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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Kyeok Kim, Surface of Memory 02, 2025
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Kyeok Kim

Surface of Memory 02, 2025
Copper, ottchil (Korean natural lacquer), wood, FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastics)
H. 250 x W. 90 x D. 90 cm
H. 98 3/8 x W. 35 3/8 x D. 35 3/8 inches
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'Through the medium of skin texture, I seek to explore the layered strata of memory embedded within our inner selves. The act of grinding tree bark into powder and carefully...
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"Through the medium of skin texture, I seek to explore the layered strata of memory embedded within our inner selves. The act of grinding tree bark into powder and carefully layering it onto the surface of a form using lacquer becomes a symbolic gesture—nature’s skin transferring into the skin of another being.

These materials carry ancient breaths. Within each particle lies time, sensation, and the fading trace of existence. I strive to hold onto these ephemeral remnants nestled within the matter.

Yet the powders do not stay where I intend. They scatter and vanish—just as the memories we wish to preserve blur, while those we long to forget remain vividly etched. The material escapes my control, and in that surrender, I begin to contemplate the temporality, the sensory essence, and the existential presence that matter holds.

This work is a journey of layering the weight of memory within scattered material—a quiet attempt to grasp the vanishing traces of being."
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