The Korean Cultural Center Washington DC (KCCDC) is set to unveil the last of its virtual exhibition for the year with "K-Art at Home: Tae Eun Kim," featuring the multimedia artist's futurist creations.
"K-Art at Home: Tae Eun Kim" is set to start on December 4, available on KCCDC's social media platforms. The exhibit is set to feature ten of Kim's multimedia works that make up the renowned "Wrong Planet Landscape" collection, showcasing the Korean artist's vivid visualization of cityscapes that feature themes of politics, society, science, and history. The latest K-Art at Home will also feature a recorded talk from the artist, providing an exclusive inside look at Tae Eun Kim's creative themes, processes, and inspirations.
"K-Art at Home: Tae Eun Kim" opens on December 4, at 6:00 PM on the KCCDC Official YouTube Channel (@KoreaCultureDC) as well as on IGTV, through the cultural center's Official Instagram Account (@Koreaculturedc). For additional information regarding the exhibit and additional content links, listings are available on the KCCDC website.
The 2020 Korean Media Art Series allows the public to experience top-notch digital art from Korean artists, a much-needed respite in the time of limited face-to-face person events because of the pandemic. With the digital art exhibit, people get to experience diverse works from esteemed multimedia artists of the times - including Josephine Lee, Su Hyun Nam, and more.
Tae Eun Kim: The Man and The Works
Tae Eun Kim is an artist and film director working in new media - including exhibitions, performances, and art installations. He has held 12 solo exhibitions and has displayed his works in national and international group exhibitions including Seoul's National Museum of Contemporary Art, London's Asia House, and the Netherlands' Theater Kikker. As an award-winning artist, his accolades include the Grand Prize from the Ilmin Museum of Arts and the Jung-Ang Fine Art Festival.
Kim is currently under a residency program at the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, South Korea. He has earned his bachelor's and master's degree in Fine Arts from Hong-Ik University in Hongdae, Seoul. He also has a Ph.D. in Media Communication from Yonsei University, also in the South Korean capital.
In his works, Kim uses a variety of digital techniques - 2D photo collage, 3D animation, rendering, stop motion animation, and more. In his "Wrong Planet Landscape," he reimagines modern cities, such as Seoul, and passing it through layers of artistic filter to create a fusion of familiarity and otherworldliness.
A press release from the KCCDC describes Kim's work as an attempt "to visualize a science-driven society through his artwork, whether it be a planned socialist utopia or an American-style capitalist model of ubiquitous consumer technology," with these contrasting ideologies both historically influencing and shaping the Korean society.
"His work presents an intrinsic question about the difference between what is seen and what actually exists in such cityscapes, where ideals and reality often diverge. Kim also helps visualize this imaginary space by combining objects and iconography with fictional images. His work skirts the boundary between real and unreal, between reality and fiction, allowing audiences to experience a new world of possibilities amid the gaps," the KCCDC statement read.
