Kim Hyunseok
Born in Gwangju, South Korea in 1990. Currently based in Yokosuka, Japan.
When Kim was in the military through conscription, he was shocked to confront the reality that it is possible to kill people on the other side of the border, and on the other hand, he realized that the people living there are also human beings, just like him.
After his conscription, Kim began to study photography.,
He was attracted not only to photographic expression but to expression itself, and he started to study oil painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts later.
He does not disregard academic evaluation, history, and methodologies, but they have less reality for him.
Therefore, he continues to interpret and express his ideas freely without being bound by the academic framework of art history and theories.
There is an overwhelming reality lying in front of him, as there is for everyone. He approaches his reality without any self-deception.
Written by Atsuhiro Miyake, Curator at Shiga Museum of Arts / HB. Co-Director
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