Sunday Paintings, 2001-
Byron Kim
Selected Sunday Paintings, 2001–
Acrylic and ink on canvas, mounted on
panel, 52 parts, 36 × 36 cm each
Courtesy James Cohan Gallery
New York, and the artist
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Byron Kim
Selected Sunday Paintings, 2001–
Acrylic and ink on canvas, mounted on
panel, 52 parts, 36 × 36 cm each
Courtesy James Cohan Gallery
New York, and the artist
Byron Kim has long distilled his approach to life and art in a conceptual practice marked by studies of colour and abstraction. ‘Sunday Paintings’ is an ongoing series of modest square paintings of the sky, created by Kim every Sunday since 2001. Carrying his prepared panels with him as he travels, Kim paints a portrait of the sky each week, then inscribes a few momentary thoughts of the day, dating each panel with his location. Both a record of the sky and his life, these paintings serve as a diaristic record and collection of time. The series emerged from Kim’s encounter with the work of Chuang Tze, a Taoist philosopher who wrote about the relationship of the infinite to the infinitesimal. ‘Sunday Paintings’ embody a personal cosmology that contrasts the everyday against the everything.
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 12
This publication was published on the occasion of Sharjah Biennial 12.
This publication is a guide for visitors of Sharjah Biennial 12: The past, the present, the possible.
Sky Blue Flag (2015) is an installation by Byron Kim placed along the Corniche of Sharjah, a site where people of many nations congregate for commerce.
Byron Kim’s abstract conceptual practice includes a series of paintings that depict the night sky.
Byron Kim has long distilled his approach to life and art in a conceptual practice marked by studies of colour and abstraction.