackers No. 37 oil on board 8 x 10" |
Sandwich Crackers No. 38 oil on board 8 x 10" |
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Cracked Oreo Series NO. 9 sold conte Crayon on paper 20 x 41" |
Cracked Oreo Series No.64 sold conte Crayon on paper 22 x 26"
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Cracked Oreo Series No. 63 sold conte Crayon on paper 22 x 26" |
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Arranged Candies oil on canvas 47 x 47" |
Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
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Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
Cracked Oreo Series sold conte Crayon on paper 17 x 17" |
M&M Series sold oil on canvas 24 x 24" |
M&M Series oil on canvas 24 x 24" |
Sandwich Crackers No. 48 oil on board 8 x 10"
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Sandwich Crackers No. 30 oil on board 8 x 10" |
Sandwich Crackers No. 50 oil on board 8 x 10" |
Sandwich Crackers No. 51 oil on board 8 x 10" |
Sandwich Crackers No. 52 oil on board 8 x 10" |
Sandwich Crackers No. 42 oil on board 8 x 10" |
Sandwich Crackers No. 44 oil on board 8 x 10"
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Sandwich Crackers No. 28 oil on board 8 x 10"
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Sandwich Crackers No. 46 oil on board 8 x 10"
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Sandwich Crackers No. 47 oil on board 8 x 10"
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